The automotive industry has recently entered a new era: the age of autonomy. Most automobile companies offer some type of drivers’ assist, such as lane departure warnings or automatic emergency breaking. Now, many companies claim to be on the verge of creating an “autonomous” car. As automobiles are getting closer to being fully autonomous, many… Read more The New Era of Automobiles: Autonomy
In modern times, computing technologies have been developing rapidly. Big Data, machine engineering, and AI are playing a larger part in our daily lives than ever before, creating an epistemic transition. As these systems advance, the developers of these technologies will be tasked with finding progressive ways of meshing technology with society, ever cognizant of… Read more Staying One Step Ahead: How Future Technologies Should Cooperate With Society
This article discusses some of the issues with fully autonomous vehicles and stresses the importance of the interaction between the driver and the car. It resembles the idea of referring to technology and humans as “we” as discussed in class. Link to the article: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/self-driving-cars-will-need-people-too/
(ACHSRE) Gabriel Dudlicek, Phillip Durgin, Angela Ferro, Adam Goldsmith Today, the burgeoning fields of genetics and biometrics are continuously being woven into contemporary life, often times without the general population even noticing. This data can have many practical and beneficial purposes, such as identification, security, and medical research. However, concerns about what entities have access to… Read more Becoming Data: The Cost of Advancing the Fields of Genetics and Biometrics with Technology
Our nomination is FBI Wish List: An App That Can Recognize the Meaning of Your Tattoos by Dave Maass. This article relates to our class discussion of how biometric technology can be used to profile people for subjective reasons. The article describes how biometric technology can be used to not only identify criminals by their… Read more (ACHSRE) Article Nomination