#privacy

Is Your Personal Information Truly Private?

The use of biometrics is increasing in popularity, by both companies as well as government agencies. But what you might not know is that these technologies can be abused to violate your personal privacy. If you want to learn how, as well as how we can be protected from this, you can click this link… Read more Is Your Personal Information Truly Private?

The Ethical Dilemmas of AI in Robotics

With the rise in machine learning and artificial intelligence, the robotics industry is starting to implement more complex and intelligent robots.  Not only will this progress in AI and robotics help to benefit the world, but it will also lead to potential ethical concerns.  What type of safety issues do these robots pose?  Should intelligent… Read more The Ethical Dilemmas of AI in Robotics

Adversities of the Biometrics and Genetics Industries

(AEEC) Connor Burri, Patrick O’Mullan, Matthew Spofford, Alex Young Categorization of people has been a challenging topic for centuries. With developing technologies in the realms of genetics and biometrics, we are for the first time able to accurately categorize people based not just by appearance, but by the molecules that encode their being. However, these… Read more Adversities of the Biometrics and Genetics Industries

The Annihilation of Privacy & Preservation of Racial Categorization 

By Emma Bailey, Joshua O’Grady, Andrew Panneton, Matt Stevens *All authors contributed equally to this work. Genetics and biometrics are major emerging technologies of the 21st century. As scientists continue to make more discoveries and technologies become more advanced, it is only natural that controversial issues arise. The main issues that have risen from these advancements are… Read more The Annihilation of Privacy & Preservation of Racial Categorization