Tag: technology
Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an...
Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School
We’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental and...
Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley...
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff...
Congress takes first steps toward regulating artificial intelligence
Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University
Some of the best known examples of artificial intelligence are Siri and Alexa, which listen to human speech, recognize...
Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the...
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump is fighting the wrong fight in his ongoing trade war with the rest of the...
Why we love robotic dogs, puppets and dolls
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College
There’s a lot of hype around the release of Sony’s latest robotic dog. It’s called “aibo,” and is promoted as...
Programmers need ethics when designing the technologies that influence people’s lives
Cherri M. Pancake, Oregon State University
Computing professionals are on the front lines of almost every aspect of the modern world. They’re involved in the...
How Chinese products went from cheap and cheerful to weapons in...
Qing Shan Ding, University of Huddersfield
Tensions are escalating between China and the US over trade. The Chinese government has announced retaliatory measures on a...
Driverless cars are already here but the roads aren’t ready for...
Mark Wilson, Michigan State University
The recent deaths of a woman struck by a car Uber was testing in driverless mode and of a man...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
