3/8/2019 Profiled article P. Galewitz, “Hospitals Are Asking Their Own Patients to Donate Money”, Jan. 28, 2019. [Online] The New York Times. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/business/hospitals-asking-patients-donate-money.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FEthics…
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Problems with CRISPR: Unintended Brain Enhancement on China’s Gene-edited Twins
3/1/2019 Profiled article A. Regalado, “China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced”, Feb. 21, 2019. [Online] MIT Technology Review. Available at: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/ [Accessed 24…
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2/22/2019 Profiled Article ScienceDaily. (2019). Can a nerve injury trigger ALS?. [online] Available at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190220112208.htm [Accessed 21 Feb. 2019]. Summary As background, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS,…
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2/15/2019 Profiled article Part 1:A. Shah, “The Critical Need for 5G Cellular Service,” February 2019. [Online] ASME. Available at: https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/technology-and-society/we-need-5g-cellular-service [Accessed 14 Feb. 2019]. Part 2:A. Shah,…
View More The Need for 5G Cellular ServiceClean Meat or Lab Meat
2/8/2019 Profiled article W. Johnson, A. Maynard, and S. Kirshenbaum. “Burgers grown in a lab are heading to your plate. Will you bite?” The Washington…
View More Clean Meat or Lab MeatBroadening FBI Databases with Your At-Home DNA Tests
2/1/2019 Profiled article S. Hernandez, “One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI”, Buzzfeednews.com, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/family-tree-dna-fbi-investigative-genealogy-privacy. [Accessed: 01- Feb-…
View More Broadening FBI Databases with Your At-Home DNA TestsCan AI Replace Doctors? Someone Asked Them
1/25/2019 Profile article M. Scudellari, “AI Won’t Replace Us, Docs Say”, Dec. 20, 2018. [Online] IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Available at: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/ethics/ai-wont-replace-us-docs-say [Accessed 24…
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Introduction:Virtual reality (VR) is an industry on the rise; 2016 was even declared by experts in the field to be “The Year of VR.” Though…
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In August of 2013, Robert McDaniel of Chicago, Illinois, was visited by the police. Although McDaniel lived in an area well known for violence, he…
View More Ethics of Predictive PolicingHey Siri, Am I Being Watched? The Future of Privacy with the Internet of Things
Introduction Hey Alexa! Can you make sure I remembered to lock my apartment this morning? Ok Google… It’s freezing today. Can you turn on the…
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