9/16/2019 In the past few months, a disturbing trend has emerged. More than 400 illnesses and several deaths have been attributed to vaping, an activity…
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Hiding in Plain Sight
4/26/2019 Profiled article Knight, Will. “How to Hide from the AI Surveillance State with a Color Printout.” MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review, 23 Apr.…
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A Vision for Vision
4/19/2019 Profiled article G. S. L. Peh, H. S. Ong, K. Adnan, H.-P. Ang, C. N. Lwin, X.-Y. Seah, S.-J. Lin, and J. S. Mehta,…
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Alexa Hears You, and so does Amazon
4/12/2019 Profiled article C. Jee. “Amazon workers are listening to some of your conversations with Alexa”, MIT Technology Review, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613303/amazon-workers-are-listening-to-some-of-your-conversations-with-alexa/ About the…
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Klotho: The Neural Enhancer of the Future?
4/5/2019 Profiled article C. Zimmer, “One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?”, The New York Times, 2019.…
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Big Tech Pushes Toward Defense. Engineers Push Back.
3/29/2019 Profiled article T. Romm and D. Harwell, “Microsoft workers call for canceling military contract for technology that could turn warfare into a ‘video game’”,…
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Profit or Safety: Boeing’s Preventable Accidents
3/22/2019 Profiled article H. Tabuchi, “Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras”, Mar. 21, 2019. [Online] The New York…
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Grateful Patient Programs: Doctors as Caregivers and Fundraisers
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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A Relationship Between Injuries and the Development of ALS
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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