Social Implications of Emerging Technologies Publications
Advancing Aeronautics: A Decision Framework for Selecting Research Agendas — 2011
Develops a unified decisionmaking approach for selecting aeronautics research agendas that quantifies the social and economic reasons for the research, balances competing perspectives, and enables transparent explanation of the resulting decisions.
Influences on the Adoption of Multifactor Authentication — 2011
Explores the adoption of multifactor authentication (MFA) -- which combines something you know (e.g., a PIN), something you have (e.g., a token), and/or something you are (e.g., a fingerprint) -- to identify users to a computer system.
The Global Technology Revolution China, In-Depth Analyses: Emerging Technology Opportunities for the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) (Chinese-language version) — 2009
Tianjin Binhai New Area and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area commissioned a technology-foresight study to help them plan for economic growth. Seven applications stand out; the authors describe drivers, barriers, and plans for each.
The Global Technology Revolution China, In-Depth Analyses: Emerging Technology Opportunities for the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) — 2009
Tianjin Binhai New Area and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area commissioned a technology-foresight study to help them plan for economic growth. Seven applications stand out; the authors describe drivers, barriers, and plans for each.
Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues — 2008
Government actions to gain early experience in producing liquid fuels from coal offer major energy security benefits but also raise important economic, governance, and environmental issues, as addressed in this book.
Nanomaterials in the Workplace: Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health — 2006
Places workshop discussions on protecting the safety and health of workers exposed to nanoscale materials within a policy framework for consideration by NIOSH.
The Role of Energy Efficiency in Homebuying Decisions: Results of Initial Focus Group Discussions — 2006
Focus-group discussions of homeowners were analyzed to assess the role of energy efficiency in their home-purchase decisions.
Privacy in the Workplace: Case Studies on the Use of Radio Frequency Identification in Access Cards — 2005
Companies use RFID workplace access cards to do more than just open doors (e.g., for enforcing rules governing workplace conduct). Explicit, written policies about how such cards are used generally do not exist, and employees are not told about whatever policies are being followed.
Project Libra Optimizing Individual and Public Interests in Information Technology — 2004
This document describes the vision for a program of research to investigate policy implications of emerging information technologies.
Biometrics: A Look at Facial Recognition — 2003
This briefing on biometrics and facial recognition was presented to the Virginia State Crime Commission Facial Recognition Sub-committee in September 2002 by RAND analyst John D. Woodward, Jr.
Building Better Homes: Government Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Housing — 2003
This study examines the rationale and strategies available to the federal government for promoting and accelerating innovation in housing.
Case Studies of Existing Human Tissue Repositories: "Best Practices" for a Biospecimen Resource for the Genomic and Proteomic Era — 2003
Insights and information from a study of twelve human tissue repositories.
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission: Contributing to Public Policy — 2003
Details government, private, and international response to the policy recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
Information and Biological Revolutions: Global Governance Challenges — Summary of a Study Group — 2000
Summarizes the issues that arose and the discussions held during the meetings of a 1998-1999 study group focusing on global governance of information technology and biotechnology.
Information Technology in the Home: Barriers, Opportunities, and Research Directions — 2000
Information Technology in the Home: Barriers, Opportunities, and Research Directions
The Role of Information Technology in Housing Design and Construction — 2000
The Role of Information Technology in Housing Design and Construction
The Role of Technical Standards in Today’s Society and in the Future — 2000
Testimony presented before the Committee on Science Subcommittee on Technology United States House of Representatives on September 13, 2000.
Scaffolding the New Web: Standards and Standards Policy for the Digital Economy — 2000
Although much of the growing digital economy rests on the Internet and World Wide Web, which in turn rest on information technology standards, it is unclear how much longer the current momentum can be sustained absent new standards.
Citizens, Computers, and Connectivity: A Review of Trends — 1999
This report uses Current Population Survey data from 1997 to update trends in computers and connectivity since an earlier 1995 study.
The Economic Costs and Implications of High-Technology Hardware Theft — 1999
This report presents the results of a study undertaken at the request of the American Electronics Association and a consortium of high-tech industries.
Handbook of Human Tissue Sources: A National Resource of Human Tissue Samples — 1999
This handbook serves as a national resource, to bring together for the first time, in a single document, information about tissue storage in the United States.
Sending Your Government a Message: E-Mail Communication Between Citizens and Government — 1999
This book explores the possibility for expanded citizen-government personalized electronic communication.
Technology Forces at Work: Profiles of Environmental Research and Development at DuPont, Intel, Monsanto, and Xerox — 1999
Not too long ago industry almost monolithically viewed environmental considerations as an expense — sometimes as a nuisance. That is beginning to change.
Exploring Money Laundering Vulnerabilities Through Emerging Cyberspace Technologies: A Caribbean-based Exercise — 1998
Outlines the first steps in an emerging international dialogue on the promise and potential problems of cyberspace as an economic environment. Part of an international undertaking to examine financial crime concerns.
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