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Whangdepootenawah!? Technological Disruption & Demographic Collapse ~Part One~
In Ireland in the 1840s, a potato blight precipitated famine during which millions of Irish...
Security Vulnerability in Medical IoT Devices
According to the Palo Alto Networks threat report,Palo Alto Networks, “2020 Unit 42 IoT Threat...
Trouble in the Metaverse—Whatever That Is
Steven Spielberg’s 2018 movie, “Ready Player One,” portrays a dystopian world in which society has...
Overlooked Security Challenges in Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
In October 2021, a Tesla with Autopilot enabled was involved in a collision. The vehicle...
Committed to the Fight?: Military Service & the Social Contract
During its heyday, when ancient Rome confronted a crisis, it could call upon its citizens...
The Unencrypted History of Cryptography
It is 58 B.C. and a Roman general sits atop a hill studying the opposing...
North Dakota’s UAS Ecosystem is Crucial to Keeping Up With Our Adversaries
North Dakota has played a critical part in deterring our adversaries since the beginning of...
Cloudification of Skills Training & “Dirty Jobs”
Competition for the increasing limited supply of those with skills is driving up wages, which...
Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our World–Are We Ready?
Our world is changing. Cars drive themselves. Automated grocery stores allow customers to shop without...
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Digitization & Energy Dependency
The Need for Affordable, Accessible Energy
As residents of a top energy producing state, now adapting to the massive digital transformation of our socio-economy, it...
Would Regulation Prevent AI From Becoming an Evil Overlord?
Some people are, perhaps, afraid that heavily armed artificially intelligent robotshttps://theconversation.com/losing-control-the-dangers-of-killer -robots-58262. might take over the world and enslave us—or they might even exterminate humanity.https://theconversation.com/what-an-artificial-intelligence-researcher-fears-about-ai-78655. Due...
GameStop or Stopping the Game?
Retail Davids vs. Wall Street Goliaths
“O wonder! How many ingenuous investors are there! How courageous mankind is! O brave new markets That has such...
Witte & (Digital) Wisdom
The Benefits & Challenges of Online Education
Unlike many teachers, Shannay Witte was well prepared to deal with online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many...
Complex Maya Computations
Math, Time, Astronomy & Hieroglyphs
Ancient peoples and places might seem far removed from the world of computers, the internet and other modern, but we...
Facebook vs Free Markets & Innovation
Examining a Regulatory Capture Power Move
Facebook wants new internet regulations. And they haven’t been shy about saying so. The company has put out at...
Precision Agriculture
The Future in Farming and Ranching
As the state’s land-grant university, NDSU has a unique role to play in precision agriculture.
Recently, Dakota Digital Review (DDR)...
Are Self-Driving Cars Safe?
Challenges in Technology, Trust, AI & Cybersecurity
On April 17, 2021, a Tesla Model S automobile, equipped with autopilot control, missed a turn and crashed...
[OPINION] Atoms of the World Unite—Or Split
If transitioning to “green” energy (primarily wind and solar) yields only a 6 percent reduction in global CO2 emissions—as shown in Mark Mill’s article,...
New Books From Our Contributors
New Books: The Cloud Revolution
The conventional wisdom on how technology will change the future is wrong. Mark Mills lays out a radically different and optimistic vision for what’s really coming.
New Books: Future Peace
Robert Latiff urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and makes an impassioned plea for peace as a military officer who spent his career preparing for war.