Category: Technology Policy

By Eric Kennedy, This post has been updated from its previous version.  Conversations about innovation in the United States are rife with the adversarial language of exceptionalism. Take, for example, a recent article by Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the…

I have spent much of the last six months traveling. I’ve been in countless airports and train stations and I’m continually frustrated. No, it’s not the passport controls or security checks or baggage scans. It’s the bathroom sinks.  At least…

By Daniel Sarewitz, This is the first in a series on big data and its impact on society from CSPO co-director Daniel Sarewitz. Check back in 2013 for his next post.  Advances in real-time data acquisition, processing, and display technologies…

A professor of mine when I was in graduate school commented that one could more openly and objectively discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict in a café in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv than in the United States.  Teaching courses on the Middle…

By Jamey Wetmore, We’re becoming a bit more Amish I know. You own a slim titanium ultrabook computer, an eye popping LCD 3D HD television, an iPhone with a custom designed carbon fibre cover, and a sports car with 360…

By David Guston and Ed Finn, This article also appears as part of Slate.com’s Future Tense series. ASU is a partner in Future Tense with Slate and the New America Foundation. Bond is back. But you can forget about stale…

By Jathan Sadowski Innovation is something everybody calls for: almost every company wants to be known for it, and we praise people for becoming innovators at a young age. But is all innovation a good thing? Not necessarily. Implicit in…

Designing and launching a spacecraft the outer reaches of our solar system requires technological prowess, innovative problem solving, and – in the case of NASA’s New Horizons unmanned probe in June 2012 – bake sales and car washes. Behind these…

By Clark A. Miller This article also appears on Slate.  Arizona State University is a partner in Future Tense with Slate and the New America Foundation. All storms tell stories. Some are inevitably about destruction. Others are about heroism and…