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  Mental health in the digital age (2nd ed.)
Bauman S., Rivers I., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 220 pp.  Type: Book (3031321219)

Mental health and mental illness are two different terms that are often used interchangeably. The terms refer to the the scale or measurement of the state of mind and issues or problems related to that state of mind, respectively. Notably, this ed...

Apr 24 2024
  Robots and the people who love them: holding on to our humanity in an age of social robots
Herold E., St. Martins Press, Inc., New York , NY, 2024. 256 pp.  Type: Book (9781250122216)

There is little doubt that robots, in one form or another, are embedded in contemporary culture. They are most often encountered as disembodied voices/responders in the initial screening of calls to a business, in using a voice-activated device li...

Apr 23 2024
  Digital ecosystem for innovation in agriculture
Chaudhary S., Biradar C., Divakaran S., Raval M., Springer International Publishing, Singapore, 2023. 280 pp.  Type: Book (9789819905775)

Imagine exploring how technology can change farming. Split into two parts, reading this book is like taking a journey through old farming and new tech. The first part talks about the basics of using computers and fancy tools to make farming better...

Apr 22 2024
  Industry 5.0 and its technologies: a systematic literature review upon the human place into IoT- and CPS-based industrial systems
Valette E., El-Haouzi H., Demesure G. Computers and Industrial Engineering 1842023.  Type: Article

The emergence of Industry 5.0 signifies “a paradigm shift that emphasizes the integration of advanced technologies with human-centric approaches” [1]. Valette et al. critically analyze Industry 5.0 and highlight its potential to improv...

Apr 18 2024
  Living computers
Brazma A., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2024. 320 pp.  Type: Book (0192871943)

Living computers is simultaneously philosophical and scientific. Brazma begins with the following claim: “Life and the recording of information emerged together; there is no life without information and, arguably, there is no informat...

Apr 12 2024
  Writing by hand or digitally in first grade: effects on rate of learning to compose text
Spilling E., Rønneberg V., Rogne W., Roeser J., Torrance M. Computers & Education 1982023.  Type: Article

This paper is one outcome of the DigiHand project (2018-2022), funded by the Research Council of Norway (grant number 273422). It is divided into five sections: “Introduction,” “Method,” “Statistical Analysis,” ...

Apr 10 2024
  Man-made women: the sexual politics of sex dolls and sex robots
Richardson K., Odlind C., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2023. 212 pp.  Type: Book (3031193806)

People with unconventional or even perverse desires sometimes search for alternatives to real human beings. This has led to the development of sex dolls and sex robots, referred to as “man-made women” in this book. However alarming, th...

Mar 21 2024
  A history of fake things on the Internet
Scheirer W., Stanford University Press, Redwood City, CA, 2023. 264 pp.  Type: Book (9781503632882)

With the advent of the Internet, changing perceptions of reality and “fakeness” have impacted user decisions to expose or hide their social identities. The positives of using or working with the Internet encourage real identities, wher...

Mar 20 2024
  Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world
Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (2 of 2)

Families gather during the holiday season, and heated discussions often erupt over politics and cultural values. This situation has become so frequent that it is standard fare in comedy sketches, jokes, and cartoons. It seems as though the opposin...

Mar 11 2024
  Constructed truths: truth and knowledge in a post-truth world
Zoglauer T., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 162 pp.  Type: Book (3658399414), Reviews: (1 of 2)

Many of us grew up used to having some news sources we could implicitly trust, such as well-positioned newspapers and radio or TV news programs. We knew they would only hire responsible journalists rather than risk diluting public trust and losing...

Mar 6 2024
 
 
 
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