A Thanksgiving Fable For Our Time…
By Patricia Burke When my children were young, they participated in a recreation of “The First Thanksgiving” in school. Some children dressed as pilgrims, and…
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The “Artificial” of Artificial Intelligence and MIT’s “Moral Machine”
By Patricia Burke At the Media Lab at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers wanted to explore some of the ethical and moral dilemmas…
Why We Need 5G’s Self-Driving Cars and Virtual Reality Like a Hole in the Head
By Patricia Burke The 1960’s television series Lost in Space featured a “Class M-3, Model B9, General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Robot (G.U.N.T.E.R.), which had no…
Wireless Wars: When Censors Control the Sensors
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke The conveniences of the emerging explosion of artificial intelligence, machine-to-machine learning, and ubiquitous “5G” fifth-generation connectivity of the 4th industrial revolution…
When Smart Cities Need Citizens Asleep-at-the-Wheel, It is Time To Change Direction
By Patricia Burke Many pro-industry groups have compiled lists of the benefits of smart cities, the promise of data-driven decision-making, and the purported benefits of…
It’s Past Time to Oppose The Telecom Power Grab
By Patricia Burke On September 26, 2018, the FCC meets to discuss ways to expedite the installation of “small cells” required for the roll-out of…
It’s Time to Break Up the Forced Child-Bride Marriage Between Solar, Sustainability, and Smart Meters
By Patricia Burke In 2009, utilities across the U.S. began installing new two-way wireless electric smart meters on homes. With economic stimulus funding from the…
“Smart” Meters and Solar, Why Clean Energy/Sustainability/Conservation/Climate Change Mitigation Is Like a Game of Whack-A-Mole
By Patricia Burke A few years back, the deployment of wireless smart utility meters and smart grids was “sold” to the public, especially environmentalists, in…
Respected Businessman, Inventor and Scientist Dr. Amar Bose Didn’t Want Wireless Antennas Near Homes or on Businesses, Why Would You?
By Patricia Burke Travelers riding west on Rt. 9 in Framingham may notice that the building up on the hill looks a little bit like…
April Fools: Science Centers and Smart Meters and 5G “Small Cells” and Smokescreens Oh My!
By Patricia Burke In the 1950s, during the Cold War, the United States established a “science center” at Camp Century, on the Greenland Ice Sheet….
FCC’s Ajit Pai: The Sacredness of Safety?
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke FCC Chair Ajit Pai could not attend the Annual Consumer Electronics Show in Nevada this week due to concerns about his…
New EDF/CUB Smart Meter Data Report Shows Potential for Abuses of Power and Collusion
By Patricia Burke On November 14, 2017 the Environmental Defense Fund and the Citizens Utility Board of Illinois released the results of a study “New…
Smart Utility Meter Opt Out Bills Opt To Protect Consumer Rights
By Patricia Burke Note: The compilation of state smart meter opt out bills listed below does not constitute endorsement of the bills. In some cases,…
The False Smart Meter Narrative And Lessons from St. Louis Radioactive Clouds
By Patricia Burke Insightful students of history readily note parallels between the Manhattan-Rochester coalition’s covert research on radiation weaponry in the 1950s, and the smart…