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Ethics and Brain Implants in the Military [Commentary] (2017)
Journal Article
Wigan, M. (2017). Ethics and Brain Implants in the Military [Commentary]. IEEE technology & society magazine, 36(1), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/mts.2017.2654292

Definitions are a key factor when discussing the ethics of brain implants in the military. There is a world of difference between a permanent embedded rewritable chip and an active RFID-managed interface to a nervous system.

Technology enhancement - a full role for the elderly. (2014)
Digital Artefact
Wigan, M. (2014). Technology enhancement - a full role for the elderly. [MOV]

An invited address to the University of Melbourne's Graduate House Seminar program, covering the interactions between technology and the elderly from the point of view of the regulatory and governance failures that are leading to inappropriate result... Read More about Technology enhancement - a full role for the elderly..

Consequences of big data on the individual: interview. (2013)
Digital Artefact
Wigan, M. (2013). Consequences of big data on the individual: interview. [MP3]

The speed with which data has moved from being scarce, expensive and valuable, thus justifying detailed and careful verification and analysis to a situation where the streams of detailed data are almost too large to handle has caused a series of shif... Read More about Consequences of big data on the individual: interview..

Smart meter technology tradeoffs. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2012). Smart meter technology tradeoffs. . https://doi.org/10.1109/TSAsia.2012.6397987

Smart meters have become a matter of concern for many populations, although the technology is as always politically neutral. The focus on electricity rather than all metered services, water, gas and electricity is one aspect of this public concer... Read More about Smart meter technology tradeoffs..

A new data, document and geospatial repository: knowledge base and project support for a major international railway project. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M., Kukla, R., Benjamins, M., & Grashoff, P. (2008, April). A new data, document and geospatial repository: knowledge base and project support for a major international railway project. Poster presented at Third International Conference on Open Rep

The simplicity of the basic design has proved to be robust to the changing and varied needs of different ?clients?, but the complexity of the intellectual property issues engendered by the mix of commercial, open source and hand rolled software has p... Read More about A new data, document and geospatial repository: knowledge base and project support for a major international railway project..

RKB: A Knowledge base to support research documentation, data, GIS, spatial data and communications for a major rail freight project. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M., Kukla, R., Benjamins, M., & Grashoff, P. (2007). RKB: A Knowledge base to support research documentation, data, GIS, spatial data and communications for a major rail freight project. In Proceedings of the European Transport Conference 2007

The paper places data and document access, use and exploration systems in the context of the Data Observatories movement, as well as the document repository systems now becoming mandated for universities. It will show how taking these developments in... Read More about RKB: A Knowledge base to support research documentation, data, GIS, spatial data and communications for a major rail freight project..

Agent-based modelling of pedestrian movements: the questions that need to be asked and answered. (2001)
Journal Article
Kerridge, J., Hine, J., & Wigan, M. (2001). Agent-based modelling of pedestrian movements: the questions that need to be asked and answered. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 28(3), 327-341. https://doi.org/10.1068/b2696

Vulnerable road users have steadily attracted increased importance in transport and planning. The behaviour of pedestrian movements (especially in the areas off but adjacent to roads) requires improved tools to address the issues now being raised. Su... Read More about Agent-based modelling of pedestrian movements: the questions that need to be asked and answered..