Volume 87 (2020), Edition 1

The article proposes to take a fresh look at the global ascent of “crashworthiness” as a “dominant paradigm” (Peter Norton) of automobile safety by focusing on the so-called Experimental Safety Vehicle (ESV) program of the early 1970s....

This article interrogates an aircraft control system referred to as ‘fly-by-wire’. First developed in the 1960s, fly-by-wire replaced mechanical and hydraulic aircraft control systems with an electronic, computer-mediated system capable of...

A number of corporations around the world are promising that self-driving cars are just around the corner. They aren’t simply building, testing, and refining vehicles, however. They are also seeking to shape our expectations, goals, and values...