SPECIAL SECTION ON SENSORS Katherine Albrecht and Katina Michael 31 GUEST EDITORIAL Connected: To Everyone and Everything Katherine Albrecht and Katina Michael SPECIAL SECTION FEATURES 35 Asynchronous Adaptations to Complex Social Interactions* Sally Applin and Michael Fischer 45 Comparing British and Japanese Perceptions of a Wearable Ubiquitous Monitoring Device* Stuart Moran, Toyoaki Nishida, and Keiichi Nakata 50 Public Open Sensor Data: Revolutionizing Smart Cities* 57 Public Domain Treaty Compliance Verification in the Digital Age* Albert Domingo, Boris Bellalta, Manuel Palacin, Miquel Oliver, and Esteve Almirall Christopher W. Stubbs and Sidney D. Drell T&S ring 05 &S Sp 13_T er 20 Wint 3 /13 1:5 11/25 PM Page 1 gy o l o n h Tec Society and IEEE E AZIN MAG CIAL SO ETY ON 13 SOCI TER 20 IEEE WIN THE 4 | N OF ATIO NUMBER BLIC A PU ME 32 | VOLU NS OF IO ICAT IMPL GY NOLO TECH less Wire ors s n e S *Refereed articles. Cover image: Fabio Lima. Used with permission. Letterbox image: ROBIN LUMLEY/WIKI COMMONS Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MTS.2013.2288136 2 | IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE | WINTER 2013