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Monday, 4 April 2016

You are Cyborg


For Donna Haraway, we are already assimilated.
The monster opens the curtains of Victor Frankenstein's bed. Schwarzenegger tears back the skin of his forearm to display a gleaming skeleton of chrome and steel. Tetsuo's skin bubbles as wire and cable burst to the surface. These science fiction fevered dreams stem from our deepest concerns about science, technology, and society. With advances in medicine, robotics, and AI, they're moving inexorably closer to reality. When technology works on the body, our horror always mingles with intense fascination.
Full article from Wired below:

http://www.wired.com/1997/02/ffharaway/

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Now, no Black Holes: Stephen Hawking



http://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2014/01/stephen-hawking-now-thinks-there-are-no-black-holes

No Black holes in space. Only galactic washing machines with the surrounding areas representing the British weather. Quantum mechanics and relativity will not be reconciled.