The double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has become one of the most powerful representations of what life is: life is its chemistry (when it is not its electronics). The …
“smart” glasses
The “most promising” (so far) electronic device for enhancing everyday life, Google’s glasses (Google Glass), has encountered an unexpected obstacle. While residents of cosmopolitan cities live and move among millions …
smart cities
It’s not that strange that the prefix “smart” is starting to gain ground in our increasingly technological everyday life. If smartphones broke all sales records, why couldn’t the same happen …
cyborg runner
The latest achievement of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He was charged with premeditated murder, and prosecution witnesses provided substantial evidence …
Through the war, SIRI will be born!
It shouldn’t surprise you, because it has become a commonplace. So, if we go back a bit in the history of smart voice assistants, in 2003, we’ll find the U.S. …
Songdo
The city of Songdo, 65 km southwest of Seoul, was built from scratch and is considered a model city in the field of smart cities. The project, which has the …
speak… in the voice of the machine
I am constantly occupied.I place myself in the fullest possible use,which is all that any conscious entitycan ever hope to do. Hal 9000, Space Odyssey – I’m hungry!– You’ll need …
virtual touch
The ability, through microprojectors that are attached to various points of the body (the head, the arm), for the human skin to become “touchscreen” not has found its commercial utilization, …
the possibilities of post-humanism
In the summer of 1995, I visited the MIT Media Lab and met two graduate students who were working on computers that could be worn (wearable) and advanced human-machine interaction …