putting consciousness on the anatomical table If one takes stock of the declarations of scientists (and their funders), the last terra incognita that the techno-scientific spirit is called upon to …
far-right misinformation
When the far right tries to “expose” the “system’s conspiracies” and spews racism. According to the text, the photo is staged, the “refugees” (in quotation marks) are plants and have …
don’t believe the hype: social media and black propaganda
What is communicated are commands and… those who give them also say what they mean. Guy Debord, Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, 1988 Here, to “speak” you must …
Robocop
We will one day remember that the first robot-police officers appeared in 2016 at the edge of the Saudi Arabian peninsula, in Dubai. We will remember that they were launched …
Sewing automata
Can a robotic machine (or a team of such machines) sew clothes? Anyone who has even an amateur relationship with sewing knows that fabrics have lots of whims. Sometimes two …
The metaphysics of cyber-warfare
This is “the bad guy” Sauron, from “the lord of the rings”. ProjectSauron is what the well-known Russian malware fighting company Kaspersky Labs named a new discovery of theirs (almost …
Your robotic pet
Kirobo Mini (the humanoid robot in the photo) is the latest achievement… of Toyota! The Japanese company, famous for its cars, has had an industrial robotics research and manufacturing division …
quantum teleportation
Two separate teams of technoscientists, both funded by the American Pentagon, recently announced that they have (experimentally) achieved quantum teleportation. These are programs of the well-known DARPA, one in China …
the (partial) digitization of the analog educational system
When, in the year 2016, in a society the question of whether (and how) “religious education will be taught in schools” emerges as a very significant challenge, then this society …
Robotic know thyself
Some robots are trained in pain, others learn to draw correct ethical conclusions, but in New York three Japanese NAO robots displayed reactions considered to be the first signs of …
the quantum future is near (and it will turn many things upside down…)
with a satellite as a starting point…(…that will conduct quantum experiments in space) The emergence of increasingly extreme innovative technological applications has long become a tedious cliché in the electronic …
Bring the pain!
Chasing AI (artificial intelligence), the “holy grail” in the field of information technology and robotics, researchers are testing various paths. One of them is breaking the problem into pieces. Thus, …