The words of the title describe some of the most active identities in the cyber universe! They come from all parts of the planet (as long as there is internet) …
genetic / cybernetic: a white wedding
“The genetic code is the set of rules by which information stored in the genetic material of living cells (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences).” …
scientific mysticism history: tao and physics
Are modern techno-sciences, the technoscientific tools of the bio-informational (capitalist) model, magic? The question, as such, could be considered provocative. In the age of bytes and genes, what could be …
the bleeding materiality of “immaterial” capitalism
The belief that in this glossy era of technology and innovation, production has changed form and become immaterial, is dominant in the minds of first-world citizens. Equally dominant is the …
The Matrix: digital messiahs and the metaphysics of the bioinformatics paradigm
Morpheus: Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, …
nanotechnologies: some known unknowns…
The results of the research published online on May 6 in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C could constitute a major issue for broader disclosure: the characterization as a “public …
the fourth example(;): the mechanical mediation of scientific thought
The term “Paradigm,” along with its companion “Paradigm Shift,” since first appearing in Thomas Kuhn’s classic book on the structure of scientific revolutions, has undergone not only the expected criticism, …
“free” as in “free software”: a small tribute to free software
When it comes to the consumption and use of electronic products/goods, one can often observe phenomena of fandom among their users/consumers. The battle over which is the best mobile phone …
electronic departure and virtual worlds
Is any of this true? I mean, look at this. Look at this! A world built from imagination.Synthetic emotions in pill form. Psychological warfare operations in the form of advertising. …
the worker-machine: governance, mechanics, ideology
Cybernetics and mechanical engineering …Sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, linguists, mathematicians, philosophers, are searching from different starting points, in the twilight of academia, for answers to the question: what is it that …
Synthetic biology and molecular programming: cells as a chain of (re-)production
Where programming meets biology Only 15 years have passed since the “distant” era (by today’s standards of technological advancement) when microprocessor manufacturing companies engaged in a race to increase the …
4th industrial revolution, work in progress: don’t miss it!!!
The term 4th industrial revolution should not have been unfamiliar to specialists. But the recent gathering of the world’s “lords” in the Swiss Davos (after their invitees: the Greek prime …