The robot named Pepper, a creation of the company SoftBank Mobile, is the most recent achievement in robotics in the field of “home services”. Pepper is designed to coexist with …
The two sides of social networking
Social media is a virtual field of sociality, where social time is converted into digital space. A virtual, digital space where millions of users deposit pieces of their daily activity, …
timer
Time (and our sense of it) is a precious matter – yet it has long been expropriated by the techniques of its measurement. Through unconscious processes, the minutes once, and …
home helpers
The humanoid robot in the photo cooks (among other things). But there’s no reason to worry: it won’t replace “mom,” and it won’t fill lunchboxes… Home robotic machines are one …
Do androids play electric games?
About the game in general Play is always an activity. Even when it presupposes high levels of abstract ability, it simultaneously demands the externalization of meaning through a series of …
Rigidity and learning
Excerpts from Norbert Wiener’s book “Cybernetics and Society, the human use of human beings”, Chapter “Rigidity and learning. Two models of communication behavior”. (The book was first published in 1949, …
“smart watch”
Google Glass may be pulling ahead with difficulty (the fate of the pioneer who rushes), but Apple seems to be stepping firmly into the wearables arena. Its watch (available next …
robot-pope
A small humanoid robot shows a public school in the Iranian city of Varamin, just outside Tehran, that even machines have souls: it prays, encouraging the little students to do …
“genetism”
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 …
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 …