Humans vs. Cyborgs in Utopia
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"Appleseed," a new animated science-fiction spectacle from Japan, has a plot that frolics in the no-man's land between fiendish complexity and utter incomprehensibility.
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When civilization falls, does it make a sound? Two books about the end of worlds--and what follows
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Artificial intelligences could soon be living and learning inside online worlds such as Second Life.
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The grim, dystopian world in this animated French film is the product of a computer technique that evokes the sharp, linear style of a graphic novel.
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Though not nearly as entertaining, it continues the theme that machines can hold power over humans, even when the people are fighting to regain control.
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Rise of the Machinesâ¢ scuttles a little closer
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A German art group reprograms old assembly-line robots to become autonomous artists. The machines draw, spin tunes and dance in public. The group wants to show that the industrial beasts can create beauty. By David Cohn.
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VIENNA, Sep 1 (IPS) - Utopias have always inspired humankind -- from the  defence of enlightenment against religious fanaticism during the  Middle Ages, to reconstruction after last century's wars, to  the end of colonialism.
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The Lab judging panel will be busy this weekend picking a winner in the speak-to-the-Prime-Designer contest. (You can still enter today.) As they toil tirelessly, let us ponder this designerâs ethics, and whether it&#8217;s better to live in simulated joy or be really miserable. The posthuman Prime Designer may not care much what our puny [...].
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Researchers are working on autonomous robots that eat to produce energy. The problem right now is that batteries are much better. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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In the 1975 film "Rollerball," the corporate world state of some futuristic society controls the bloodlust of its sterile populace through the brutal, sporting violence of a game. Being publicly educated and stuff, I never fully understood this.
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The future of robotics may involve teams of small, cooperating droids.
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Usually it's the robots that oppress humans in the popular imagination. A Spanish art show turns the tables, producing fearful machines. By Daniel Terdiman.
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In Half-Life 2, players take up arms against an Orwellian society where unseen masters lord over oppressed humans who have no choice but to submit and comply.
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Blog: Two futuristic music interfaces--the Tenori-On and the Monome--are in a race to capture the hearts of electronic musicians.
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In Japan, a 28,000-square-foot homage to the automaton begins the archiving of man's fascination with robots. Take a look at some of the specimens. By Brian Ashcraft from Wired magazine.
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Imagining hundreds of outage-related micro-dramas unfolding simultaneously.