Humans vs. Cyborgs in Utopia
86378
"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.
395587
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.
361310
What is being lost as technology kills off the Renaissance man? Our souls, perhaps? Commentary by Tony Long.
511698
Comment is free: Marina Hyde: No matter how futuristic the internet may seem to be, the fundamental truths of human nature will always endure there.
512352
At the Venice Biennale, architects stare into a windowed, dystopian future, trapped within stylistic confines of their own making.
260387
Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.
506329
[T]rane's diary entry and the later MLP discuss the life and death, primarily the latter, of Chris McKinstry, better known around these parts as mindpixel. His Mindpixel Project was an AI experiment; but in that I was never terribly interested. I was more interested in his theories on cognition and the brain as a hypersphere, optimised for surface area.
120973
Unsuspecting residents are lured in by shiny, foreign objects that unleash a self-replicating worm and bring the virtual world to a grinding halt. In Game|Life.
647353
Computers long ago ceased to be simply tools. Instead, like digital music players and digital cameras, they are coming to reflect peopleÂs tastes and aspirations.
739272
Researchers are working on autonomous robots that eat to produce energy. The problem right now is that batteries are much better. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
716587
By Paul Gromosiak  I must admit that I am a bit of a Luddite, but I have accepted my fair share of technology in my daily life. What concerns me is how rapidly technology seems to be taking complete control of our lives. Once our servant, I think it is now our master.
21593
Blog: Art installation puts autonomous robots behind bars for people to observe.
474440
A pair of robots named ASTRO and NextSat have been working together in Earth orbit, docking, undocking, flying around and refueling, as if they have minds of their own.  Their adventures may herald a revolution in the way we explore space.
461018
Within 50 years, biotech will suffuse everyday life just as computer technology does now -- so says Freeman Dyson.  It's not new, but the futurist describes his vision, from DIY genetic engineering for pigeon fanciers and schoolchildren to green industrial.
38578
Merchant and Ivory try filming a period piece in one of the world's most futuristic cities.
519046
Description: Two scientists pose a new evolutionary idea: We run, therefore we are. They contend that humans developed the way they did in order to run long distances.
468560
Research could lead to improvements in prosthetic limbs and robotsScientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple everyday act of picking up a cup of coffee.