I was going to reply to Thaddeus' post "Built for Love" but figured it was too big a response on this topic. So in the article from Thaddeus' post the topic of our 'hardwiring' towards emotional response in relationships with robots was discussed. O
January 14, 2011
Photograpy by Erik Jacobs
Sherry Turkle
Boston
Imagine standing in front of a robot, gazing into its wide, plastic eyes,
“Osiris” is a new 10-episode action-thriller Internet Television series filmed in the diverse backdrop of Atlanta featuring gritty crime fiction, espionage, science fiction and the supernatural. Each episode is 5-8 minutes long and features a jaw dr
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Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. The civil rights leader was also one of the most famed orators in American history. Here are a collection of 10 MLK quotes.
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World’s Biggest Diamond Mine is located at Mirna, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
The mine is so big and giat that the airspace a
To those who don't know my work I would like to introduce myself and my view on what I think science fiction is or should be. Growing up I used to be a huge fan of science fiction partly because of the action, partly because of the adventure but mos
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| Artist's concept of the huge black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87, the most massive known black hole to date |
by James Bonnet
What is the source of our creativity? How can we communicate with that source and use it to unlock the natural storyteller that resides in us all?
Carl Jung called the source of our creativity the collective unconscious. Joseph Campbell
I've got to get this off my chest -:)! I'm a Black woman with 2 grown sons. Both can barely drive to the corner stop without being stopped by the police. My oldest son, when he left NC, hadn't a drivers liscense in probably five years.
Moreover, most
Read more…Let's be clear up front I watched CAPRICA because it was an extension and the pre-quel to BSG this was enough to get me to watch it. It was slow and creeped along and had all the makings of a soap opera with little bits of meat sprinkle in to keep m
Read more…Tell me who I am is an exiting new animated video series with original stories and songs that will inspire your entire family! In the first episode, The Journey Begins, travel back in time to 14th century Timbuktu where Nia, a courageous young prince
DA recently had an inception inspire contest.. They provided a script that explained the run up to the Inception movie.. Basically the end scene of the script is the beginning of the movie- it details how they figured out how to get into Saito's head
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To help remove line spacing issues, make sure your manuscript is aligned left and single space instead of double spacing.
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For Moblie uses which one is best? l Apple has hard press to support Flash ,and are pushing HTML5' like mad man! Which one do you all think is best?
Read more…A tiny voice is heard from inside the womb of a pregnant woman : "Mother, give birth to me !"
"A child who can speak from his mother's womb can give birth to himself", replies the mother.
And so a little boy is born, cuts his own umbilical cord and
This year Penguicon will hold their scifi convention at the Troy Marriot from April 29th to May 1st. It is still early in their scheduling process but for more info bookmark the link and check with the creators.
http://www.penguicon.org/index.php
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