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A vote for RoboDog
In her article, Sherry Turkle projects the computer as moving away from its mechanical role as object; it does things for us, to a more interactive subject; it does things to us. Computers are now cast in the role of … Continue reading
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Cyborg: where the skin ends, add a prosthetic arm.
This may seem old fashioned, and certainly less academic than Haraway, but my first recollection of a cyborg was Steve Austin, played by Lee Majors, in the Six-Million Dollar Man. The prezi video about the military research on prosthetic arms … Continue reading
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