Or how technological alienation, cultural stagnation and fucking robots will be the end of us all. On this planet. But might just see us reborn on the other side of the galaxy in five thousand years, give or take. WARNING: PARTS OF THIS PROBABLY AREN’T SAFE FOR WORK (the clue might be in the title). I MEAN, […]
Read more "A Very Robosexual Human (De)Extinction Sync Log [NSFW ish]"What follows are my extended thoughts and personal reflections a week two weeks after watching Bruce Sterling deliver a lecture on Alien Aesthetics. It’s a look at the weirder side of cyborg life and our posthuman future. A glimpse at the many ways in which we try to see the unseen and embrace the cosmos. […]
Read more "LOVECRAFTIAN CYBORGS AND THE ALIEN AESTHETIC: Part 2 – The Colours Out Of Space"Above are the opening titles that introduce Autómata and its setting of #neartermhumanextinction, #heavyspaceweather and #atemporality. This movie is an instant classic that belongs on the shelf right between Bladerunner and Hardware; and just in case you’re not sure it’s full of explicit spot-the-Bladerunner-bingo references, and features Dylan McDermott in a role that could make you […]
Read more "a short review of AUTÓMATA"Amazon Echo is the latest pitch by the Stacks to get their variously embodied AI fronts out of their servers and into your house. For Big Data to get its hands all over your stuff; physical or virtual. To insinuate themselves into your reality and make themselves an integral, indispensable part of your lives and […]
Read more "“It’s like Gnosticism meets Russian Cosmism, but for the Internet-of-Things” – A Kids Movie"The show that is, not the main character. Let me explain. I was sitting with Court3nay on Friday afternoon, in Little Creatures, after an expedition up and down Brunswick St, seeking clothing worthy of purchase. He was telling me about the smartphone app Bump and all the fun ways people have found to use it. […]
Read more "Nathan Barley was right"Here’s a crazy proof-of-concept video showing what one future of UserInterface’s might be: via — note, that’s 2006 technology! Now, substitute the hand-held projector for glasses (or contacts!) and the pen for say a couple of rings on your finger and we’re approaching some real magic! Compare this crazy vision, vs the MSFT next-gen platform.
Read more "Projected reality UserInterface concept video"from Paleo-Future Vision (Clip 2, 1993) This clip from the 1993 concept video Vision demonstrates why the videophone has never caught on. There is nothing communicated between the characters that necessitates visuals. If the best application of videophone technology you can think of is proving that helicopters exist, there probably isn’t a pressing need for […]
Read more "videophone didn't kill anything?"(via) Not too bad I guess. It’s certainly a shiny future-present they’re painting. I still don’t understand why we don’t have more text->speech conversions going on. Must look into that further. Be great to have a customizable/skinnable voice to the computer – that could read out blog posts while you’re washing the dishes or something. […]
Read more "Intel’s vision of the future ad"from The Korea Times Athletes to Wear Smart Bio-Shirts Amateur marathoners sometimes fail to pace themselves during the long, 42.195-kilometer course. This is very dangerous and can even lead to a runners death. To reduce the risk, a team of Korean scientists has developed wearable computing ware, called BioShirt, which warns runners who try to […]
Read more "..Athletes to Wear Smart Bio-Shirts.."A high-tech collection of soldier gear, 15 years and half a billion dollars in the making, will finally make it into battle. The 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry has adopted the Land Warrior suite of wearable electronics, and will take it with them to Iraq when they deploy next year. It’s the first time a large group of infantrymen will be tied to the combat network that’s connecting so much of the military…
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 