Essays about: "Cyborg"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the word Cyborg.

1. 16. Machine integration into human life:Mankind and Cyborgization

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

   Author : Muhammad Ali Khan; [2012]
   Keywords : Ideology; Identity; Cyborgization; Authenticity; Science fiction;

   Abstract : Muhammad Ali Khan Abstract August 31, 2012 Machine integration into human life: Mankind & Cyborgization Embracing technology and its utilization has always been a certain goal for human beings so it would provide benefits in long run through different ways. However access to such knowledge not only helps mankind to prosper but also reveals its dark side in form of a dilemma. READ MORE

3. 17. Cyborglandskap : landskapet, människan och teknologin

   University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

   Author : Martin Nilsson; [2010]
   Keywords : cyborglandskap; teknologisering ; ljusarkitektur; jordbruk; vertikal odling; postmodernism; hydroponisk odling;

   Abstract : By using the cyborg as a structural tool to analyze certain aspects of human interaction with what can be perceived as landscape or landscape architectural elements, this thesis seeks to explore the concept of the cyborg landscape in order to place human practice in the context of postmodern ideas of the end of true nature. Ever since human kind has externalized evo-lution by using tools and extending the body with technological inventions, we have also taken our surroundings out of their natural trajectory. READ MORE

4. 18. Mythomachines Suspended, Fallen and Jumping Cyborgs

   University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Ángela Hoyos; [2009-06-29T10:14:57Z]
   Keywords : Media Art; Installation Art; Performance Art; Kinetics; Poetry; Comparative Religion; Theatre Arts; Latin American Literature; Intellectual Freedom;

   Abstract : In this text I am presenting the installation and performance project called ‘Automatic bai Chans’ I developed since the spring 2008 mainly in collaboration with Juan Hernández, student of the C: Art: Media Master’s program. We collaborated also with Anna-Sara Åberg from the School of Music and Drama, who brought a valuable input to the project as well. READ MORE

5. 19. Nanotechnology: Beyond Human Nature?

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Laura Cabrera; [2007]
   Keywords : nanotechnology; posthuman; therapy; enhancement; cyborg; ethics;

   Abstract : Nanotechnology plays an important role in today’s society because it allows convergence to the nanoscale, that is to say to the level of atoms and molecules, as part of a miniaturization trend; and also because it is being used for improving human performance or enhancement. Nanotechnology will have a tremendous impact thanks to its potentialities, and the human desire for enhancement - and for some even the desire to reach a posthuman stage. READ MORE