Category: Future Design
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The Paradox of Foreseeing the Future, by Alan N. Shapiro
In spite of my reputation as a science fiction theorist and futurist designer, I do not believe very much in the future. Starting from the psychology of consciousness, I would like to invoke the German-Canadian author Eckhart Tolle, who, in The Power of Now, emphasizes that it is good to live in the present.
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“Die Software der Zukunft,” new book by Alan Shapiro
My new book Die Software der Zukunft was just published by the Walther König Verlag in Cologne. Mit seiner “Software der Zukunft” pladiert der Informatiker und Medientheoretiker Alan Shapiro für eine partizipatorisch realisierte Neuausrichtung der Informatik.
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How Does the Changed Media Environment Influence Young People’s Attention and Education?, by Lena Neumann
The modern world is coming up with a plethora of new media which we all find ourselves faced with everyday. The notion of a change in modes of attention is a question that N. Katherine Hayles discussed in her essay “Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes.”
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Building Robots, by Alan N. Shapiro
These are my “lecture notes” for my lecture at the Art University in Linz, Austria on June 21, 2011. In the first part, I presented the idea of beginning a multidisciplinary and “humanities informatics” approach to the development of robots-slash-androids, going beyond the mechanical engineering approach to ASIMO that Honda has taken so far.
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Towards a Unified Existential Science of Humans and Androids, by Alan N. Shapiro
Presented with the reality, which is at the same time still half-fictional, of bringing robots or androids into our social world, I believe that we are being offered the gift of an opportunity for humanity to grow and develop, to untangle the knots binding us to our current stagnation, to improve our lives.
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Art and Design in the Age of New Media and New Technologies, by Alan N. Shapiro
On January 16th, 2013, I gave a lecture at the Bath Spa University, Bath School of Art and Design, in Bath, UK. What are the main trends in the history of New Media Art? How have artworks evolved through the application of digital technologies, computer graphics, virtual reality environments, robotics and biotechnology?