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wearable mobile augmented Copyright�� 2008 Isabel
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concept: posthumanism Posthumanism is a philosophical concept that explores and debates the possibility
for evolution beyond the notion of humanism.�
Postmodernism has been concerned with the concept of the posthuman because it questions
assumptions underlying the human as
a category. Posthumanism probes ideas like (im)mortality, invincibility, and
embodiment. When discussing the notion of
technology forming prosthetic extensions for humans, posthumanism is often
discussed in combination with cyborg theory. � Click> 11/23/08 > Eyeborg > Rob
Spence, documentary film maker, and Steve Mann, wearable computer inventor
team up to create an �eyecam� prothestic eye that contains a video camera for
Spence who lost his eye at the age of eleven.�
> Ian McGrenaghan writes in a Torontoist
�article� ��The two�
[are] develop[ing] a prosthetic eye that will contain a wireless video
camera and they're now two months away from their first prototype. . .� Spence plans on using it to shoot a film
dealing with the intersection of surveillance and humanity he's developing
with the National Film Board of Canada�. Spence�s blog is at Eyeborg. 5/15/08 > Sarcos suit
>� The real Iron Man� �Everybody likes the idea of being a
superhero, and this is all about expanding the capabilities of a human, said Stephen
Jacobsen, chief designer of the Sarcos suit.� CNN article. 01/01/1999 > Book: How
We Became Posthuman by N. Katherine Hayles charts posthumanism in a historical and
literary context explaining how information �lost the body� . |
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