Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with many implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society. Wiener later helped develop the theories of cybernetics, robotics, computer control, and automation. He shared his theories and findings with other researchers, and credited the contributions of others. These included Soviet researchers and their findings. Wiener's acquaintance with them caused him to be regarded with suspicion during the Cold War. His article "A Scientist Rebels" for the January 1947 issue of The Atlantic Monthly[9] urged scientists to consider the ethical implications of their work. After the war, he refused to accept any government funding or to work on military projects.

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Wednesday 21st of August 1991

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Monsters have always defined the limits of community in Western imaginations. The Centaurs and Amazons of ancient Greece established the limits of the centred polls of the Greek male human by their disruption of marriage and boundary pollutions of the warrior with animality and woman. Unseparated twins and hermaphrodites were the confused human material in early modern France who grounded discourse on the natural and supernatural, medical and legal, portents and diseases -- all crucial to establishing modern identity.30 The evolutionary and behavioural sciences of monkeys and apes have marked the multiple boundaries of late twentieth-century industrial identities. Cyborg monsters in feminist science fiction define quite different political possibilities and limits from those proposed by the mundane fiction of Man and Woman.

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Wednesday 17th of August 2011

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The Flex-Foot Cheetah from Ossur was designed for all types of lower-limb amputees who wish to sprint at a competitive and/or recreational level. Cheetah.

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Thursday 29th of September 2011

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RT @newscientist: Rise of the (rat) cyborg: Rodent gets a digital cerebellum

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Thursday 6th of October 2011

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pioneer Prof | In-depth | The Engineer: via @Terminatorstud

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Thursday 6th of October 2011

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Check this video out -- Life: via @terminatorstud

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Saturday 5th of November 2011

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Hugo de Garis «The Coming Artilect War »

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Friday 11th of November 2011

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BBC News - 'Cyborg' yeast genes run by computer

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Saturday 19th of November 2011

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'Super soldiers': The quest for the ultimate human killing machine

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Wednesday 23rd of November 2011

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RT @ScienceBlogTwit: Insect cyborgs may become first responders

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Sunday 3rd of June 2012

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VIDEO : The Cyborg Foundation

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Sunday 3rd of June 2012

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«We have no laws to protect cyborgs. We are stopped at cinema halls, and outside churches and supermarkets that don't allow the use of electronics. This needs to change.»

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Monday 9th of July 2012

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Man and robot linked by brain scanner a long way from being able to help

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Thursday 9th of August 2012

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What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s

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Thursday 9th of August 2012

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"I’m not sure why the perpetrators attacked, but 'Perp.' [Mann's name for one of his assailants] did mention about cameras not being allowed," he told us in an exclusive email interview. Mann was unavailable for a phone call because his iPhone was also damaged in the alleged attack.

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Wednesday 26th of September 2012

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Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now?

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Friday 28th of September 2012

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Uh-oh, the Rise of the Machines Is for Realsies

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Wednesday 3rd of October 2012

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Robobees, A convergence of body, brain, and colony

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Saturday 1st of December 2012

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‘I’ve watched the Terminator films, which play on our darkest fears about robots,’ said Mr Barbato. ‘Clearly, if a type of killer cyborg evolved, it might easily lead to a breakdown of morals and consciousness, the degradation of life and the disintegration of human civilisation.’

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Thursday 13th of December 2012

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We're all super humans until our devices lose energy.

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Friday 15th of February 2013

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The dark side of the Blade Runner

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Saturday 16th of February 2013

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Researchers Give Lab Rats Terminator-Like Infrared Vision

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Saturday 16th of February 2013

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Yesterday, the United States Department of Energy announced that national research laboratories had finally created a bionic eye to meet Food and Drug Administration standards. And so our transformation into human-cyborg hybrids takes another giant step forward.

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Monday 4th of November 2013

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The Roboroach (Beta)

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Thursday 21st of November 2013

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Google Man

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Tuesday 3rd of December 2013

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The first person in the world to become a government-recognized cyborg

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Tuesday 3rd of December 2013

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People "will start becoming technology" says human cyborg

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Monday 26th of May 2014

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“It is very possible that Terminator of the future would need to be constructed starting from such building blocks.”

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Tuesday 17th of June 2014

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Only the unmeasured is free.

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Saturday 30th of August 2014

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we allready live in the cyborg era @jerezim @arthackday

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Monday 1st of September 2014

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Google can collect real-time analytics on us, after all, but there’s almost no way to track how their decisions hold up or undermine their “don’t be evil” ethos. What’s trust without transparency?

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Monday 8th of September 2014

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Cyborg Unplug is a wireless anti-surveillance system for the home and workplace. 'Plug to Unplug', it detects and kicks devices known to pose a risk to personal privacy from your local wireless network, breaking uploads and streams.

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Monday 8th of September 2014

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"In the 21st century medicine is moving onwards and trying to surpass the norm, to help people live longer, to have stronger memories, to have better control of their emotions. But upgrading like that is not an egalitarian project, it's an elitist project. No matter what norm you reach, there is always another upgrade which is possible."

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Monday 20th of October 2014

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"Apple has enough people with their devices being tracked by the government. Every place you go with that thing they know exactly where you are," said Cameron. "So you want to talk about Skynet." "It's not that I have anything to hide," Cameron said. "To me it's a matter of principle."

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Wednesday 19th of November 2014

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Le pouvoir politique subit une pression croissante exercée par le lobbying numérico-industriel, lui faisant miroiter une fluidification et une optimisation de la vie grâce à ses systèmes de rationalisation computationnelle, déjà à l’œuvre dans les programmes de l’Open data ou des smart cities. Face à la démission du politique, c’est une politisation de ces enjeux par toutes les forces de la société qui s’impose aujourd’hui.

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Monday 1st of December 2014

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RT @stopthecyborgs: Transhumanists rejoice post human super intelligences They are called

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Sunday 7th of December 2014

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Cette surmédiatisation du concept de cyborg va jusqu’à engendrer une mise en question passionnée de l’appareillage, domaine où la raison devrait nous guider : qui oserait lancer un débat «pour ou contre» la chaise roulante ou la canne anglaise ? Le sujet amputé, plus ou moins «réparé», se retrouve involontairement enjeu de discussions sur l’«augmentation» du corps dont il connaît, lui, les limites, au risque de rendre encore plus compliquée l’image qu’il a de lui-même et que la société se fait de lui.

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Friday 19th of December 2014

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Hal Varian, chief economist for Google: “By 2025, the current debate about privacy will seem quaint and old-fashioned. The benefits of cloud-based, personal, digital assistants will be so overwhelming that putting restrictions on these services will be out of the question. Of course, there will be people who choose not to use such services, but they will be a small minority. Everyone will expect to be tracked and monitored, since the advantages, in terms of convenience, safety, and services, will be so great.”

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Thursday 26th of February 2015

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Don’t forget that the online information sphere is just as much designed to conceal information as it is to reveal it. It’s designed to cocoon us. Don’t let yourself get duped. Fight to understand how your world really works.

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015

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Today, in a paper in a the journal Current Biology, scientists are describing just that. After strapping tiny computers to the backs of giant flower beetles, they were able to control their flight path, essentially turning them into biological drones.

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Thursday 2nd of April 2015

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Pentagon officials are worried that the US military is losing its edge compared to competitors like China, and are willing to explore almost anything to stay on top—including creating watered-down versions of the Terminator.

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Thursday 18th of June 2015

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It's Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and former California governor, who is lending his persona as the famed Terminator from the movie franchise to the community-based traffic and navigation app Waze.

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Monday 20th of July 2015

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Le bracelet du Terminator via @affordanceinfo

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Sunday 6th of March 2016

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RT @aannggeellll: Forgot to charge arm last Charging at cellphone charge area at airport