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Virtual Classrooms: Making the Invisible, Visible

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

by Tongzhen Zhang, Vic Callaghan, Ruimin Shen and Marc Davies This “work in progress” paper describes research into e-learning and virtual reality at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) and Essex University respectively. The authors propose a novel virtualised learning model and architec...

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Transhuman Documentary

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

This group calling themselves “Transhumanists” enshrine notions such as our minds living on forever. This site presents a thought provoking film directed by Titus Nachbauer that presents the groups ideas....

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When It Changed

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

Edited by Geoff Ryman When It Changed is an attempt to put authors and scientists back in touch with each other, to re-introduce research ideas with literary concerns, and to re-forge the alloy that once made Science Fiction great. Composed collaboratively ““ through a series of visits and c...

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Supercut: Nearly a Century of Robots in Movies

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

If you are inspired by visions of humanoid robots you will find Fusion’s 2 minute video ‘Supercut: Nearly a Century of Robots in Movies‘ fascinating. Its video montage of numerous robot images from movies stretching from The Mechanical Man in 1921 to Interstellar in 2014. You can...

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Journal of Brief Ideas

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

The Journal of Brief Ideas Ideas is a research journal, composed entirely of ‘brief ideas’. The goal is to provide a place for short ideas to be described in 200 words or less which, as the name suggests, is a useful source for prototyping concepts. See more at:http://beta.briefideas.o...

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Brian David Johnson at TEDxDanubia 2013

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

Brian David Johnson speaking at TEDxDanubia 2013 about how Science Fiction can be use as a shared language for deigning the future. It was presented at TED’13. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing toge...

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SciFi and Engineering – An IET Feature

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

IET Engineering & Technology, “focus on the relationship between SciFi and Engineering” (see eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/08/index.cfm), Volume 8, Issue 8, September 2013 p24-63...

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Ambition – an SFP style film from the European Space Agency

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

“Ambition“™, is a 6 minute movie created by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a fiction to stimulate interest in their Rosetta mission. Although the makers probably never heard of Science Fiction Prototyping, it”™s produced in that style as it extrapolates the present into t...

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ShanghAI Lectures: Brian David Johnson on Science Fiction Prototyping

Posted on May 22, 2016 By csfoundation

The ShanghAI Lectures were a video conference-based lecture series on Embodied Intelligence run by Rolf Pfeifer, Nathan Labhart and partners around the world. This talk, given on the 29th October 2009, by Brian David Johnson explored Science Fiction Prototyping as a novel methodology to create new ...

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Public Lecture: Science Fiction Prototyping & The Technological Singularity

Posted on February 6, 2015 By csfoundation

The breath-taking pace of technological change presents a huge challenge to the social-economical and political systems – as well as to the designers of technology. At the same time, the increased global competition is making companies struggle for an innovative edge to distinguish their products ...

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