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It's amazing how rudimentary it already almost seems, but note the points she brings up: -Immersion, but with "LACK of socialization" (4:02) in regards to spreading of germs (an arguably necessary part of human longevity). But in regards to ACTUAL socialization, she confirms that this interface will support the ability "to be able to confront each other, to see each other, to talk to each other." -Time-travel (3:20) -Extreme proficiency

"This cinematic essay posits science fiction (with tropes such as alien abduction, estrangement, and genetic engineering) as a metaphor for the Pan-African experience of forced displacement, cultural alienation, and otherness."

NYtimes article about the rise of this curious 'multi-use' brand identity doppleganger!

video performance duo, 'granulating' image and sound, re-sequencing human actors into machine-like entities. Described by artist/writer Tom Sherman as "like watching the accelerated evolution of our species through time-lapse photography"

Surgeons are amongst the highest paid professionals in the medical world today. They are the 'miracle-workers' of the 21st century, providing blood transfusions, heart transplants and prosthetic limb replacements in order to save and transform the lives of their patients. Nevertheless, the place of the surgeon amongst today's medical elite was not always guaranteed.

There are terrific tools (like PGP and GPG) for encrypting your mail. If somebody along the way looks at the mail they can't understand it. But they do know you are sending encrypted mail to your pal. The answer: encode your message into something innocent looking.

Plaid Stallions is dedicated to the 70's, using department store catalogs like Sears and Eatons as well as toy industry publications, polyester fashion mockery, shag carpeting and toy love are the orders of the day

Just all over the place...

"The official Ogrish Forums - Uncover Reality" This is a forum site that showcases gore and death while remaining anonymous. Videos that are banned in the US are usually on here.

This site shows a some sort of a "mutant" that Dietz describes. Its a form to moan the death, through a familiar face of online communities. What is interesting is the people dead can not post them..

The new iphone has come out with Siri, and AI based program that you can talk to and get amazing feedback, you can tell Siri to do so many things... Also see http://www.pcworld.com/article/241992/a_conversation_with_siri.html http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-10-31/business/30344472_1_iphone-s-siri-tech-review-processing

Watson is a vision of the future some say. Watson was smart enough to compete on jeopardy.. This is the first step to having this algorithm style machines to fully immersion with a human psyche.