Category Archives: cyberpunk

Judging Dredd

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Judging Dredd”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail While taking a vacation recently, I managed to let the new Judge Dredd trailer slip by unnoted. You can see now why I waited for the broad vista of the mega-city to appear before making … Continue reading →

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Saturday Afternoon TV: Cyberpunk

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Saturday Afternoon TV: Cyberpunk”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe cyberpunk genre had a remarkably-short shelf-life. Within a decade of its inauguration by writers like William Gibson, who coined the term “cyberspace,” cyberpunk had ceased to be fiction and become the news. Yet … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Videodrome

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Welcome to the Videodrome”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 1983, David Cronenberg directed a seminal film on the subject of transhumanism: Videodrome, in which technology affects our biology and virtual reality becomes the real. The unforgettable closing sequence has become a pivotal … Continue reading →

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Interactive Tattoos

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Interactive Tattoos”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFurther evidence that cyberpunk fiction was only a moment of anticipation: Scientists are researching biodegradable, silicon-silk devices that could be implanted inside the human body for various applications, potentially including the development of “LED tattoo” skin … Continue reading →

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Cyborg Insects

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Cyborg Insects”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYes, you read correctly. Cyborg insects: For the first time, researchers have controlled the movements of free-flying insects from afar, as if they were tiny remote-controlled aircraft. By connecting electrodes and radio antennas to the nervous … Continue reading →