To: Maurice Winn who wrote (442592 ) 8/25/2011 7:20:49 PM From: goldworldnet 3 Recommendations Respond to Beyond Human is on youtube.Beyond Human: The Cyborg Revolution (Runtime 9:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVXWUD8Q3Y Part 1 of 9. Over the centuries, scientists speculated that we could tap into the body's electrical system to restore lost functions or enhance our powers, like machines. Beyond Human: The Invasion of the Inhuman (Runtime 9:41) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW7Fy5rHLgk Part 2 of 9. Science fiction has returned again and again to the merger of man and machine, the Cyborg, with fascination and fear. Beyond Human: The Cyborg Mind (Runtime 9:02) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMNNtXdxSI Part 3 of 9. As we steadily merge with our technology, the focus is on devices that enhance our senses and minds and knit us together in new ways. Beyond Human: The Age of Androids (Runtime 9:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zz9kHNv1g Part 4 of 9. Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are breathing intelligence, even life, into creatures of silicon and steel. Beyond Human: How to Design a Humanoid (Runtime 7:26) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzYWjaKSDA Part 5 of 9. To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the world. Researchers are infusing robots with abilities ranging from grasping to hearing and vision. Beyond Human: Emotional Robots (Runtime 3:43) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li4w9DPPNYI Part 6 of 9. If tomorrow's robots are going to share our world, they will have to have something extra: an emotional and psychological dimension to help them communicate and respond in ways people can understand. Beyond Human: Can a Robot Be a Person? (Runtime 5:24) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSLVo6XaXW4 Part 7 of 9. As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them: as property like automobiles, or as individuals with rights and responsibilities? Can a thing be a person? Beyond Human: Robot Soccer (Runtime 7:28) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4f4wxb6j1s Part 8 of 9. To promote the rapid evolution of robots, one audacious group of researchers decided to start a worldwide robotic soccer competition. How soon before they challenge humans? Beyond Human: Erasing the Line Between Man and Machine (Runtime 9:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoJ5c1vv-p0 Part 9 of 9. We are beginning to shape a tomorrow in which robots will walk and work among us. As they realize their own potential, how long before they cast us aside? * * *
