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In this final Science Fiction Prototyping column, editor Brian David Johnson looks back while hinting at what's to come. The web extra at https://youtu.be/lZW2O5M9qVE is an audio recording of editor Brian David Johnson expanding on his final Science Fiction Prototyping column.
Sentient tools--powered by incredible advances in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data mining--represent the next stage of intelligent, aware, and social machines designed specifically to work with people. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/XtMFZ0sDzIk is an audio recording in which Science Fiction Prototyping editor Brian David Johnson talks with Richard Sear, vice president of consulting...
To educate the next generation of students, Arizona State University's School for the Future of Innovation in Society is merging curriculum with science fiction prototyping.
Science Fiction Prototyping column editor Brian David Johnson sits down with eight-year-old Cole to imagine a robot when he least expects it--on vacation. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/hltHbW8Q22s is an audio interveiw in which author Brian David Johnson sits down with eight-year-old Cole to imagine a robot when he least expects it--on vacation.
Just as editor Sam Moskowitz chronicled the accomplishments of John W. Campbell's new approach to science fiction in Doorway into Time, we're capturing the accomplishments of Vic Callaghan and his fellow practitioners in their crusade to explore and expand science fiction prototyping. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/SUMvfCeGI-w is an audio podcast in which author Brian David Johnson expands on his...
The Society for Science and the Public hosts an international science and engineering fair that encourages today's teenagers to create tomorrow's future.
As part of the 21st Century Robot project, a team from Intel collaborated with three middle school students, helping them design and build their own unique robots. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/HMhQbofhzdo is an audio podcast in which author Brian David Johnson expands on his column, sitting down with Sandy Winkelman, his creative partner and illustrator of the 21st Century Robot stories, to discuss...
What would it actually feel like to realize that the software you're using is evolving on its own? The Web extra at http://youtu.be/y2YRYtOKHyU is an audio interview in which author Brian David Johnson, prompted by a reader's submission, explores the intersection of evolution and technology with Nathan Shedroff, co-author of "Make it So," an investigation of science fiction and design.
Utopian science fiction prototypes might not actually be about the world that we want to live in, but rather the people we want to be. The Web extra at http://vimeo.com/81120151 is a video segment in which author Brian David Johnson joins Geek Speaks panelists Cory Doctorow and Henry Jenkins to discuss the roles that science fiction has played, for better or worse, in shaping the ways we think about...
What happens if David Deutsch's theories are correct, and we're living in not just one universe but a collection of tightly parallel universes that make up a multiverse? The Web extra at http://youtu.be/sl7wr1PosHc is an audio discussion of the Science Fiction Prototyping column, in which author Brian David Johnson talks with Tony Salvador, director of Intel's Experience Insights Lab and senior principal...
What if you could design a robot to suit your own personality and behaviors, just as you can make apps to do just about anything your imagination can dream up? The Web extra at http://youtu.be/DjydM5cgBy8 is an audio recording in which author Brian David Johnson talks about taking the 3D printed exoskeleton of Jimmy, a 21st century robot, through New York City and interviews Dr. Simon Egerton, roboticist,...
The IDEAS event, hosted by Autodesk, brought together a collection of scientists, astronauts, engineers, science fiction authors, and thinkers to use science fiction prototyping and determine what design should imagine. The first Web extra at http://youtu.be/ee4V6b4AauY is an audio recording that discusses how the IDEAS event, hosted by Autodesk, brings together a collection of scientists, astronauts,...
Science fiction prototypes let us explore the futures we want to live in, but, more importantly, they help us explore the futures we want to avoid. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/W8zNDErnq_o is a video segment in which author Brian David Johnson expands on his Science Fiction Prototyping column, in which he discusses how the world of secret science fiction, the science fiction stories you will never...
Using science fiction based on science fact to prototype the human, cultural, ethical, and legal implications of early-stage research and technology allows us to envision possible futures, and to explore their effects so that we can then build them.
Science fiction prototypes are a great tool for bringing research to life, and they do a much better job of communicating the science and vision of the work than the rather dry treatment of an academic text.
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