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Re-writing the Bhabhian “Mimic Man”: Akin, the Posthuman Other in Octavia Butler’s Adulthood Rites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Cultural critics have sought to define the term posthuman1 as primarily a condition that does away with hierarchical forms of power and control. It recognizes a transformation of the human species into a subject position that moves from an oppositional ...
Nanda, Aparajita
core   +2 more sources

Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Francesca Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder engagement with AI service interactions

open access: yesJournal of Product Innovation Management, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 31-56, January 2026.
Abstract Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered in a wave of AI innovations in the form of embodied conversational agents. These stakeholders offer new ways to engage customers in the co‐creation of services but still face significant customer skepticism.
Terrence Chong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyborgs and Enhancement Technology

open access: yes, 2017
As we move deeper into the twenty-first century there is a major trend to enhance the body with “cyborg technology”. In fact, due to medical necessity, there are currently millions of people worldwide equipped with prosthetic devices to restore lost ...
W. Barfield, Alexander Williams
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Process of Evolution, Human Enhancement Technology, and Cyborgs

open access: yesPhilosophies, 2019
The human body is a remarkable example of the process of evolution which ultimately created a sentient being with cognitive, motor, and information-processing abilities.
W. Barfield
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Macro-reasoning and cognitive gaps: understanding post-Soviet Russians’ communication styles. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Russians and Westerners access, process and communicate information in different ways. Whilst Westerners favour detailed analysis of subject matter, Russians tend to focus on certain components that are, in their view, significant ...
Fell, Elena
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Cyborg finance mirrors cyborg social media [PDF]

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2020
This article aims at showing the similarities between the financial and the tech sectors in their use and reliance on information and algorithms and how such dependency affects their attitude towards regulation. Drawing on Pasquale’s recommendations for reform, it sets out a proposal for a constant and independent scrutiny of internet service ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Advances in 3D Printing Technologies for Fabricating Magnetic Soft Microrobots

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2025.
This paper gives an in‐depth synopsis of various additive manufacturing technologies used to fabricate magnetic soft microrobots. The review covers the basics behind magnetism and the materials used. It then dives into three‐dimensional printing technologies including extrusion, photopolymerization, jetting, etc.
Kaitlyn Clancy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A genealogy of fish women and other imagined identities: “The mechanics of fluids” in Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 6, Page 602-618, December 2025.
Abstract Fluidity invigorates a utopian home in Chinese Canadian author Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl (2002). In the novel, the fishlike lesbian couple cyclically returns to their aquatic habitat between mortal reincarnations: from last‐century colonial South China to near‐future bio‐capitalistic Canada, where they recurrently experience displacement ...
Qianyi Ma
wiley   +1 more source

Technology Games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Technology games are parts of ways of life. The rules of technology games are the customary restrained practices people engage in, in consort with artefacts.
Monk, John
core  

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