What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Science Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You. [PDF]
Curr Robot Rep, 2021 We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research, and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in the eyes of science and the general public.
Henschel A, Laban G, Cross ES.
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Speculative Social Science Fiction of Digitalization in Higher Education: From What Is to What Could Be [PDF]
Postdigit Sci Educ, 2021 1 Tampere University, Tampere, Finland 2 Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia 3 University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK 4 The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia 5 Georg Eckert Institute of International Textbook ...
Suoranta J +6 more
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Science fiction and ELSI: three thoughts [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Science fiction can be useful to those who analyze ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) in genetics and the biosciences more broadly. It can provide examples of possible technological changes, which are occasionally valuable as predictions of the ...
Henry T. Greely, Henry T. Greely
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SAGE Open, 2018 This article describes findings from an online survey Science Fiction & Fantasy: Your Experiences , launched in November 2015 and closed 1 year later, which received 909 unique responses.
Christopher Benjamin Menadue +1 more
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On velvet worms and caterpillars: science, fiction, or science fiction? [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009 Velvet worms (phylum Onychophora) are fascinating animals. Their colored velvety skin and glue-shooting organs attract the attention of nature lovers. Their geographical distribution across the former Gondwana fascinates biogeographers. Onychophora is also the single animal phylum with a strictly terrestrial distribution.
Giribet G.
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Sustainability: Science or Fiction? [PDF]
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 2007 it is clear that in making the concept of sustainable development concrete, one has to take into account a number of practical elements and obstacles. There is little doubt that integrated approaches are required to support sustainable development.
Pim Martens
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Pandemics, epidemics, viruses, plagues, and disease: Comparative frequency analysis of a cultural pathology reflected in science fiction magazines from 1926 to 2015 [PDF]
Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2020 Science fiction includes many dystopian narratives, often featuring epidemics, pandemics, plagues, viruses, and disease. As science fiction has grown in popularity and prevalence it appeals to an increasingly broad demographic, is employed in research ...
Christopher B. Menadue
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Science fiction or fictitious science. [PDF]
Int J Surg Case RepGoldim JR, Fernandes MS.
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An investigation into the causes of science fiction animation influencing young people’s awareness of science and technology based on the DIMT model - Love, Death and Robots as an example [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 As a medium, science fiction animation has a special significance for the construction of science and technology awareness among youth. As the science fiction animation market is booming and popular among young people, it is more and more urgent to ...
Liu Xinrui, Yang Jiawen, Zhao Xinran
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