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Explorative Nanophilosophy as Tecnoscienza: An Italian Perspective on the Role of Speculation in Nanoindustry [PDF]
There are two primary camps in which nanotechnology today can be categorized normal nanotechnology and speculative nanotechnology. The birth of nanotechnology proper was conceived through discourses of speculative nanotechnology.
Umbrello, Steven
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Design Fiction as a Practice for Researching the Social
The aim of this paper is to contribute to a new conceptual foundation for design fiction. Much attention is dedicated to theorising how design fictions relate to our so-called actual world.
Thomas Markussen +2 more
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Exploring the Roles of Artifacts in Speculative Futures: Perspectives in HCI
In an era where technology increasingly blurs the boundaries between humans and machines, artifacts have become crucial mediums for critically examining the technological, social, and ethical dimensions of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI).
Lin Zhu, Jiayue Wang, Jiawei Li
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As part of the discipline and practice of design (understood in its broadest sense of «strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services,
Simona Cosentino, Eleonora Lupo
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ÇEYIZLAB: Crafting a Speculative Manifesto
Çeyizlab is a research project tackling with çeyiz (trousseau)- a traditional gift-giving to the bride in Turkey. Due to the societal changes, çeyiz is under a transformation. By looking at the past and speculating about the future of çeyiz, our research
Hazal Gümüş Çiftçi +1 more
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Late allocation and early release of physical registers [PDF]
The register file is one of the critical components of current processors in terms of access time and power consumption. Among other things, the potential to exploit instruction-level parallelism is closely related to the size and number of ports of the ...
González Colás, Antonio María +4 more
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Concept Cars as Vehicles for Change in SMEs
Making prototypes of fictitious artifacts has long been applied in corporations as a design-led way to envisioning the future. These techniques make use of design to explore speculative futures translating abstract questions into concrete objects and ...
Javier Ricardo Mejía Sarmiento +3 more
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Turned On / Turned Off: Speculating on the Microchip-based Contraceptive Implant [PDF]
For over 50 years, hormone-based contraceptives have allowed women to control their fertility, thus reconfiguring society and how women relate to their body.
Heyer, Clint, Homewood, Sarah
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Co-Designing Meaningful Dialogues on Sexual Harassment
We live in a dysfunctional world led by white-male dominated, patriarchal and capitalist societies that perpetuate continuous oppression. The public space is culturally perceived as a man’s world while women have been traditionally confined to the ...
Dina Benbrahim
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis +9 more
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