Apocalypse is in fashion. It's not me who says so, but, notably, Marc Jacobs (1) through his last spring-summer 2014 fashion show at the New York Fashion Week on September 13th: apocalyptic decor of bus and car carcasses torn apart, models marching in military fashion,...

« Tactiques du rêve augmenté  » : quinze artistes exposent un autre monde

Dans la continuité du cycle « Matters of Concern | Matières à panser », le commissaire Guillaume Désanges présente « Tactiques du rêve augmenté », une exposition collective qui rassemble quinze artistes à La Verrière, espace bruxellois de la Fondation d’entreprise Hermès. Des formes organiques, des dessins d’anticipation ou encore

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Star Trek Science ou fiction ?

Star Trek Science ou fiction ?, d’Ethan Siegel – Edition De Boeck supérieur, octobre 2020 – 216 pages La grande saga de Star Trek depuis 1966 : 13 films, 759 épisodes séries, des web series, des jeux vidéo, des romans… et voici enfin un magnifique « beau livre » qui

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Science fiction, from the mirror of our societies to prospective reflection / Fourth part and conclusion

The progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.

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Foresight and Science-Fiction

In Misery of Historicism (1945), Karl Popper states: "The future course of history is unpredictable. "In "SF and Experimentation", Isabelle Stengers seems to argue the opposite (Hottois, Philosophy and SF, 2000). In "SF and Experimentation", Isabelle Stengers seems to argue the opposite (Hottois, Philosophy and SF, 2000).

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Cybathlon

Cybathlon: the first bionic sports competition

A race of exoskeletons, a bionic arm event and a thought-driven avatar challenge. Here is the program of the Cybathlon which fascinates and could make you believe in a science fiction movie. On October 8, 2016, Zurich will host the first sports competition using bionic equipment: the Cybathlon. Reserved

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This is why our cars don't steal

Dans son dernier livre, Bureaucratie*, l’anthropologue et économiste américain, initiateur du  mouvement Occupy Wall Street, David Graeber s’afflige que ses rêves d’enfant de progrès technologique ne se trouvent pas réalisés aujourd’hui. Interviewé par Libération, il explique : « J’avais 7 ans quand le premier homme a marché sur la Lune. Au regard

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