Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?
— Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me: its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy daemon, to whom I had given life.
— Frankenstein, by ,Mary Shelley
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of this child so completely as I should deserve theirs. Pursuing these reflections, I thought, that if i could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.
— Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The technology included in each Exmobaby product consists of fully washable clothing containing conductive fibers, a detachable transceiver that communicates the information to a home computer, PDA’s and cell phones; and software used to process the data and provide a record of the child’s physical states. The software means that parents can record previous physical states and attach a motivation, such as hunger or tiredness, which allows the system to predict likely causes of future events. With parent and caregiver input, the technology can learn over time and help predict baby’s future emotional and behavior states.
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(Source: exmobaby.exmovere.com)
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I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil; the void that presents itself to the soul; and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance. It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she whom we saw every day and whose very existence appeared a part of our own can have departed for ever - that the brightness of a beloved eye can have been extinguished and the sound of a voice so familiar and dear to the ear can be hushed, never more to be heard.
— Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Time Lapse - Installation of Maurizio Cattelan: All at the Guggenheim
People live longer as technology improves, so cultural change actually slows, because it is tied more to the outgoing generational clock than the incoming one.
— Lanier, Jaron (2009-12-02). You Are Not a Gadget (p. 182). Vintage. Kindle Edition.
A great, big, disappointment.
Let’s suppose that back in the 1980s I had said, “In a quarter century, when the digital revolution has made great progress and computer chips are millions of times faster than they are now, humanity will finally win the prize of being able to write a new encyclopedia [Wikipedia] and a new version of UNIX!” It would have sounded utterly pathetic.
— Lanier, Jaron (2009-12-02). You Are Not a Gadget (Vintage) (pp. 121-122). Vintage. Kindle Edition.
“If i operate the android, it becomes me.” - Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro
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