Signal+Static: Posthuman Fieldnotes

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Cyborg - the word that left earth.
How a space medicine footnote became a theory, a life support system, an icon and us.
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The Internet Sang to Us
Dial-up's forgotten, unforgettable ritual and its lesson for cyborg design.
Aug 28 • 
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Luke's Hand: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
On Artificial Identity, Empathy Prosthetics, and the Dreaming Machine
Aug 9 • 
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Systems, Signals, and Scaffolding: UX in the Age of AI
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Pilot Mode
Jul 19 • Marcel
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Luke's Hand: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Aug 9 • Marcel
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Glossary from the Loop
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The Cyborgs Aren’t Coming
Jun 5 • Marcel
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The Internet Sang to Us
Aug 28 • Marcel
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Design Practice

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Pilot Mode
On designing the interface for a new kind of cockpit.
Jul 19 • 
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Glossary from the Loop
Design terms for systems, signals, bodies, and behaviors (Updated as the loop evolves.)
Jul 19 • 
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Systems, Signals, and Scaffolding: UX in the Age of AI
A response from the DDX NYC Conference.
Jul 1 • 
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The Cyborgs Aren’t Coming
They're Already Here: Design, Identity, and the Already-Cyborg Condition
Jun 5 • 
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Cyborg Theory

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Cyborg - the word that left earth.
How a space medicine footnote became a theory, a life support system, an icon and us.
17 hrs ago • 
Marcel
Luke's Hand: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
On Artificial Identity, Empathy Prosthetics, and the Dreaming Machine
Aug 9 • 
Marcel
4
Glossary from the Loop
Design terms for systems, signals, bodies, and behaviors (Updated as the loop evolves.)
Jul 19 • 
Marcel
3
2
Luke's Hand: Blade Runner
Watching Blade Runner with Cyborg Eyes
Jun 13 • 
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The Cyborgs Aren’t Coming
They're Already Here: Design, Identity, and the Already-Cyborg Condition
Jun 5 • 
Marcel
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Hello World
Welcome to Signal+Static: Fieldnotes from the Posthuman Edge
Jun 2 • 
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