Published by caseorganic January 5th, 2009
in fun stuff, news, speakers and videos.
The following pictures are just a sample of the amazing photos at Mark Coleman took of CyborgCamp. The full set can be be viewed here on Flickr.
Reid Beels explains the unconference structure.
Ward Cunningham explains new ‘Ways of Seeing”.
Simon Walter-Hansen asks a question during one of the presentations.
Leah Hollander explains how insulin pumps affect sex lives.
Thanks [...]
Published by caseorganic December 7th, 2008
in cyborgs, fun stuff, news and volunteers.
(Photo Credit: David Kominsky)
Session Notes
Lots of people took session notes and are wondering where to put them. We’ve created a place on the CyborgCamp wiki just for that.
{{Post your session notes here}}
If you’re unfamiliar with using Wiki’s, you can simply E-mail your session notes to caseorganic@gmail.com and I’ll post them for you.
Blog posts on [...]
Published by caseorganic December 6th, 2008
in cyborgs, fun stuff and news.
Here is the live stream of what our conference looks like right now. You can also tune in at http://www.mogulus.com/pdxjoe (this option allows chat).
Published by caseorganic December 6th, 2008
in cyborgs and news.
Deborah Heath, professor of anthropology at Lewis and Clark College,
participated in midwifing cyborg anthropology, attending the Cyborg
Anthropology seminar in Santa Fe, NM that led to the book Cyborgs &
Citadels.
After several years of following the human and nonhuman
alliances involved in genetic knowledge production [cf: Genetic
Nature/Culture, Univ. of California Press], she’s currently captivated
by the techne [...]
Published by caseorganic December 4th, 2008
in fun stuff, news and speakers.
If you haven’t already heard, Lia Hollander @missburrows is going to be giving a presentation on “How Being a Cyborg Keeps Me Alive” from 11:45Am-12:30Pm at CyborgCamp.
She also just made this little promo video for it, which is pretty epic+adorable+cyborgian.
Lia will talk about the electronics that help keep her healthy and alive, the [...]
Published by caseorganic November 26th, 2008
in cyborgs, fun stuff, identity and news.
Humans and cameras. The ultimate cyborgian relationship.
Machines helping humans to preserve memories. Humans helping choose settings that help a camera best represent reality. Beauty results when humans and machines operate in symbiotic harmony.
With that said, Mark Coleman is one of the most harmonious cyborgs I’ve encountered.
Mark is excited to help capture CyborgCamp on film, so [...]
Published by caseorganic November 26th, 2008
in fun stuff, news and robots.
One of the topics for the unconference part of CyborgCamp is exactaly this. Every year, we’re teased by science and technology magazines, advertisements, and news shows. They tell us that in a few years, we’ll all live forever, or that we’ll all have flying cars. But when has a sceintific or technological prediction actually come [...]
Published by caseorganic November 25th, 2008
in news and registration.
If you haven’t already, please purchase your ticket for CyborgCamp. This ticket covers food and lets us know you’ll be there.
It’s important that you register as early as possible, the ticket costs $10 person before Wednesday December 3rd, 2008, at Noon. If you register afterwards, the ticket before $20. The form is secure and accepts [...]
Published by caseorganic November 24th, 2008
in cyborgs, fun stuff, identity and news.
A lot of times we wait around for technology to just “appear” like we see in films. But if we continue to do that, nothing will get built. Thankfully, people are out there filling in the gaps.
Zigelbaum showed me what he was working on during the first night of MIT’s Futures of Entertainment 3. When [...]