Science
Avatars, Cyborgs and Robots: Can Humans Enhance Themselves? (II)
Sandra Álvaro
Codifying human beings and increasing the processing capacity of computers has made it possible to create machines that can respond to our actions.
Science
Avatars, Cyborgs and Robots: Can Humans Enhance Themselves? (I)
Sandra Álvaro
The design of bionic prostheses and the creation of intelligent machines are some of the advances made towards enhancing our physical and intellectual abilities
Planet
Storytelling
The Anthropocene, Climate Change and Dystopias
Serielizados
When TV series tackle the future they tend to depict quite a dark world ahead of us.
Technology
Mass Surveillance in Latin America
Alan Lazalde
What is the situation like in Latin America in regards to mass surveillance?
Culture
Dossier
Open Free Culture
We believe in an open and shared culture. For this reason we reflect on intellectual property, copyright, open access to knowledge...
Culture
What will our future memories be? Interview with Sharon Macdonald
Ramon Sangüesa
We must break down the usual assumptions about what is held in a museum and who decides what is collected, that is, what is preserved.
Storytelling
Provisional Language
Kenneth Goldsmith
Globalisation and digitalisation turns all language into provisional language.
Culture
Wikidata: The New Rosetta Stone
Àlex Hinojo
Wikidata is a new step forward in the democratisation of access to information.
Culture
A change of mentality
Maria Ribas
The cultural sector is shifting, and audiences are now in the spotlight. Two conferences reflected this shift in Madrid and Barcelona.
Technology
Dossier
Challenges of Privacy
What is the place of privacy within a technophile context? The limits between privacy, anonymity, vigilance and control are indefinite.
Science
The “uncanny valley” hypothesis in robots
Ferran Esteve
The "uncanny valley" hypothesis holds that when a robot looks almost, but not exactly, like a human being, it causes disconcert and revulsion in the observer,
Storytelling
Predictions of Total Control
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
The possibility of critical, educated, informed citizens is a fear that disturbes those in power and has caused the burning of books and librariries many times.