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2005 Livre Prix - <b><i>ROBOTS<br><br>
</i></b>French author Daniel Ichbiah has received the French 2005 Prix
for <b><i>Robots</i></b>, his recent book on technology and the
future. <br><br>
This is timely for all of us because the book focuses on the evolution of
technology and the coalescences of humanity and technology while
illustrating the many benefits of dynamic technology. The final
chapter of the book titled "Les Robots du Futur" covers
technology and the future of the human body.<br><br>
This chapter also features my design "Primo Posthuman"
<a href="http://www.natasha.cc/primo.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.natasha.cc/primo.htm</a> in a full four-page spread of images
and my ideas about the challenges of the future, society's ability to
adapt to the massive changes ahead, transhumans and posthumans, and the
history and future of transhumanism.<br><br>
Also covered in this chapter are nanorobots, and the works of Takao
Someya of Japan, Frederic Kaplan of Sony in Paris, Dr. Haipeng Xie of the
University of Guelph, Dr. Hod Lipson of Cornell University, and
Prof. Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading.<br><br>
<i>Robots</i> is a truly visionary and well written expose of the
emergence of technology and robotics. <br><br>
<a href="http://ichbiah.online.fr/pagerobots.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://ichbiah.online.fr/pagerobots.htm</a><br>
<a href="http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=ouvrages&ID=2830707893" eudora="autourl">
http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=ouvrages&ID=2830707893</a><br>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist - Designer
<dd>Future Studies MS Program, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Member, <a href="http://www.profuturists.com/">Association of
Professional Futurists</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a>
<dd>Honorary Vice-Chair, <a href="http://transhumanism.org/">World
Transhumanist Association</a>
<dd>Senior Associate, <a href="http://foresight.org/">Foresight
Institute</a>
<dd>Advisor, <a href="http://alcor.org/">Alcor Life Extension
Foundation</a><br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective.
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<dd>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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