Plato, Symposium and Critias, Volume 15 (Library of Ancient Authors), trans. George Dedousis and Giannis Kordatos (Athens: Zacharopoulos Publishers, 1999), 141–143.
In ancient Greek, "machine" means invention or craft.
The "original descent" here refers to the vanished malefemale, which preceded the two sexes -male and female- according to Aristophanes’ myth in Plato’s Symposium.
Hubert C. Vykukal, Reginald F. King, Wilbur C. Vallotton, "Anthropomorphic master/slave manipulator system" US Patent 4046262 A, filed Jan. 24, 1974, and issued Sept. 6, 1977.
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Ralph S. Mosher, “Handyman to Hardiman,” SAE Technical Paper, 670088, doi: 10.4271/670088 (Research and Development Center, General Electric Co., 1967).
Jon Turi, "GE's bringing good things, and massive robots, to life," Engadget, January 26, 2014.
Ibid.
See John McHale, The Future of the Future (New York: George Braziller Inc, 1969); John McHale, “Toward the Future,” Design Quarterly, No.72, January 1986 (Walker Art Center); John McHale, “The Future of the Future,” Architectural Design (February, 1967).
Mark Wigley, “Recycling Recycling” in Eco-Tec. Architecture of the In-Between (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999): 38–49.
Takes Zenetos designed and manufactured a special piece of furniture—the “posture chair”—in the framework of his major research project "Electronic Urbanism," which ran from the 1950s to the 1970s. The design for the posture chair won an honorable mention in the “InterDesign 2000” international design competition in October 1967.
Takes Zenetos, “City and House of the Future,” Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος - Economy Postman, No.924, January 6, 1972 (Athens): 10-12.
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Evangelos Kotsioris and Molly Wright Steenson, “Computational Intelligence,” Panel announcement for the forthcoming 105th ACSA Annual Meeting “Brooklyn says 'Move to Detroit.'" (2017).
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Superhumanity, a project by e-flux Architecture at the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, is produced in cooperation with the Istanbul Design Biennial, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the Ernst Schering Foundation.