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Film
Videos and Documentary Films
Android (1998) 30 min. The Learning Channel. Dist. Ambrose Video
Series: UltraScience visits labs around the world that seek to create humanoid robots. http://www.ambrosevideo.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=60
Beyond Human 120 min PBS.
Part One, the "Body Electric", examines the advances in bioengineering that are mechanizing the human body. The second hour, "Living Machines", explores the possibilities for true artificial intelligence.http://www.shop.pbs.org
Man and Machine: Redrawing the Boundary Series: Brave New World. (1999) 45 min. Dist. Films for the Humanities.
What is human? What is machine? New inventions begin to blur the distinction. http://www.films.com/Films_Home/item.cfm?s=1&bin=11249
Scientific American Frontiers PBS.
This series explores cutting edge science and technology. Episodes specific to biotechnology and/or robotics: Pet Tech, The Bionic Body, Games Machines Play. http://www.pbs.org/saf/
Super Humans (1998) Series: UltraScience. TLC. dist. Ambrose Video.
By constantly adapting, we became the most successful species on our planet. Will genetic engineering take away the differences that made us succeed, the very things that make us each unique? http://www.ambrosevideo.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=63
21st Century Medicine (2001) 52 min. each Dist. Ambrose Video.
Bionic Breakthroughs. Regenerating Life. http://www.ambrosevideo.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=956.0
Feature Films
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Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001) PG-13.
A futuristic Pinocchio tale with Haley Joel Osment as a highly advanced robotic boy able to "love" his mother.
Bicentennial Man (1999) PG.
Based on Isaac Asimov's story, Robin Williams plays an android who over two centuries develops thought and emotion - artificial intelligence.
The Bionic Woman (1975) not rated.
After a crippling accident, a woman is rebuilt with bionic parts turning her into a better-than-human cyborg. A spinoff of the Six Million Dollar Man.
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Blade Runner (1982) R.
Harrison Ford is a cop assigned to hunt down "replicants" - artificially created humans - who attempt to escape their scheduled destruction.
Colossus: the Forbin Project (1969).
Super-computers in a cold war setting.
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Frankenstein (1931)
The classic.
Johnny Mnemonic (1995).
In the future, Keanu Reeves is a data courier with a memory chip implanted in his brain. But there is a limit to how much data he can safely carry.
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Metropolis (1926) not rated.
Fritz Lang's classic silent sci-fi film about a future society in 2026. One of the first movies to introduce android robots.
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Robocop (1987) R.
A cyborg is created when the brain of a fatally wounded cop is used to operate a crime-fighting robot in this futuristic sci-fi tale.
Star Trek: the Next Generation #35 "The Measure of a Man" (1989).
Android Data is put on trial to determine his status. Is he just a machine or does his artificial intelligence endow him with human rights?
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The Stepford Wives (1975).
A social/gender relations commentary in picture garb.
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Terminator (1984) R.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's well-known role as a cyborg from the future.
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Westworld (1973) PG.
Michael Crichton wrote and directed this tale of a future adventure resort where fantasies are played out by lifelike robots. Yul Brynner is a gunslinger robot gone berserk.
For more movies dealing with artificial intelligence see Cybercinema Homepage http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/cybercinema/index.htm
For more information on these videos, see The Internet Movie DataBase (http://www.imdb.com) Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) or Barnes & Noble (http://www.bn.com)
Reading
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The Age of Intelligent Machines. Kurzweil, Ray. Cambridge. MIT Press. (1990).
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The Bionic Human. (The Library of Future Medicine). Cobb, Allan B. Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN: 0-823-93670-8. 1st edition. (August 2002).
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Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises &. Realities. Grace, Eric S. Paperback. 264 pages. Joseph Henry Press. ISBN: 0-309-05777-9. (August 1997).
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Biotechnology: Demystifying the Concepts. Jewell, Thomas R., Buiser, Rodolfo G., Bourgaize, David B. Paperback. 416 pages. 1st edition. Addison-Wesley Pub Co. ISBN: 0-805-34602-3. (October 1, 1999).
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Biotechnology from A to Z. Bains, William. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0-199-63693-1. (April 1998).
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The Cyborg Handbook. Ed. Gray, Chris Hables. Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-90849-3. (January 1996).
Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age. Gray, Chris Hables. 256 pages. Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-91979-7. (February 1, 2002).
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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us. Brooks, Rodney Allen. 260 pages. Pantheon Books. ISBN: 0-375-42079-7. (February 12, 2002).
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The Fourth Discontinuity: the Co-evolution of Humans and Machines. Mazlish, Bruce. New Haven. Yale University Press. (1993).
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How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Hayles, N. Katherine; Hayles, Katherine. 350 pages. University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0-226-32146-0. (February 1999).
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The Machine in the Garden. Marx, Leo. Oxford University Press. (1964).
Essays on the advent of machines and their impact on the American landscape
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Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World. Mulhall, Douglas. 300 pages. Prometheus. ISBN: 1-57392-992-1. (Apr. 2002).
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Robots among Us: The Challenges and Promises of Robotics. Baker, Christopher W. 48 pages. Millbrook, lib. ed. ISBN: 0-7613-1969-7. (2002).
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Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species. Menzel, Peter; D'Aluisio, Faith . Paperback. 240 pages. MIT Press. ISBN: 0-262-63245-4. Reprint edition. (October 1, 2001).
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Superhumans: A Beginner's Guide to Bionics. (Future Files). Beecroft, Simon. Paperback. 32 pages. Copper Beech Books. ISBN: 0-761-30636-6. (April 1998).
For younger readers
For more information on these titles, see Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) or Barnes & Noble (http://www.bn.com)
Library Catalog Subject Searches
Web
Biotechnology
Timeline of AI Milestones
Milestones in the development of artificial intelligence. From Descartes to the present.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cybercinema/aihistory.htm
Building a Better Human
A history of the creation of human replicants from automatons to robotic androids.
http://access.tucson.org/~michael/Intro.html
The Bionic Body
PBS
Scientific American Frontiers. Series website links to episode websites
which include articles, transcript, teacher's guides, and streamed
video of the episodes.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1107/index.html
How Artificial Hearts Work
How Stuff Works explains the mechanics of artificial hearts.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-heart.htm
Superhuman: The Future of Medicine
Website accompanying Learning Channel program about medical advancements using biotechnology.
http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/superhuman/superhuman.html
Pet Tech
Biotechnology
is also benefiting the family dog. PBS Scientific American Frontiers.
Series website links to episode websites which include articles,
transcript, teacher's guides, and streamed video of the episodes.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1201/index.html
Cybercinema Homepage
Artificial intelligence in the movies.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cybercinema/main.htm
Biotechs
Current news stories about biotechnology. Also includes links to several other biotechnology web sites. World News Network.
http://www.biotechs.com/
Constructions of the Mind: Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities
See
especially "The man machine and artificial intelligence" Theme issue of
the Stanford Electronic Humanities Review 4(2), July 1995.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SHR/4-2/text/toc.html.
Robotics
How Robots Work
How Stuff Works explains the basics of robotics.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/robot.htm
Cool Robot of the Week
Robotics-related
web sites which portray highly innovative solutions to robotics
problems, describe unique approaches to implementing robotics system,
or present exciting interfaces for the dissemination of
robotics-related information or promoting robotics technology. NASA
Telerobotics Program.
http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html
Games Machines Play
PBS
Scientific American Frontiers. Series website links to episode websites
which include articles, transcript, teacher's guides, and streamed
video of the episodes.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1208/index.html
Natural Born Robots
PBS
Scientific American Frontiers. Series website links to episode websites
which include articles, transcript, teacher's guides, and streamed
video of the episodes.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/previous.htm
LEGO Mindstorms
Ideas and examples of robotics created with LEGOs.
http://mindstorms.lego.com/
Robotics Research
Details
about numerous robotics projects. Many short movies of robots in
action. Includes activities and teacher resources. University of
Southern California
http://www-robotics.usc.edu/
Android World
Links to all things android, aka humanoid robots.
http://www.androidworld.com/
Honda Motor Company Humanoid Robots
Humanoid robot inventions.
http://world.honda.com/robot/
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
http://kipr.org/
MachineBrain Robotics
All about robot creations.
http://www.machinebrain.com/General_Robotics/Humanoid_Robotics/
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