
Android: What is Human? Innovations in Humanoid Robotics.
by joostay
A new exhibition in Tokyo explores what it means to be human. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is quite possibly Philip K. Dick’s most famous work – a science fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic near future, subsequently forming the primary basis for the 1982 film, Blade Runner. The film depicts a dystopian world in 2019 in which genetically engineered replicants, which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans, are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as by other “mega-corporations” around the […]
Categories: Art, Music & Culture, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: androids, blade runner, blog, do androids dream of electric sheep, future, hiroshi ishiguro, ikimasho, japan, japanese, kodomoroid, miraikan, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, otonaroid, telenoid, tokyo