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Inception

January 14, 2011

Inception

Wikipedia | Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) along with his partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) perform illegal corporate espionage by entering the subconscious minds of their targets, using two-level ‘dream within a dream’ strategies to “extract” valuable information. The ‘extractors’ carry “totems” – small objects which behave in unpredictable ways – to distinguish reality from a dream environment; Cobb’s totem is a spinning top which spins perpetually in the… read more

Link: Inception on IMDB

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Entertainment/New Media | Social/Ethical/Legal | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Idiocracy

October 8, 2010

Idiocracy

Wikipedia | Idiocracy is a 2006 American satirical comedy film, directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph.

The film tells the story of two ordinary people who are taken into a top-secret military hibernation experiment that goes awry, and awaken 500 years in the future. They discover that the world has degenerated into a dystopia where advertising, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism run… read more

Link: Idiocracy on IMDB

Topics: Entertainment/New Media | Singularity/Futures

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I, Robot

January 20, 2010

i robot

Wikipedia | I, Robot is a 2004 science fiction-action film directed by Alex Proyas. The screenplay was written by Jeff Vintar, Akiva Goldsman and Hillary Seitz and is very loosely based on Isaac Asimov’s short-story collection of the same name. Will Smith stars in the lead role of the film as Detective Del Spooner, who hates robots and dislikes their integration into daily human life. The supporting cast includes Bridget… read more

Link: About I, Robot and Asimov's original stories

Topics: AI/Robotics | Nanotech/Materials Science | Singularity/Futures | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Dreamscape

October 3, 2010

Dreamscape

Wikipedia | Dreamscape is a 1984 science fiction film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing.

Psychic Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) was the 19-year-old prime subject of a scientific research project documenting his psychic ability, but in the midst of the study he disappeared and has since been using his talents solely for personal gain, which lately consists… read more

Link: Dreamscape at IMDB

Topics: Entertainment/New Media | Human Enhancement | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Cypher

October 8, 2010

Cypher

Wikipedia | Cypher (also known as Brainstorm), is a 2002 Canadian science fiction thriller, starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu. The film was written by Brian King and directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was shown in limited release in theaters in USA and then on DVD on 2 August 2005.

Morgan Sullivan, a recently unemployed accountant, is bored with his suburban life. Pressured by his… read more

Link: Cypher on IMDB

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Entertainment/New Media

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Code 46

October 29, 2010

Code 46

Wikipedia | It is the not-too-distant future. The population is divided between those who live “inside”, in high-density cities physically separated from “outside”, where a poor underclass lives. Access into and travel between the cities is highly restricted, and regulated through the use of health cover documents, known as “papelles” in the global pidgin language of the day (which comprises elements of English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Italian,… read more

Link: Code 46 on IMDB

Topics: Biotech | Entertainment/New Media | Singularity/Futures | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Chrysalis

October 29, 2010

Chrysalis

Wikipedia | Chrysalis is a French science fiction film directed and partly written by Julien Leclercq and starring Albert Dupontel. The film was commercially released in France on 31 October 2007.

In 2025 in Paris, police lieutenant David Hoffman investigates the circumstances behind the body of a young girl named Manon, who was resurrected after a car crash and now has scars around her eyes. Hoffman… read more

Link: Chrysalis on IMDB

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Entertainment/New Media | Human Enhancement | Singularity/Futures

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Brainstorm

October 3, 2010

Brainstorm

Wikipedia | Brainstorm is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood (in her last film appearance).

A team of scientists invents “The Hat”, a helmet that allows sensations to be read from a person’s brain and written to tape so that others can experience them. The team includes estranged husband-and-wife, Michael and Karen Brace (Walken and Wood),… read more

Link: Brainstorm on IMDB

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Entertainment/New Media | Social/Ethical/Legal | Survival/Defense

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Blade Runner

June 17, 2010

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Wikipedia | Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech | Human Enhancement | Singularity/Futures | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Blade Runner

September 27, 2010

Blade Runner

Wikipedia | Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick.

The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered organic robots called… read more

Link: Official Blade Runner Website

Topics: AI/Robotics

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