tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379776022024-03-13T18:56:56.174-07:00the OBSCENE machineWilliam A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-63560330414816549222016-04-16T07:01:00.001-07:002016-04-16T07:02:58.127-07:00The Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog: You Asked For It, YOU GOT IT--Still More Artifacts... A photo posted by Jeff Seldin🎱🚀💀🗿💣🎲⚓️ (@jeff_seldin) on Apr 12, 2016 at 7:18am PDT William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-88555994167053341822015-08-16T15:32:00.002-07:002015-08-16T15:32:21.506-07:00First 2015 Edition of #bizarrecaucasians, #caucasianbestiary Carly Fiorina Edition...A most unfortunate snapshot from the UK's Guardian.co.uk:
Click to enlarge, if you dare!
William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-85898912618468946902015-04-28T08:27:00.003-07:002015-04-28T08:29:34.220-07:00The Caucasian Bestiary, #29Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-7213547145547545442014-02-05T15:21:00.001-08:002014-02-05T15:21:21.587-08:00All Previous Posts for Robotic Erotic Electric ENGL 220 Class @ SDSU Spring 2014
revision, not so key...
Posted on: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
just a reminder to always mark these messages i SEND unread if you use your
smartphone to get email. You are likely
to not scroll and miss key info when you
survey your class messages on your
smartphone appliances.
On another note, I am starting to update
your GTA contact pages with email addresses
and William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-30659395589337764372013-09-14T10:53:00.001-07:002013-09-14T10:53:17.198-07:00More Chapters in the History of the Ersatz Human...
pretty remarkable archive!
Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-22174719820692136822013-05-05T07:52:00.001-07:002013-05-05T07:52:21.243-07:00...Yet Another Entertaining Chapter in the Saga of the Ersatz Human
Click for the story via the Daily Mail...
Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-5651518363215088622012-09-17T08:04:00.000-07:002012-09-17T08:04:43.342-07:00Once Again, Yet Another Bizarre Chapter in the History of the Ersatz Human
click for more...
William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-58959403283426611442012-08-14T10:58:00.000-07:002012-08-14T10:58:10.719-07:00Linda Evangelista: Somewhat Human in the Uncanny Valley of the Ersatz Human
click here for the slideshow
William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-78775491446195244772012-07-26T00:20:00.001-07:002012-07-26T00:20:14.415-07:00Help! Help! Ersatz Humans, RESCUE ME Edition...
via boingboing.netMemo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-19998532758229333392012-06-13T22:28:00.001-07:002012-06-13T22:28:57.438-07:00Another Peculiar Chapter in the History of Bizarre Caucasian Ersatz HumansAnother Peculiar Chapter in the History of Bizarre Caucasian Ersatz HumansMemo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-45710742250662124282012-06-01T07:26:00.001-07:002012-06-01T07:27:12.648-07:00Mortuary Automatons: Death Comes Hard in the Uncanny Valley (via Boingboing.net)Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-17387119268983424792012-05-24T22:48:00.002-07:002012-05-24T22:48:21.870-07:00More Fun in the Uncanny Valley: Nuclear {Mannequin} Family Edition
sourceMemo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-80980673391265197242012-05-24T06:07:00.000-07:002012-05-24T06:07:26.087-07:00"Makies": Diving Headlong into the Uncanny Valley! via boingboing.net
source: http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/makies-custom-made-3d-printe.html
wikipedia on the "uncanny valley"...
"The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics and 3D computer animation,which holds that when human replicas look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. The "valley" in question is a Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-29032123568927087462012-05-19T09:20:00.002-07:002012-05-19T09:21:03.426-07:00Two More Chapters in the History of the "Ersatz Human" | Body Modification EditionWe're back--after a couple of sequences where this blog was given over to various undergraduate and graduate courses I teach at SDSU, I am back to posting materials here that document recent marvels concerning the simulacrafication of the human (gracias Baudrillard), the transmogrification of human subjectivity through technology and camouflage (gracias Sarduy).
click the images for the Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-46860910665494966342012-03-12T23:13:00.000-07:002012-03-12T23:13:20.942-07:00Superman and the Robots (and Lois!)
comically vintage
Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-91327620957308022322011-12-18T08:13:00.000-08:002011-12-18T08:13:53.102-08:00Comically VintageComically Vintage || ROBOTS! ROBOTS freed me!!!Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-64342383343197278732011-12-09T21:12:00.000-08:002011-12-09T21:12:26.338-08:00Classic Meditation on the Ersatz Human: The ORIGINAL AI, Pinocchio | DisneyMemo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-33053294425766094172011-10-11T19:02:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:02:55.265-07:00Creepy Face Mask of YourselfCreepy Face Mask of YourselfMemo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-6368373276987645852011-10-06T06:04:00.000-07:002011-10-06T06:04:39.774-07:00Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog: The Scariest Entry Yet in the Caucasian Bestiary |...Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog: The Scariest Entry Yet in the Caucasian Bestiary |...Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-73224120624984864062011-10-03T09:50:00.000-07:002011-10-03T09:50:39.909-07:00CYBERHIVE: Durex EditionDate: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 09:44:39 -0700
Subject: Re: the new blog is live...: MALAS600B-01-Fall2011
From: Heriberto Vasquez
To: William Nericcio <bnericci
I would like to share this commercial on the blog.... and I will be sharing in class a quick scene from the play "In the next room: The vibrator play" it was performed at the Lyceum theatre last semester but sadly enough I couldn't William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-39187186420177702752011-09-19T12:42:00.000-07:002011-09-19T12:45:48.144-07:00CYBERHIVE HIATUS!!!To: "MALAS600B-01-Fall2011":;
Subject: CYBERHIVE..... You Broke Me....: MALAS600B-01-Fall2011
All,
You know how I was complaining that there
was NOT enough activity on the MALAS facebook
page????
thankfully, that is no longer the case...
there is, however, loads of activity for the
cyberhive blog for our technosexuality class....
.... AND.... I can't keep up..... SO, if it's not a Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-8245691662159994552011-09-19T12:32:00.000-07:002011-09-19T12:32:34.926-07:00CYBERHIVE 44: Technosexualities | TOMORROWLANDDate: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:25:42 -0700
Subject: Blog posting for our Technosexualities class
From: Devina Sindhu
To: Bill Nericcio
Hi Professor Nericcio,
I wanted to bring to our class's attention the amazing conference that will be taking place at UCSD on the weekend of October 14 called "Tomorrowland Forever." There will be amazing scholars, writers, and artists presenting including Carole Memo Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02701690526382880071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-26549965152500899642011-09-19T12:29:00.000-07:002011-09-19T12:29:36.371-07:00CYBERHIVE 43: Technosexualities | More meditations on technology and human behavior...Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:14:08 -0700
Subject: "Connected" trailer
From: Amelia Ortega
To: memo@sdsu.edu
Hey Bill,
One of the reasons why I decided to take this course was because, for a while now, I have been interested in how technology is affecting our international community and human relationships.
Over the summer, I was devoting some of my time to the South Bay YMCA in Chula Vista. William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-3130270700693311172011-09-19T10:24:00.001-07:002011-09-19T10:24:58.475-07:00Cyberhive 42: Technosexualities | Nurse Robot, to the RescueDate: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:59:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Francisco Miramontes
Subject: CYBERHIVE
To: bnericci@mail.sdsu.edu
Bill,
I came across this video which I found to go well with our seminar. It is of a robot developed in Japan that is used to comfort patients at hospitals. I find it to be one of the most intriguing displays of current robotics. Maybe we are much closer then we think to the William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-6054917504792820522011-09-19T10:13:00.001-07:002011-09-19T10:18:03.762-07:00CYBERHIVE 41: Technosexualities | FEMALE ROBOTSOriginal-Recipient: rfc822;memo@sdsu.edu
To: memo@sdsu.edu
Subject: MALAS600B - Fembots
From: Jenna
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:59:05 -0400 (EDT)
Technosexualities Colleagues,
I was looking up some things of interest for the class and one thing lead to another (as it invariably does) and I started to think about our culture's seeming obsession with all-things-Fembot. I remembered that "back in William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0