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Title:

Fixed : the science/fiction of human enhancement / a Making Change Media production ; produced & directed by Regan Pretlow Brashear.

Publisher:

Making Change Media :

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Biomedical engineering.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Rehabilitation technology.
People with disabilities--Rehabilitation.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
Medical innovations.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
Public performance video.

Other Authors:

Brashear, Regan Pretlow, editor of moving image work. film director, editor of moving image work.
Hockenberry, John, interviewee.
Castelo, Fernanda, interviewee.
Herr, Hugh, interviewee.
Cascio, James, interviewee.
Brooks, Rodney Allen, interviewee.
Wolbring, Gregor, interviewee.
Berne, Patty, interviewee.
Making Change Media, production company.

Notes:

With John Hockenberry, Fernanda Castelo, Hugh Herr, James Cascio, Rodney Brooks, Gregor Wolbring, Cressida Heyes, Patty Berne, James Hughes, Sujatha Jesudason, Marcy Darnovsky, Silvia Yee, Dominika Bednarska, Tim Hemmes.

Summary:

"From bionic limbs and neural implants to prenatal screening, researchers around the world are hard at work developing a myriad of technologies to fix or enhance the human body. FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement takes a close look at the drive to be 'better than human' and the radical technological innovations that may take us there"--Fixed website.

ISBN:

1574484834
9781574484830

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)