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more about #arseelektronika Klebert L. Hall: This is probably the best-named Con, ever. -Kle. more » CodenameV: all of our social concepts of gender and the gender binary may be subjective....but isn't everything subjective? I mean, even if something is develop... more » smirkette: Bluegrass in the morning & afternoon, tech secks at night--could be a strangely provocative weekend. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Song about loving a machine. This guys a couple decades off. One needs look no further than "yours truly, 2095" by ELO. more » BullfightsOnAcid: There's no escape from robot rape Very funny. more » -
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Future of Sex
This week marks the third annual Arse Elektronika conference, an extravaganza devoted to sex, technology, futurism, and orgasmic robots. If you're in the San Francisco area October 1-4, don't miss the naughty, geeky weirdness. More » -
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What Does It Mean to Love a Machine?
I saw Jonathan Mann perform this live, in a diaper made of tin foil, at a conference last year in San Francisco called Arse Elektronika. More » -
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Science Fiction, Technology, and Porn in San Francisco, Starting Tomorrow
Well, pretty much every day in San Francisco is filled with scifi, tech and porn, but this weekend is special. Arse Elektronika, the notorious techno-porn event imported from pervvy Vienna, is starting tomorrow night with a bang. This year, the conference theme is "Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?" I'll be a host for the opening night techno-porno award ceremony tomorrow at CELLSpace (doors at 7; show at 8). I'll be teaching you the dos and don'ts of science fiction sex — with video illustrations, of course. More »
