SENSTER the sensible monster
The first cybernetic sculpture was created by an artist from Poland. Initially greeted with enthusiasm, it disappeared without a trace.
Monika Redzisz
Robot does wonders (in the hands of doctors)
Robots are the future of orthopedics. If a hospital in a state in the USA buys a robot and others don’t, 30 percent of their patients move to where the machine is used for operations. We’ve seen one of such robots in… Ostrów Mazowiecka.
Transhumanism or when humans become gods
The thing that makes people attracted to transhumanism is often the longing for their loved ones or the fear to lose them, says Ada Florentyna Pawlak in conversation with Monika Redzisz.
An app: a blessing or a trap?
Technology shouldn’t take anything away from us, make us lazy or dependent on it. Instead, it should be our motivation to act and to develop good habits, says Konrad Maj, PhD, a social psychologist from the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, in conversation with Monika Redzisz.
Bar: AI? We have to choose: an autonomous entity or a slave
I hope there will be “artificial persons” willing to act for the sake of and not against humanity, says Gabriela Bar, an expert in the field of new technology regulations, in conversation with Monika Redzisz
The Polish dream or the shocking success of Zeus
He wasn’t even 20. He was self-taught in robotics, he didn’t speak Polish and he didn’t know our country or anyone living here… But he had an idea for a cheap prosthesis and its prototype. And he knew how to pass on his passion to others. He left India and came to Poznan.
Sieniek: I want to do meaningful things
It’s a turning point. Medicine can be personalized and the costs of treatment can be reduced… Technology solutions may support doctors and help them to improve their efficiency, says Marcin Sieniek from Google Health in conversation with Monika Redzisz
Chorowski: I wish the machines could learn by themselves
Jan Chorowski, a man who is training artificial intelligence with the use of logbooks kept by the captains of the 17th century Dutch fleet, in conversation with Monika Redzisz.
33 terabytes to fight epilepsy that doesn’t exist
From a curt question “What do you want to treat here?” asked by a famous fellow doctor to unique research financed by the European Union. With the discovery of professor Sergiusz Jóźwiak and his colleagues, doctors can now generate a report on the prognosis for hospitalized children by simply pressing a button