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Being Bionic

Author : Bronwen Calvert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781786731029

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Being Bionic by Bronwen Calvert Pdf

The contradictions and complexities of the cyborg therefore hold particular appeal to programme makers of dramatic TV narratives. Bronwen Calvert examines the uses and representations of the cyborg in this ground-breaking text, by looking at its frequent appearance in a wide variety of popular and cult shows: from the iconic Daleks of Doctor Who and bionic female empowerment in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, to the duality of humanoid and distinctly robotic cyborgs in Battlestar Galactica. In doing so, she reveals how television's defining traits shape our experience of cyborgs and help us as viewers to question contemporary issues such as surveillance and terrorism, as well as the function of simulation and ultimately what it means to be human.

The Bionic Woman and Feminist Ethics

Author : David Greven
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476674070

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The Bionic Woman and Feminist Ethics by David Greven Pdf

The ABC TV series The Bionic Woman, created by Kenneth Johnson, was a 1970s pop culture phenomenon. Starring Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, the groundbreaking series follows Jaime's evolution from a young woman vulnerable to an exploitative social order, to a fierce individualist defying a government that sees her as property. Beneath the action-packed surface of Jaime's battles with Fembots, themes such as the chosen family, technophobia, class passing, the cyborg, artificial beings, and a growing racial consciousness receive a sophisticated treatment. This book links the series to precedents such as classical mythology, first-wave feminist literature, and the Hollywood woman's film, to place The Bionic Woman in a tradition of feminist ethics deeply concerned with female autonomy, community, and the rights of nonhuman animals. Seen through the lens of feminist philosophy and gender studies, Jaime's constantly changing disguises, attempts to pass as human, and struggles to accept her new bionic abilities offer provocative engagement with issues of identity. Jaime Sommers is a feminist icon who continues to speak to women and queer audiences, and her struggles and triumphs resonate with a worldwide fanbase that still remains enthralled and represented by The Bionic Woman.

The Bionic Woman Vol 1

Author : Paul Tobin
Publisher : Dynamite Entertainment
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606903629

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The Bionic Woman Vol 1 by Paul Tobin Pdf

Just because they could rebuild her… doesn’t mean her life isn’t a wreck. After Jaime Sommers suffers a horrific parachute accident, her then-boyfriend… Steve Austin… convinces his superiors to save her life using similar bionic parts to the ones that made him the Bionic Man. The doctors / scientists replace both Jaime’s legs. Her right arm. Her ear. And a few other surprises. Now, she’s the Bionic Woman, and her body is faster, and stronger, but much of the memory of her past life is missing. She has broken up with Steve, and no longer works as a field operative for the Office of Scientific Intelligence. She’s moved on, searching for a new life amidst the wreckage of the old. But old lives have a way of popping back up again, and when the recipients of the earliest bionic prototypes are being killed across the globe, horribly murdered with their bionic parts stolen, Jaime has to put her new life in Paris on hold. Especially since it now looks like the mysterious killers are done with the small fry… done with stealing bionic hands from schoolchildren, bionic hearts from spider monkeys, or bionic eyes from housewives. No… now they want the highest quality bionic parts. They want the upgrade. They want the Bionic Woman.

Bionic Limbs

Author : Holly Duhig
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538214527

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Bionic Limbs by Holly Duhig Pdf

Cyborgs, heroes with missing hands, and prosthetics that allow sight in the blind are just some of the unbelievable plot points in science fiction that began years ago. Today, much of this technology exists. Those without legs can be fitted with bionic limbs so well made they can run marathons. Readers learn the history of bionic limbs in science fiction and popular culture and connect it to the real, amazing science of today. Full of interesting STEM content, each chapter engages readers with the ideas behind, execution, and future of this technology.

The Bionic Book

Author : Herbie Pilato
Publisher : Bearmanor Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1593930836

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The Bionic Book by Herbie Pilato Pdf

This companion to both series explores the shows' histories and influences. Includes interviews with cast members, creators and crew as well as complete episode guide.

Charlie's Angels VS The Bionic Woman #3

Author : Cameron DeOrdio
Publisher : Dynamite Entertainment
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Charlie's Angels VS The Bionic Woman #3 by Cameron DeOrdio Pdf

Kelly's undercover and a hair's breadth away from getting Naris's security schematics to the rest of the Angels, but the Bionic Woman has other plans -- and a dangerously accurate hunch. Will Kelly make it out of Stoker Security? Will the Angels make it into the Naris vault? Motives will be unveiled and plans will unravel in the third, can't-miss installment of CHARLIE'S ANGELS/BIONIC WOMAN.

The Bionic Human

Author : Frank E Johnson,Katherine S. Virgo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781592599752

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The Bionic Human by Frank E Johnson,Katherine S. Virgo Pdf

An integrated survey of best practices for the management of patients with implanted prosthetic devices and an insightful examination of the epidemiological, societal, and policy issues associated with their use. The devices covered range from breast, penile, vascular, and joint prostheses to cochlear, ossicular, and dental implants, and include cerebrospinal fluid shunts, cardiac valves, stents, and pacemakers. For each device, the authors consider its pros and cons, detail the best current strategies to keep implanted patients healthy, and evaluate the latest and most promising new diagnostic tests, Clinical counterpoints from distinguished authorities at major centers in the United States and Europe are offered throughout. Follow-up recommendations are summarized in a standardized format that allows comparative analysis and lays the foundation for controlled clinical trials and the eventual establishment of evidence-based guidelines.

The Year the Maps Changed

Author : Danielle Binks
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780063211629

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The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks Pdf

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town. "Timeless and beautiful, and it deserves to be read by people of all ages." —Printz Award-winning author Melina Marchetta If you asked eleven-year-old Fred to draw a map of her family, it would be a bit confusing. Her birth father was never in the picture, her mom died years ago, and her stepfather, Luca, is now expecting a baby with his new girlfriend. According to Fred’s teacher, maps don’t always give the full picture of our history, but more and more it feels like Fred’s family is redrawing the line of their story . . . and Fred is feeling left off the map. Soon after learning about the baby, Fred hears that the town will be taking in hundreds of refugees seeking safety from a war-torn Kosovo. Some people in town, like Luca, think it’s great and want to help. Others, however, feel differently, causing friction within the community. Fred, who has been trying to navigate her own feelings of displacement, ends up befriending a few refugees. But what starts as a few friendly words in Albanian will soon change their lives forever, not to mention completely redrawing Fred’s personal map of friends, family, and home, and community.

Bionic Limbs

Author : Holly Duhig
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538213810

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Bionic Limbs by Holly Duhig Pdf

"Cyborgs, heroes with missing hands, and prosthetics that allow sight in the blind are just some of the unbelievable plot points in science fiction that began years ago. Today, much of this technology exists. Those without legs can be fitted with bionic limbs so well made they can run marathons. Readers learn the history of bionic limbs in science fiction and popular culture and connect it to the real, amazing science of today. Full of interesting STEM content, each chapter engages readers with the ideas behind, execution, and future of this technology."

Bionic

Author : Suzanne Weyn
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545906784

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Bionic by Suzanne Weyn Pdf

From the author of The Bar Code Tattoo comes an exciting look at the not too distant future. Mira has always almost had it all... until it all crashes and burns. She's hurt in a horrible car accident, and the only way the doctors can help is to try experimental prosthetics and chips that are implanted directly into her brain. It's a huge risk, but after months of testing and therapy, Mira is back, and better than ever.But soon her friends turn against her as their parents call her on unfair advantages and get her cut from lacrosse and the scholarships she was depending on for college. And with her enhanced hearing, she knows how many people in her school and her town are calling her a robot, a cyborg.Is that true? Is Mira human, or is she somehow something other? How can she overcome the ways people see her and just be herself... especially if she's not really sure who that is anymore?Suzanne Weyn is always at the cutting edge when it comes to new tech and the questions it raises about the world we live in.

Bionic Beasts

Author : Jolene Gutiérrez
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728422886

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Bionic Beasts by Jolene Gutiérrez Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What happens when a young elephant steps on a buried land mine? What happens when a sea turtle’s flipper is injured by a predator? Thanks to recent advances in technology, we have new ways to design and build prosthetic body parts that can help these animals thrive. Meet an Asian elephant named Mosha, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Lola, a German Shepherd named Cassidy, a greylag goose named Vitória, and Pirate, a Berkshire-Tamworth pig. Each of these animals was struggling, but through a variety of techniques and technologies, humans created devices that enabled the animals to live and move more comfortably. Discover the stories of how veterinarians, doctors, and even students from around the world used 3D printing and other techniques to build bionic body parts for these amazing animals.

Disability Matters

Author : Anna Hickey-Moody,Vicki Crowley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317978169

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Disability Matters by Anna Hickey-Moody,Vicki Crowley Pdf

From the critique of ‘the medical model’ of disability undertaken during the early and mid-1990s, a ‘social model’ emerged, particularly in the caring professions and those trying to shape policy and practice for people with disability. In education and schooling, it was a period of cementing inclusive practices and the ‘integration’ and inclusion of disability into ‘mainstream’. What was lacking in the debates around the social model, however, were the challenges to abledness that were being grappled with in the routine and pragmatics of self-care by people with disabilities, their families, carers and caseworkers. Outside the academy, new forms of activity and new questions were circulating. Challenges to abledness flourished in the arts and constituted the lived experience of many disability activists. Disability Matters engages with the cultural politics of the body, exploring this fascinating and dynamic topic through the arts, teaching, research and varied encounters with ‘disability’ ranging from the very personal to the professional. Chapters in this collection are drawn from scholars responding in various registers and contexts to questions of disability, pedagogy, affect, sensation and education. Questions of embodiment, affect and disability are woven throughout these contributions, and the diverse ways in which these concepts appear emphasize both the utility of these ideas and the timeliness of their application. This book was originally published as a special issue of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.

Extasia

Author : Claire Legrand
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062696656

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Extasia by Claire Legrand Pdf

**One of BuzzFeed's Great LGBTQ+ YA novels to Warm up Your Winter * A Kid's Feb/March IndieNext pick** From New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand comes a new, bone-chilling YA horror novel about a girl who joins a coven to root out a vicious evil that’s stalking her village. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Grace Year. Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain—an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove. Today she will be a saint of Haven. She will rid her family of her mother’s shame at last and save her people from destruction. She is not afraid. Are you? This searing and lyrically written novel by the critically acclaimed author of Sawkill Girls beckons readers to follow its fierce heroine into a world filled with secrets and blood—where the truth is buried in lies and a devastating power waits, seething, for someone brave enough to use it.

Becoming Bionic, and Other Ways Science is Making Us Super

Author : Heather Camlot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 1038438128

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Becoming Bionic, and Other Ways Science is Making Us Super by Heather Camlot Pdf

"Who hasn't wished for a superpower? Maybe it's to be able to regenerate like Wolverine, or fly like Shazam? How about the ability to turn invisible like Violet Parr, or have superstrength like the Hulk? What about being able to control minds like the Scarlet Witch, or even be immortal like Klaus Hargreeves? Well, grab your cape and tights, because scientists are working to replicate many of the superpowers we see in comics and movies and on television. Some are already a reality! Using popular superheroes and their powers as a starting point for imagining what could be, Becoming Bionic explores how science is constantly searching for and discovering new ways to augment the human body and the human experience. Becoming Bionic covers six aspects of superhero performance: Super Parts, Super Flight, Super Sight, Super Strength, Super Brains, and Super Survival. In each section, an illustrated timeline takes readers back in time for a fascinating look at inventions of the past. For example, in the Super Parts section, we begin with the Cairo Toe, a jointed prosethetic big toe that dates all the way back to 950-710 BCE, and end at 2012 when scientists built a "bionic man" out of 27 engineered parts. In the second spread of each section, readers zip ahead to read about some of today's amazing science that is already in use. In the Super Sight section, for example, we learn about a technology that uses radio signals to "see" through walls and can be used to uncover earthquake victims. A final spread blasts readers forward to find out what the future might have in store, such as the crustacean-inspired exoskeletons that give wearers extra strength with the help of artificial muscles that are described in the Super Strength section. Finally the book concludes with some bigger picture thoughts and questions that prompt readers to think critically about the innovations they've just read about - should science abide by a moral code and who determines what that is?"--

Re-Entering the Dollhouse

Author : Heather M. Porter,Michael Starr
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476679907

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Re-Entering the Dollhouse by Heather M. Porter,Michael Starr Pdf

Premiering on Fox in 2009, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was an innovative, contentious and short-lived science fiction series whose themes were challenging for viewers from the outset. A vast global corporation operates establishments (Dollhouses) that program individuals with temporary personalities and abilities. The protagonist assumes a different identity each episode--her defining characteristic a lack of individuality. Through this obtuse premise, the show interrogated free will, morality and sex, and in the process its own construction of fantasy and its audience. A decade on, the world is--for better or worse--catching up with Dollhouse's provocative vision. This collection of new essays examines the series' relevance in the context of today's social and political issues and media landscape.