The Reality of the Artificial Nature, Technology and Naturoids
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus’s wings to modern robotics and bioengineering. This imperative seems to be linked not only to practical util
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Massimo Negrotti DISC-LCA, Lab for the Culture of the Artificial Università di Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’ Urbino Italy
ISSN 2192-6255 ISBN 978-3-642-29678-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29679-6
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