Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
(1983)
Cong renji xitong lun dianhua jiaoyu” [Electrified education from the perspective of human-machine systems] [pt
(1987)
Weichuliji zai caisedianshi jishu zhong de yingyong [The application of microprocessors in color TV
(1984)
Zhongguo de guangbodianshi daxue” [The radio and TV universities in China
(1980)
Waves], in Kexue huanxiang xiaoshuoxuan [A selection of science fantasy stories] (Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe
C. Shannon (1948)
A mathematical theory of communicationBell Syst. Tech. J., 27
(2014)
Quotation Songs: Portable Media and the Maoist Pop Song,
(1983)
Yilin chubanshe, 1981)
(1994)
Renji jiehe’ de dacheng zhihui” [The intelligence of human-machine integration
(1960)
Acoustic weaponry is not merely a science fiction fabrication
(1979)
Dushu wu jinqu” [No forbidden zone in reading
(1981)
Lingguang” [A tacit pair], in Zheng Wenguang xinzuo xuan [New works of Zheng Wenguang] (Changsha, China: Hunan renmin chubanshe
(1988)
Dianzi gongyebu kejiqingbao yanjiusuo, 1985); and E
(1985)
Wenxue de ‘gen’” [The roots of literature
(1979)
Dreams] (Nanjing: Jiangsu renmin chubanshe
(2011)
argues that television also played an important role in the emergence of digital interactive devices in the Euro-American context
(1987)
dianshi qianshuo [Preliminary introduction to digital TV
(1983)
Diushi de meng” [A lost dream
(1980)
Yige kexue xinlingyu: Kai fang de fuza juxitong jiqi fangfalun” [A new area of scientific studies: Open complex systems and the methodology
(2004)
New Philosophy for New Media (Cambridge
(1984)
Reading books, reading people and things
(1979)
Dianhua jiaoyu [Electrified education],
Nicole Huan (2003)
Sun-Facing Courtyards: Urban Communal Culture in Mid-1970s' Shangai
M. Heidegger (1977)
The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays
(1982)
Mangren de fuyin: Wei mangren yinlu de dianzi zhuangzhi” [Gospel for the blind: Direction-guiding electronic resource for the blind
(1961)
Foreign Languages Press, 1984), 103
(1992)
Siwei chuangan zhong ‘pingmu xiaoying’ xianxiang de fenxi” [An analysis of the “screen effects” of parapsychological transference], Zhongguo renti kexue [Chinese journal of somatic science
(1988)
Xinxi, jiezhou, weilai—Fang meiguo zhuming weilaixuejia Tuofule fufu” [Information, rhythm, and the future: An interview with the famous American futurists the Tofflers
(1980)
Tansuo shengming kexue de aomi” [Exploring the secrets of the life sciences
(2006)
Gitelman’s now classic Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture (Cambridge
(1982)
Suoxing yingjuyuan’ shi dianshi de zhongyao gongneng zhiyi” [“Mini cinema theatres” is one important function of television among its many other functions
(1981)
Kaizhan rentikexue de jichu yanjiu” [Starting the basic research on somatic science
(2011)
A History (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008); and “Films in People’s Republic of China, 1949–1979: The Missing Years,” ed
(1987)
Ganjue ji’e yu xinxi baoza” [The hunger of the senses and the explosion of information
J. Maier (1988)
Thirty Years of Computer Science Developments in the People's Republic of China: 1956-1985Annals of the History of Computing, 10
(2010)
Dangdai zhongguo guanggaoshi: 1979–1991 [A history of contemporary Chinese advertising
(1980)
Renti teyigongneng caixiang” [Speculations on extrasensory powers
(1981)
Mingyun yezonghui” [Destiny club
Suzanne Cusick, B. Joseph (2011)
Across an Invisible Line: A Conversation about Music and TortureGrey Room
Cover of the Chinese translation of Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave (1981). 42 doi:10.1162/GREY_a_00194 Magic Waves, Extrasensory Powers, and Nonstop Instantaneity: Imagining the Digital beyond Digits XIAO LIU In âA Lost Dreamâ (Diushi de meng), a Chinese science fiction story published in 1983, a country girl unable to go to college encounters Dr. Di Fang, a cognitive scientist. Dr. Di promises to turn her instantly into a highly knowledgeable woman by means of a mysterious medium whose efficiency of information transmission surpasses such traditional means as spoken and written language. The girl agrees and goes to sleep. âAround her head, a dozen electronic eyes are watching her closely, collecting every single small fluctuation of her brainwaves.â As information transmission begins, the effects of Dr. Diâs mysterious medium are displayed as waveform graphs on a twenty-four-inch monitor: âSeveral waves are swirling in torrents, accompanied by flashing flames and sparkling spots, as if they were fireworks at festivals, or flying bullets in the battlefield. . . . Gradually, the confusing, overlapping waves are replaced by continuous, beautiful sine waves of symmetry and harmony.â1 Thrilled with this display, Dr. Di celebrates the success of immediate and massive information transmission: I know
Grey Room – MIT Press
Published: May 1, 2016
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.