TechnoCalyps
2006 · 156 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 229 VOTES · DIR. Frank Theys
Overview
Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution? Technocalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the media every day, but with no analysis of their common aim: that of exceeding human limitations. The director conducts his enquiry into the scientific, ethical and metaphysical dimensions of technological development.
Dialogue Timeline — 14 lines
00:35:23 This might enable us to repair brains that have been damaged...
00:35:28 through accidents or disease.
00:35:32 But it will also make it perhaps possible to establish...
00:35:37 communication directly, from one brain to another.
00:35:41 Something that today is essentially limited to speech between humans.
00:35:47 Thus, instead of using speech...
00:35:49 it might become possible to communicate directly, brain-to-brain.
00:35:54 It's quite a fantastic notion to imagine.
00:35:57 Though I must also say that there are many other applications...
00:36:01 perhaps more practical in use, in the short-term.
00:38:45 By pinpointing the electric circuitry...
00:38:51 at different sections of the brain...
00:38:54 we should be able to read the contents of that brain...
00:38:57 put it on a hard disk and then transmit this directly to another person's brain, etc.
Cast & Characters
Jay McMahon
Self - Narrator
Osman Bakar
Self - Professor
Michel Baudry
Self - Professor
Ted Berger
Self - Center for Neural Engineering
Ian Buruma
Self - Writer
Jean-Jacques Cassiman
Self - Professor of Human Genetics
L. Stephen Coles
Self - Gerontology Research Group
Yang Dan
Self - Professor
Sadaputa Dasa
Self - Author
Hugo de Garis
Self - A.I. Researcher
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed14
Dialogue density0.1 lines / min
First line00:35:23
Final line00:38:57
Production Record
DirectorFrank Theys
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes229