cybernetics

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Professor Warwick believes by 2050, advancements in cybernetics - the science studying the links between natural and mechanical systems - could lead to trailblazing treatments for diseases.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Mr. Hsu’s work is subtler, with flickers of surrealism, psychedelia and cybernetics.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

Our futuristic-sounding word cybernetics came from an ancient Greek word meaning “the person who steers a ship”, and it means just that: A cybernetic system is one that is “steered” by something.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2020

Norbert Wiener, the founding father of cybernetics and a revered figure at MIT, defined the field as the "scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine."

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2020

She obtained her bachelor’s degree at Columbia in 2003 and began graduate work in cybernetics.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov