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The softcover version of my book on autonomous driving is now available!

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Today, my book on the research history of autonomous driving is finally available in a softcover version. You can order it directly here on the website of the editor (Springer). Introduction This book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five […]

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Until March 30: Big street art exhibition in Paris

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The permanent exhibition of Centre Pompidou is now closed for five years, which is a long time. But this is perhaps also a chance for independent artists to conquer new spaces. At the moment, a great street art exhibition (EXPO DES 150) can be seen in Paris, 9th arrondissement. Admission is free, you only have

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Presentation of my book on the history of autonomous driving at Sorbonne University, Paris

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During my talk on March 21, 2024 at the History of Science / History of Innovations interfaculty seminar – held every Thursday at the Sorbonne’s Maison de la Recherche – I presented a few key elements from my book on the research history of autonomous driving. The course is led by Pascal Griset (specialist in

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On the Techno-Imaginary of the Car Battery

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Published in: Kröger, Fabian, Zum Techno-Imaginären der Autobatterie, in: Müggenburg, Jan (ed.), Reichweitenangst, Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters, Transcript 2021, p. 95-110. Full book available (open access). Translation from German to English by the author (02/2023). Looking back at the 20th century, the history of the automobile seems to be primarily associated with

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New book in Czech about autonomous driving

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Today, I received this beautiful book titled “Automatizované řízení vozidel a autonomní doprava: Technické a humanitní perspektivy” (Automated driving and autonomous transport: technical and humanities perspectives). The cover is designed in neon green, framing an iconic image of automated driving from the 1960s. The background of the drawing is highlighted in neon orange. The cover

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Autonomous driving in the exhibition back to future at the Museum for Communication Berlin 2021

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I was delighted to visit the exhibition back to FUTURE – Technology visions between fiction and reality at the Museum of Communication in Berlin. It dealt with historical visions of the future and paid particular attention to the visual communication of these visions. The four themed rooms dealt with human optimization, limitless communication, the search

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Conference on batteries at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2019)

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Just coming back from a very inspiring conference about the culture and technology of batteries (Reichweitenangst – Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters), organized by Prof. Jan Müggenburg (Media studies) at Leuphana University in Germany.  Media theorists, historians of technology and cultural scientists presented their different approaches to this fascinating topic.  My own

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New publication: Les Imaginaires et les Techniques

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I am very happy to announce the publication of an anthology edited by Marina Maestrutti and me, covering the relation between technology and the imaginary. Fabian Kröger et Marina Maestrutti (dir.), Les Imaginaires et les Techniques, Presses des Mines, Collection Sciences de la conception, Paris 2018. It is the result of the conference L’Imaginaire et

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Autonomous vehicles – the new public transport?

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The automotive industry had been in a phase of transformation for several years. We can put forward two hypotheses about the major technological changes: First, manual driving will be increasingly replaced by autonomous driving. Secondly, individual mobility is being transformed into collective mobility. What is new: these two trends are beginning to be transposed. The

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My lecture: Gender/Drive: The automobile in film (Technical University Braunschweig 2015)

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Lecture series: The love of the automobile. Gender analyses beyond stereotypes and neutrality TU Braunschweig, 9 June 2015, organized by Corinna Bath, Göde Both, Vanessa Krogmann. The automobile can be understood as a symbol, medium and stage for the meaning, transmission and performance of gender constructions. This is particularly evident in cinematic representations, which this

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