Picture of the week is of Victorian audio surveillance. Note the listening device taking on the form of an ear. Augmented reality predates electronics and has come to take on creative forms.

This week at Cyborgology…

Sara Wanenchak discusses the symbolic power of the tent for the Occupy movement

Jenny Davis draws on Barthes to describe how memes are the mythology of our augmented society

Guest author Doug Hill discusses the relationship between Ellul’s concept of technique and the Occupy movement

Dave Strohecker continues his series of posts on hipsters and technology calling them a “folk devil”, a group we can project our insecurities upon

Guest author Gene Morrow highlights a video-talk that describes the increased blurring of the physical and technological

David Banks describes “the beast of Kandahar” and its role in augmented warfare

Last, listen to Cyborgology Editors Nathan Jurgenson and PJ Rey talk on the radio about technology and the Occupy movement