A company (like Google) that uses technology to create a monopoly in one area of commerce or society. Becomes so big that it is essentially the de facto government in that area. See also NSA and fascism.
by runvnc August 25, 2015
1)A metropolis that is littered with high technology like computers and robotics to the point it becomes part of the city's culture and/or religion.
(Today's cities only display the early stages of this phenomenon in the form of large TV screens, lights, people with robotic prosthetic limbs and various other technolgies.)
2) A technopolis is a city where robots and cyborgs are so commonplace that complex computers, robotic parts and artificial intelligence programs can be seen in trash bins and/or are sold freely on the street.
3)A common setting in science fiction stories.
(Today's cities only display the early stages of this phenomenon in the form of large TV screens, lights, people with robotic prosthetic limbs and various other technolgies.)
2) A technopolis is a city where robots and cyborgs are so commonplace that complex computers, robotic parts and artificial intelligence programs can be seen in trash bins and/or are sold freely on the street.
3)A common setting in science fiction stories.
Tokyo may become a technopolis in the future (if it isn't already).
Any 'Future Tokyo' in an anime likely IS a technopolis.
See Ghost In The Shell
Any 'Future Tokyo' in an anime likely IS a technopolis.
See Ghost In The Shell
by TheForkOfJustice October 27, 2004