1. New media refers to cultural and social frameworks for using technologies, rather than the technologies themselves, and includes current media ecologies that facilitate communication between humans and technologies. 2. Examples of new media discussed include social robots, robotic prosthetics, sociable technologies, thought control devices, and artificial intelligence technologies. 3. New media are experiential media that facilitate activities in real time, are personalized yet socially embedded, and networked to enable telepresence and localized media experiences through transdisciplinary collaboration.