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What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots


Laura Major , Julie Shah


The next generation of robots will be truly social, but can we make sure that they play well in the sandbox?Most robots are just tools. They do limited sets of tasks subject to constant human control. But a new type of robot is coming. These machines will operate on...

Parution : 2020-10-13
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Power Trip


Michael E. Webber


A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat.Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the...

Parution : 2019-05-07
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The Patient Will See You Now


Eric Topol


The essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait for several hours...

Parution : 2016-10-25
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Monsters


Edward Regis


"Oh, the humanity!" Radio reporter Herbert Morrison's words on witnessing the destruction of the Hindenburg are etched in our collective memory. Yet, while the Hindenburg -- like the Titanic -- is a symbol of the technological hubris of a bygone era, we seem to have...

Parution : 2015-09-08
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A Dangerous Master


Wendell Wallach


We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a...

Parution : 2015-06-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Rise of the Robots
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Rise of the Robots


Martin Ford


The New York Times-bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives Winner of Best Business Book of the Year awards from the Financial Times and from Forbes "Lucid, comprehensive, and unafraid . . . ;an indispensable...

Parution : 2015-05-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Moore's Law
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Moore's Law


David C. Brock , Rachel Jones , Arnold Thackray


Our world today -- from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the strategy of the Pentagon -- has been shaped irrevocably by the technology of silicon transistors. Year after year, for half a century, these tiny switches have...

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Too Big to Know


David Weinberger


"If anyone knows anything about the web, where it's been and where it's going, it's David Weinberger. . . . Too Big To Know is an optimistic, if not somewhat cautionary tale, of the information explosion." -- Steven Rosenbaum, Forbes With the advent of the Internet and...

Parution : 2014-01-07
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Télécharger le livre :  The Cure in the Code
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The Cure in the Code


Peter W Huber


Never before have two revolutions with so much potential to save and prolong human life occurred simultaneously. The converging, synergistic power of the biochemical and digital revolutions now allows us to read every letter of life's code, create precisely targeted...

Parution : 2013-11-12
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The Tinkerers


Alec Foege


From its earliest years, the United States was a nation of tinkerers: men and women who looked at the world around them and were able to create something genuinely new from what they saw. Guided by their innate curiosity, a desire to know how things work, and a belief...

Parution : 2013-01-01
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When Gadgets Betray Us


Robert Vamosi


Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us. Robert Vamosi,...

Parution : 2011-03-29
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Télécharger le livre :  The Crime of Reason
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The Crime of Reason


Robert B Laughlin


We all agree that the free flow of ideas is essential to creativity. And we like to believe that in our modern, technological world, information is more freely available and flows faster than ever before. But according to Nobel Laureate Robert Laughlin, acquiring...

Parution : 2008-09-23
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Hacking Matter


Wil Mccarthy


Programmable matter is probably not the next technological revolution, nor even perhaps the one after that. But it's coming, and when it does, it will change our lives as much as any invention ever has. Imagine being able to program matter itself-to change it, with the...

Parution : 2008-08-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Fab
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Fab


Neil Gershenfeld


What if you could someday put the manufacturing power of an automobile plant on your desktop? It may sound far-fetched-but then, thirty years ago, the notion of "personal computers" in every home sounded like science fiction. According to Neil Gershenfeld, the renowned...

Parution : 2008-07-31
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Télécharger le livre :  High Tech Harvest
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High Tech Harvest


Paul Lurquin


Genetically engineered plant products line the shelves of our grocery stores but we don't know which ones they are because no label identifies them. Should we be concerned? Biotech companies claim that engineered corn and canola are safe, but are they telling the truth?...

Parution : 2007-10-15
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The Anarchist in the Library


Siva Vaidhyanathan


From Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs, the debate over information technology in our lives has revolved around a single question: How closely do we want cyberspace to resemble the real world? Siva Vaidhyanathan enters this debate with a seminal...

Parution : 2005-05-11
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