When Things Start to Think by Neil Gershenfeld
The digital revolution has promised us a future of boundless opportunity at the speed of light, and a limitless vista of entertainment and education. The reality, as most of us know, is something less than that. Neil Gershenfeld believes that new technology should work as well as the old technology that it is intended to replace. In his remarkable book, he takes us on a tour of the future where people - not technology - prevail. Describing how technology will soon have advanced so far that wearable computers that think for us - touching a door handle will unlock a door, picking up a telephone will download your email, a handshake will exchange business cards - Neil Gershenfeld paints a wonderful picture of a society where humans and machines effor tlessly communicate.
Grounded, provocative and far-reachingA book you won t want to put down - John Seely Brown Fascinating theories about the sort of gadgets we ll all be taking for granted in the next twenty years - Mirror The extremely readable tale of the quests to make the line between humans and computers invisible - Times Higher Educational Supplement There are few people as qualified as he to discuss the practical applications of thinking things - Daily Telegraph
Neil Gershenfeld is a director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, working on the Things That Think Consortium. He regularly advises companies of forthcoming technology and has written for The New York Times and Time Magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340728710 |
| ISBN 10 | 034072871X |
| Title | When Things Start to Think |
| Author | Neil Gershenfeld |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1999-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 247 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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