When Things Start to Think
by Neil Gershenfeld and Neil A. Gershenfeld
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We live in a world of increasingly intrusive information technology, requiring that people meet the needs of machines rather than the other way around. In When Things Start to Think, Neil Gershenfeld explains why this has happened and how to fix it.
This book presents a compelling vision of what the world will be like tomorrow, based on technology in the laboratory today. From a shoe that can exchange data through a handshake, to a universal book that can change the printing on its pages, to a supercomputer in a coffee cup, Gershenfeld shows how to dismantle the barrier between the bits of the digital world and the atoms of our physical world in order to bring together the best attributes of both worlds.
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When Things Start to Think: Integrating Digital Technology into the Fabric of Our Lives
Jun 10, 2014, Henry Holt and Co.
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When Things Start to Think
February 15, 2000, Holt Paperbacks
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080505880X 9780805058802
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"To a species that seeks to communicate, offering instantaneous global connectivity is like wiring the pleasure center of a rat's brain to a bar that the rat then presses over and over until it drops from exhaustion."
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