Soonish : ten emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything
Weinersmith, Kelly
Soonish : ten emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything / Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The universe, soonish Cheap access to space : the final frontier is too damn expensive Asteroid mining : rummaging through the solar system's junkyard Stuff, soonish Fusion power : it powers the sun, and that's nice, but can run my toaster? Programmable matter : what if all of your stuff could be any of your stuff? Robotic construction : build me a rumpus room, metal servant! Augmented reality : an alternative to fixing reality Synthetic biology : kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs You, soonish Precision medicine : everything that's wrong with you in particular--a statistical approach Bioprinting : why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver? Brain-computer interfaces : because after four billion year of evolution you still can't remember where you put your keys
9780399563843
Technological forecasting--Popular works
Technological forecasting--Pictorial works
Technological forecasting--Humor
601.12
Soonish : ten emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything / Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The universe, soonish Cheap access to space : the final frontier is too damn expensive Asteroid mining : rummaging through the solar system's junkyard Stuff, soonish Fusion power : it powers the sun, and that's nice, but can run my toaster? Programmable matter : what if all of your stuff could be any of your stuff? Robotic construction : build me a rumpus room, metal servant! Augmented reality : an alternative to fixing reality Synthetic biology : kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs You, soonish Precision medicine : everything that's wrong with you in particular--a statistical approach Bioprinting : why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver? Brain-computer interfaces : because after four billion year of evolution you still can't remember where you put your keys
9780399563843
Technological forecasting--Popular works
Technological forecasting--Pictorial works
Technological forecasting--Humor
601.12