Technological Nature : Adaptation and the Future of Human Life.
Jr., Peter H. Kahn.
Technological Nature : Adaptation and the Future of Human Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Old Way -- 2 Biophilia -- 3 The Technological Turn -- 4 A Room with a Technological Nature View -- 5 Office Window of the Future? -- 6 Hardware Companions? -- 7 Robotic Dogs in the Lives of Preschool Children -- 8 Robotic Dogs and Their Biological Counterparts -- 9 Robotic Dogs Might Aid in the Social Development of Children with Autism -- 10 The Telegarden -- 11 Environmental Generational Amnesia -- 12 Adaptation and the Future of Human Life -- References -- Index.
Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology.
9780262295253
Technological forecasting.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Bionics.
Electronic books.
T174 -- .K35 2011eb
303.483
Technological Nature : Adaptation and the Future of Human Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Old Way -- 2 Biophilia -- 3 The Technological Turn -- 4 A Room with a Technological Nature View -- 5 Office Window of the Future? -- 6 Hardware Companions? -- 7 Robotic Dogs in the Lives of Preschool Children -- 8 Robotic Dogs and Their Biological Counterparts -- 9 Robotic Dogs Might Aid in the Social Development of Children with Autism -- 10 The Telegarden -- 11 Environmental Generational Amnesia -- 12 Adaptation and the Future of Human Life -- References -- Index.
Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology.
9780262295253
Technological forecasting.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Bionics.
Electronic books.
T174 -- .K35 2011eb
303.483