An entertaining look at how future technology will make life easier in the 21st century. Describing how technology will soon have advanced so far that wearable computers will "think" for us, Neil Gershenfeld paints a picture of a society where humans and machines communicate effortlessly.
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Meet Cyborg Man. There he is in his slick new suit, hand outstretched. As soon as you shake it you know his name, his address and who he works for. And he's yet to speak. He ushers you to the door of the office which unlocks as soon as he touches the handle. As you enter he lifts the phone, his touch immediately downloading the day's messages. Smart stuff. And the secret lies in the clothes he is wearing.
For in this remarkable new book Gershenfeld, a director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents a fascinating look at the future of computers, including carrying them round in jackets and shoes.
It's possible because of fabric circuits powered through the human body. And it gives today what Arthur C Clarke predicted for the next millennium. Gershenfeld presents an insight of a wired future that is staggering in its ingenuity.
The paperless newspaper. The book without printed pages that can allow you to read any volume ever produced, the electronics that enable you to see in all directions as you walk, sensors that measure bodily functions--and display your condition on a "dashboard of the body" as you move around. This is the stuff of the 21st Century. The incredible thing is that it is already here.
Gershfeld maintains we have had the digital revolution, now it's time for the evolution in which the people not the machines come to the fore. He makes a convincing case. --Stuart Russell --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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‘Fascinating theories about the sort of gadgets we'll all be taking for granted in the next twenty years' -- Mirror
‘Grounded, provocative and far-reaching. A book you won't want to put down' -- John Seely Brown
‘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
‘Grounded, provocative and far-reaching. A book you won't want to put down' -- John Seely Brown
‘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
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It is quite interesting to read about what they are working on at MIT media lab. Much effort is devoted to explaining what is wrong with todays technology. It would have been nice with a bit more detail in the description of how to overcome these problems.
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This book is excellent. Gershenfeld clearly has a passion for his subject and avoids dry technical explanations. Alongside comparable books such as The Road Ahead, this shows a greater level of enthusiasm and this translates to a fun and exciting read. If a small portion of the devices and trends detailed here make it in the commercial world, it will become a very different place. Highly recommended.
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Although this book provides a passionate and positive account of artificial intelligence - Gershenfeld has failed to present an argument which would account for the conditions of intelligence in machines. Indeed, given Gershenfeld's subject matter it is necessary to exemplify what the conditions of cognitive activity are - instead, he merely accepts the behaviourist model of artifical intelligence. Despite the lack of debate - this book presents an interesting vision of futuristic computational operations.
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