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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953813603321

Autore

Kahn Peter H., Jr.

Titolo

Technological nature : adaptation and the future of human life / / Peter H. Kahn, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

9786613020130

9780262294836

0262294834

9781283020138

1283020130

9780262295253

0262295253

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technological forecasting

Technology - Social aspects

Bionics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The old way -- Biophilia -- The technological turn -- A room with a technological nature view -- Office window of the future? -- Hardware companions? -- Robotic dogs in the lives of preschool children -- Robotic dogs and their biological counterparts -- Robotic dogs might aid in the social development of children with autism -- The telegarden -- Environmental generational amnesia -- Adaptation and the future of human life.

Sommario/riassunto

Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology.