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Autore: | Scher Rod |
Titolo: | Leveling the playing field : the democratization of technology / / by Rod Scher |
Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Technology - Social aspects |
Culture and globalization | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. 1983: Looking Back; Chapter One. Foundations: Fire and Stone; Chapter Two. Let's Talk: Language and Writing; Chapter Three. A Communication Revolution: Books and Printing; Chapter Four. Goin' Mobile: The Automobile; Chapter Five. Drones: Robots in the Skies; Chapter Six. Enhancing Your Brain: Computers and the Internet; Chapter Seven. Finding Your Way: GPS; Chapter Eight. A Revolution in a Box: 3D Printing; Chapter Nine. Don't Call Me, I'll Call You: The Rise of the Smartphone; Chapter Ten. We're Following You: Social Media |
Chapter Eleven. Everything Is Connected: The Internet of ThingsChapter Twelve. Everyone Is Watching You: The Death of Privacy; Afterword: The Death of Ötzi; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Leveling the Playing Field explores the technologies that "trickle down" to the rest of us, those that were once the domain of the wealthy and powerful--and which therefore tended to make them even more wealthy and powerful. Now, though, these technologies--from books to computers to 3D printing and beyond--have become part of a common toolkit, one accessible to almost anyone, or at least to many more than had heretofore had access. This is what happens with most technologies: They begin in the hands of the few, and they end up in the hands of the many. Along the way, they sometimes transform |
Titolo autorizzato: | Leveling the playing field |
ISBN: | 1-4422-3927-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910829118703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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