Leveling the playing field : the democratization of technology / / by Rod Scher

• Autore: Scher Rod
• 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