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

  • Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
Date:
[2011], ©2011
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

xviii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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  • 9780262113229
  • 0262113228