| Description |
358 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Soonish. Emphasis on the ish -- Section 1: The universe, soonish. Cheap access to space : the Final Frontier is too damn expensive ; Asteroid mining : rummaging through the Solar System's junkyard -- Section 2: Stuff, soonish. Fusion power : it powers the sun, and that's nice, but can it run my toaster? ; Programmable matter : what if all of your stuff could be any of your stuff? ; Robotic construction : build me a rumpus room, metal servant! ; Augmented reality : an alternative to fixing reality ; Synthetic biology : kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs -- Section 3: You, soonish. Precision medicine : everything that's wrong with you in particular--a statistical approach ; Bioprinting : why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver? ; Brain-computer interfaces : because after four billion years of evolution you still can't remember where you put your keys ; Conclusion: Less soonisher, or The graveyard of lost chapters. |
| Summary |
Presents an illustrated investigation into the technologies of the near future, from deep-space travel to 3D organ printing, to offer insight into how they will work and what is needed to advance their readiness. |
| Subject |
Technological forecasting -- Popular works.
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Technological forecasting -- Pictorial works.
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Technological forecasting -- Humor.
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Technological forecasting. (OCoLC)fst01144998
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SCIENCE / Applied Sciences.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.
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| Genre/Form |
Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| Added Author |
Weinersmith, Zach, 1982- author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Weinersmith, Kelly. Soonish. New York : Penguin Press, 2017 9780399563836 (DLC) 2017016790 |
| ISBN |
9780399563829 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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0399563822 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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