Generation Robot (eBook)

A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation

Terri Favro (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-2312-2 (ISBN)

Infos

For fans of Mary Roach, a sweetly nostalgic and enlightening exploration of futures past, present, and still to come.

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Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculationfrom the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of self-driving cars and virtual reality are daily conversation, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective on how our relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman's kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex Machina, Generation Robot explores how the techno-triumphs and resulting anxieties of reality bleed into the fantasies of our collective culture.Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn't just for the serious, scientific readerit's for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world worksnow and tomorrow.

Autor

Terri Favro, winner of the CBC Creative Non-fiction Prize for her essay “Icarus,” is the author of the novels Sputnik’s Children, Once Upon A Time In West Toronto, and The Proxy Bride, and the co-creator of a series of comic books published by Grey Borders Books. She has written marketing copy for IBM, Apple, Blackberry and LEGO, among others. She lives in Toronto.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
• Schlagworte: 1850 • advertisers • Aesthetic • aesthetic lectures • aesthetic manifestos • Creative Design • designer resource • Design Management Institute • design student resource • design workshops • educator resource • Henry Dreyfuss • industrial design and construction • industrial design and engineering • industrial design and mechanical engineering • industrial design art • industrial design books • industrial design colleges • industrial design degree • Industrial Design Education • industrial design elements • industrial designers • industrial design guide • industrial design history • industrial design icon • industrial design ideas • industrial design inspiration • industrial design internship • industrial design major • industrial design patterns • industrial design reports • industrial design schools • Industrialization • industrially designed product • industry news reports • Karl Marx • Mass production • Metalwork • Patterns • practicing designers • Raplh Nader • robots • socio-political point of view • socio-political POV • urbanization • Victor Papanek • William Morris
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-2312-9 / 1510723129
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-2312-2 / 9781510723122