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9781893347014

Critical Mass : A Primer for Living with the Future

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    9781893347014

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-01
  • Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
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Table of Contents

Forewardp. v
Contentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
The Circle of Life: From Steampunk to Cyberpunk, It's All Science Fiction Nowp. 6
The New Paper: Electronic Ink, Smart Paper, and the Furoshikip. 14
Is the Document Read? Wither Literacy?p. 23
Meet Jane Jetson: FridgeFront Computing Gives Us Home Automation with Stylep. 34
Atoms to Bits: Will We Ever Make Money on the Web?p. 39
The Last Keyboard: Voice Recognition, Voice Generation, and the Future of Interfacesp. 45
Wearable Computing: Never Leave Home Without Itp. 51
Sex and the Single Netizen: Why Is Porn So Important?p. 57
Lucasfilm and SKG: The End of the Military Industrial Complex as Innovatorp. 62
The Keys to the Kingdom: Cryptography, Privacy, and Your Personal Dataspacep. 68
Are We There Yet? GPS Technology and Modern Lifep. 78
Cable and Wireless: The TV Revolutionp. 87
Telephones and Pagers: Reach Out and Touch Some Datap. 97
Mom! My Homework Won't Download! Education Comes of Agep. 106
The New Post: Email Becomes the Killer App of the Internetp. 113
Your Legislator Will Vid You Now: The Future of Politicsp. 121
Computers and Medicine: Hippocratic Art becomes Marketing Artificep. 126
Digital Reflection: The Movement Onlinep. 138
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