Where's My Jetpack?
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596911360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
And if doesn't yet exist, you will learn what stands in the way of making it real. You will learn which technologies are already available, who made them, and where to find them. He exposes technology, spotlights existing prototypes, and reveals drawing-board plans. By now, life was supposed to be a fully automated, atomic-powered, germ-free Utopia, a place where a grown man could wear a velvet spandex unitard and not be laughed at. Wilson, Ph.D, has a degree in Robotics from Carnegie-Mellon. Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we always imagined for ourselves. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? What happened to our promised moon colonies? Our servant ro
More humor than science, but that's okay. Logical Thinker If you're of a certain age such that you remember the various magazines of the late 50's and the 60's that promised great things in the "future", then you'll find yourself saying "Oh yeahFood PillsDomed CitiesAqua Gills. Hmmmmmwhat ever happened to all that stuff?" as you flip through the chapters. So naturally, anyone younger than 40 has no frame of reference to t. "The FUTURE" according to Michael Valdivielso. This book deals with such ideas as hover cars, robot servants, and underwater hotels. And why some never got off the ground while others, while they exist, don't exist in the huge numbers they should. For example, we do have underwater hotels, well, a few, but nowhere near enough to make everybody happy. I want robotic maids, I want X-Ray specs, I want teleportatio. Linda B. said Fun book. Took me awhile to find it. Fun book. Took me awhile to find it.
Wilson goes on to explain (or debunk) much-anticipated wonders like robot pets, food pills and cryogenic freezing ("the chance of being reborn in the future as a brain-dead humanoid zombie surely beats having no chance at all"). That's the premise of this tongue-in-cheek look at all the techno-wonders that 21st century man was promised by sci-fi dreamers of the past. From Publishers Weekly Clinically depressed fans of Star Trek and The Jetsons, take heart: the future you've been dreaming of-ray guns, robot maids, unisex jumpsuits, space vacations-is ready for production. . Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though readers of this slim guide may not be inspired to "raise your voice, and demand your personal jetpack," it's got plenty of encouragement and info for frustrated fu
He is the author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising. Daniel H. Wilson, Ph.D, has a degree in Robotics from Carnegie-Mellon. He lives in Portland, Oregon.