Power Button : A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing /
Push a button and turn on the television; tap a button and get a ride; click a button and "like" something. The touch of a finger can set an appliance, a car, or a system in motion, even if the user doesn't understand the underlying mechanisms or algorithms. How did buttons become so...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
The MIT Press,
[2018]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I You Rang?; 1 Setting the Stage; 2 Ringing for Service; 3 Servants out of Sight; II Automagically; 4 Distant Effects; 5 We Do the Rest; 6 Let There Be Light; III Imagining Digital Command; 7 What's a Button Good For?; 8 Anyone Can Push a Button; 9 Push for Your Pleasure; 10 Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; References; Index.