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Super you : how technology is revolutionizing what it means to be human /

Learn about the advances in longevity, genetics, nanotech, and robotics that can make a superior you possible very soon. Discussion includes questions such as What are the social and ethical implications of all this? What will your government say about all this? Will super villains raise havoc with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Walker, Andy (Andy G.), 1967- (Autor), Walker, Kay (Autor), Carruthers, Sean (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, Indiana : Que, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The emergence of (you) the human machine
  • Baby science: how to conceive a tennis star and other procreative miracles
  • Beauty hacks: becoming Barbie, a lizard, or whatever you want to be
  • Lifesaving hacks: whirring hearts, printed organs, and miraculous medicine
  • The human computer: how to rewire and turbo-boost your ape brain
  • Franken-you: a better life through cyborg technology
  • In hacks we trust? the political and religious backlash agains the future
  • Hyper longevity: how to make death obsolete
  • Human 2.0: the future is you.