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When Things Start to Think
When Things Start to Think
Author: Neil Gershenfeld
An astonishing look at the cutting edge where digital intelligence is woven into everything we touch. Neil Gershenfeld finds computers on desks painfully passe. And he is miles ahead of anybody else in freeing the good stuff of digital technology--the electronic "bits"--from the clunky boxes--the "atoms"--that now constrain them. How about a t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805058741
ISBN-10: 0805058745
Publication Date: 1/12/1999
Pages: 225
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Publisher: Henry Holt Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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From a researcher at MIT comes a book about the growing use of electronics in everyday objects, from shoes to cellos. Not a "gee whiz" book, but an insightful look at things that could be of benefit to the average person.


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