When Things Start to Think
Neil Gershenfeld
ISBN 0-8050-5880-X
$14.00
" An important story about why and how computers will disappear,
when and where your things will think" --Nicholas Negroponte
If like me you used to read WIRED magazine by flipping to the back
to start with Nicholas Negroponte, I think you will be delighted
with this book. (I still read WIRED but miss Nicholas's column)
WHAT
Bits and Books
Digital Expression
Wear Ware Where
The Personal Fabricator
Smart Money
WHY
Rights and Responsibilities
Bad Words
Bit Beliefs
Seeing Through Windows
HOW
The Nature of Computation
The Business of Discovery
Information and Education
Things That Think
Excerpt: www.henryholt.com/98-2hh/whenthingsthinkexc.htm
Brian
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