Explains and illustrates the most current research and technologies that promise to change our lives dramatically in the future, from machines with the ability of independent thought, to cars that drive themselves, to robots that borrow their nature from nature itself.
Record details
ISBN:1426304684 (hardcover)
ISBN:9781426304682 (hardcover)
ISBN:1426304692 (library bdg.)
ISBN:9781426304699 (library bdg.)
Physical Description:64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. print
Publisher:Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Robots with a human face -- Cyborg dreams -- Nature tech -- Thinking small -- Motoring around -- Living in the future.