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Author:
Piddock, Charles.
Title:
Future tech : from personal robots to motorized monocycles / by Charles Piddock ; James Lee, consultant.
Publisher:
National Geographic,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Technological innovations.
Technological forecasting.
Biomimetics.
Nanotechnology.
Robotics.
Technological innovations.
Biomimetics.
Nanotechnology.
Robotics.
Other Authors:
Lee, J. D. (James D.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
Contents:
Robots with a human face -- Cyborg dreams -- Nature tech -- Thinking small -- Motoring around -- Living in the future.
Summary:
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.
Series:
National Geographic investigates
ISBN:
1426304684
9781426304682
1426304692
9781426304699
OCLC:
(OCoLC)264044255
LCCN:
2009281424
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
XUPC157 -- Griswold Public Library (Griswold)
AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)
UBPC631 -- Webb Shadle Public Library (Pleasantville)

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