Our Molecular Future
Subtitle: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781573929929
Subjects: Impact of science & technology on society; Scientific equipment & techniques, laboratory equipment; Science; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Social Aspects - General; Social Aspects; Nanotechnology; Research & Methodology; Artificial intelligence; Genetics; Robotics
First sentence: On February 14, 2002, a four-foot-tall humanoid robot named ASIMO stepped up a stairway to the podium, clapped its hands, then pressed a button that rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange, thereby becoming the first robot to preside over daily resumption of America's financial heartbeat.