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When Things Start To Think

Neil Gershenfeld, director of the Physics and Media Group at MIT's Media Lab and co-director of the Things That Think consortium, offers a readable tour of what the world will be like tomorrow as computers become invisible, such as wearable computers, nanotech implants, and interactive digital books with electronic ink.


Preface By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 1: The Digital Evolution By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 2: Bits and Books By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 3: Digital Expression By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 4: Wear Ware Where? By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 5: The Personal Fabricator By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 6: Smart Money By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 7: Rights and Responsibilities By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 8: Bad Words By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 9: Bit Beliefs By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 10: Seeing Through Windows By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 11: The Nature of Computation By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 12: The Business of Discovery By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 13: Information and Education By Neil Gershenfeld
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Chapter 14: Things That Think By Neil Gershenfeld
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Afterword By Neil Gershenfeld
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