| Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived Contributor(s): Wilson, Daniel H. (Author), Rudnicki, Stefan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 078617160X ISBN-13: 9780786171606 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD Published: April 2007 Annotation: Roboticist and creator of the runaway success How To Survive A Robot Uprising, which the New York Times called "hilariously deadpan," reveals the secrets and science behind the greatest inventions we never got. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Humor - Technology & Engineering | Inventions |
| Dewey: 600 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.25" W x 7.5" (0.21 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest--things are a little disappointing. Despite every World's Fair prediction and the advertisements in comic books, we are not living the future we were promised. By now, life was supposed to be a fully automated, atomic-powered, germ-free Utopia, a place where a grown man could wear a velvet spandex unitard and not be laughed at. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? What happened to our moon colonies and servant robots? In Where's My Jetpack? roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we imagined for ourselves. You will learn which technologies are already available, who made them, and where to find them. If the technology is not public, you will learn how to build, buy, or steal it. And if doesn't yet exist, you will learn what stands in the way of making it real. With thirty entries spanning everything from teleportation to self-contained skyscraper cities, Where's My Jetpack? is an endlessly entertaining, one-of-a-kind look at the world that we always wanted. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Daniel H.: - Daniel H. Wilson has a PhD in Robotics from the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked in top research laboratories, including Microsoft Research, the Palo Alto Research Center, and Intel Research Seattle. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. |