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The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution | Susan Hockfield
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From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution, and how it will change our lives. A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them. Today, the worlds population is projected to rise to well over 9.5 billion by 2050, and we are currently faced with the consequences of producing the energy that fuels, heats, and cools us. With temperatures and sea levels rising, and large portions of the globe plagued with drought, famine, and drug-resistant diseases, we need new technologies to tackle these problems. But we are on the cusp of a new convergence, argues world-renowned neuroscientist Susan Hockfield, with discoveries in biology coming together with engineering to produce another array of almost inconceivable technologiesnext-generation products that have the potential to be every bit as paradigm shifting as the twentieth centurys digital wonders. The Age of Living Machines describes some of the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped create them. Virus-built batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Mind-reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. Together they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.
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MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward
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Wow, this is PACKED. Such a fascinating read (listen), with a final hour filled with a brief “But how do we do this?”

Love it. (Might have been dense in a text-only format)

#livingmachines #STEM #womenofscience #nonfiction #physics #biology #tech #science #libby

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Fascinating stuff going on at the convergence of biology and engineering, virus made batteries, protein based water filters, nanoparticles detecting and curing cancer, brain powered prostheses and computer mediated crop selection. Ending with a push for government investment in R&D.
Highly recommended for those weary and depressed by climate change and the state of the world.

#nonfiction2019 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Something uplifting

BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds really good. Thanks for the review and heads up. I need to get back to this challenge! 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I agree, sounds really good. 5y
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mreads
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My current #library haul ( till I pick up the more holds on Friday) 😁

#30JuneBooks @howjessreads

BookNAround I loved The Housekeeper and the Professor. 5y
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LauraJ
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This is basically a plea to the public for funding science research. Look at all the amazing advances we‘re making...when we have the resources. It sucks that our government has drastically cut funding for biological projects, but I‘m afraid this book won‘t be read by the people whose minds need to be convinced that this should be a priority. This a pick for the layman, but if you‘re up to date on the topic, there‘s not much that‘s new here.

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LauraJ
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This topic is endlessly fascinating to me. I‘m not sure if I should be thrilled that my library hold came in so quickly or sad that I was the only one on the waiting list for this book. #science

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