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To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

Mark OConnell - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

Meet the visionaries, billionaires, professors, and programmers who are using groundbreaking technology to push the limits of the human body - our senses, our intelligence, and our lifespansOnce relegated to the fringes of society, transhumanism (the use of technology to enhance human intellectual...
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The Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines

Malcolm Gay - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book

Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies that will enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs and will give all of us the power...
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Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

Michio Kaku - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement - quantum computing - which may eventually unravel the deepest mysteries of science and solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling...
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Who's Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children

Susan Linn - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood - and what we can do about itEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children's...
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Getting Started with 3D Printing: A Hands-on Guide to the Hardware, Software, and Services That Make the 3D Printing Ecosystem

Liza Wallach Kloski
Format: Paperback

The book is written in a casual, conversational style. It is easily accessible to those who have no prior knowledge in 3D printing, yet the book's message is solidly practical, technically accurate, and consumer-relevant. The chapters include contemporary, real-life learning exercises...
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Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

Byron Tau - Crown
Format: Hardcover

You are being surveilled right now. This sweeping exposé reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through the phones we carry and the devices in our home.. "A revealing . . . startling . . . timely . . . fascinating, sometimes...
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iPhone: The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

David Pogue - O'Reilly Media
Format: Paperback

The iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R, and 11Max are faster than ever and have more powerful cameras. With the latest edition of this bestselling guide, you get a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you into an iPhone master.Written by David Pogue...
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"Is This Thing On?": A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for Newbies, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming

Abby Stokes - Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback

Like a personal trainer for the digital age, Abby Stokes is the hand-holding, motivating expert that newbies - specifically older newbies - turn to when they want to become digitally literate. And her book, Is This Thing On?, with over 230,000 in print through previous editions, is as smart,...
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C Crash Course

Josh Lospinoso - No Starch Press
Format: Paperback

A fast-paced, thorough introduction to modern C++ written for experienced programmers. After reading C++ Crash Course, you'll be proficient in the core language concepts, the C++ Standard Library, and the Boost Libraries.C++ is one of the most widely used languages for real-world...
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