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Generation Robot covers a hundred years of science fiction, simple fact and, speculation_from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal automatic robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when unnatural and human intellect are expected to merge. Beginning with a childhood enlightened by pop-culture robots in videos, in comic literature, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where in fact the likelihood of self-driving automobiles and virtual reality are daily chat, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective about how our romantic relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman's kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex girlfriend or boyfriend Machina, Technology Robot explores the way the techno-triumphs and producing anxieties of reality bleed in to the fantasies in our collective culture.Clever and accessible, Technology Robot is not only for the serious, medical reader_it's for everybody enthusiastic about robotics and technology since their science-fiction roots. By looking back again at the near future she once thought, examining the plugged-in present, and speculating on what's coming, Terri Favro allows readers the opportunity to think about what was, what's, and what could be. This is a captivating book that talks about the pop-culture in our society to explain the way the world works_now and tomorrow.
