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Piddock, Charles

Future Tech: From Personal Robots to Motorized Monocycles

64 pp. | National | July, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4263-0468-2 $17.95 | Library ISBN 978-1-4263-0469-9 $27.90
(3) 4-6 National Geographic Investigates series. In this up-to-date overview of the cutting edge of technology research, Piddock covers areas that have strong potential to affect our everyday lives: robots that interact with people, advancements in artificial limbs that connect brain and machine, biomimetics (imitating biological functions with technical equivalents), nanotechnology, and alternative-energy vehicles. Excellent color photographs ably portray the various technologies. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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