
The Age of Living Machines
How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
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Andrea Gallo
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Susan Hockfield
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 world's 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 technologies - next-generation products that have the potential to be every bit as paradigm-shifting as the 20th century's 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 21st century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.
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fascinating
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Awesome
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A long MIT Advertisement with interesting stories
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My other issue is that the author goes through great effort to highlight Stanford or MIT alumnus but curiously does not mention the academic background of nearly every other person in the book regardless of spending the better part of chapters discussing what they've achieved. By about half way through the book, the lack of background annotation for non elite schools is deafening.
I would have expected better from someone of prominence from an elite university... or maybe I shouldn't going forward.
Rambling and subtly elitist
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The narration was stiff at points, with the narrator pausing before names and scientific terms.
Interesting content, but...
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I am sure the reader is a fine actress, but it felt like she knew nothing about this topic and therefore came across as insincere - for lack of better words - and just seemed to be reading words rather than delivering an interesting story to the listeners.
Good information. Poor delivery.
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I disliked the narration, slow and annoying, I almost quit the book until I increased the speed to 1.25 (which I have never done before). Despite loss of normal intonation it allowed me to bear through the audio.
Good Overview
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the perfect read right now!
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MIT advertisement/ book
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lnsightful and inspirational
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