{"product_id":"technologies-of-the-new-real-9781487540227","title":"Technologies of the New Real","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith astonishing speed, we have been projected into a new reality where interactions with drones, robotic bodies, and high-level surveillance are increasingly mainstream. In this age of groundbreaking developments in robotic technologies, synthetic biology is merging with artificial intelligence, forming a newly blended reality of machines, bodies, and affect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnologies of the New Real\u003c\/i\u003e draws from critical intersections of technology and society  including drones, surveillance, DIY bodies, and innovations in robotic technology  to explore what these advances can tell us about our present reality, or what authors Arthur and Marilouise Kroker deem the new real of digital culture in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnologies of the New Real\u003c\/i\u003e explores the many technologies of our present reality as they infiltrate the social, political, and economic static of our everyday lives, seemingly eroding traditionally conceived boundaries between humans and machines, an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Preface: I Stepped into the Future and It Wasn’t There 2. DIY Bodies 3. Power under Surveillance, Capitalism under Suspicion 4. Dreaming with Drones 5. Robots Trekking Across the Uncanny Valley 6. Epilogue: From the Upsurge of the Blended Mind to Gen Z\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739692839255,"sku":"9781487540227","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487540227.jpg?v=1720052918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technologies-of-the-new-real-9781487540227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}