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The age of living machines how biology will build the next technology revolution

Outlines the next technology revolution and how it will change human life, drawing on the latest discoveries in biology and engineering to profile such innovations as computer-engineered crops, protein-based water filters, and cancer-detecting nanoparticles.

Main Author: Hockfield, Susan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Brenchley, Jean tribute.
Bionics.
Biomedical engineering.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Summary: Outlines the next technology revolution and how it will change human life, drawing on the latest discoveries in biology and engineering to profile such innovations as computer-engineered crops, protein-based water filters, and cancer-detecting nanoparticles.
Physical Description: xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-219) and index.
ISBN: 9780393634747
0393634744
Author Notes: Susan Hockfield , Ph.D., president emerita and professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the first woman and first life scientist to lead MIT. She is a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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