TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weinersmith,Kelly
AU  - Weiner,Zach
TI  - Soonish: ten emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything 
SN  - 9780399563829 (hardcover : alk. paper)
U1  - 601.12 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Technological forecasting
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Humor
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Soonish: emphasis on the ish -- Section 1: The universe, soonish -- Cheap access to space: the final frontier is too damn expensive -- Asteroid mining: rummaging through the solar system's junkyard -- Section 2: Stuff, soonish -- Fusion power: it powers the Sun, and that's nice, but can it run my toaster? -- Programmable matter: what is all of your stuff could be any of your stuff? -- Robotic construction: build me a rumpus room, metal servant! -- Augmented reality: an alternative to fixing reality -- Synthetic biology: kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs -- Section 3: You, soonish -- Precision medicine: everything that's wrong with you, in particular--a statistical approach -- Bioprinting: why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver? -- Brain-computer interfaces: because after four billion years of evolution you still can't remember where you put your car keys -- Conclusion: less soonisher, or The graveyard of lost chapters
N2  - Presents an illustrated investigation into the technologies of the near future, from deep-space travel to 3D organ printing, to offer insight into how they will work and what is needed to advance their readiness
ER  -