Embodied Computing by Isabel Pedersen - ISBN: 9780262538558
Paperback
Practitioners and scholars explore ethical, social, and conceptual issues arising in relation to such devices as fitness monitors, neural implants, and a toe-controlled computer mouse.
  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    24 March 2020

Summary

Practitioners and scholars explore ethical, social, and conceptual issues arising in relation to such devices as fitness monitors, neural implants, and a toe-controlled computer mouse.Body-centered computing now goes beyond the “wearable” to encompass implants, bionic technology, and ingestible sensors-technologies that point to hybrid bodies and blurred boundaries between human, computer, and artificial intelligence platforms. Such technologies promise to reconfigure the relationship between…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262538558
ISBN-10:0262538555
Author:Isabel Pedersen, Andrew Iliadis, Deborah Lupton, Kevin Warwick, Katina Michael, MG Michael, Christine Perakslis, Roba Abbas
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:24 March 2020
Weight:468g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 17mm
Series:The MIT Press
About The Author

Isabel Pedersen

Isabel Pedersen is Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture and Associate Professor at the Ontario Tech University.Andrew Iliadis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.Isabel Pedersen is Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture and Associate Professor at the Ontario Tech University.Andrew Iliadis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.Isabel Pedersen is Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture and Associate Professor at the Ontario Tech University.Andrew Iliadis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.

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