Non-fiction - Future Technology - Christchurch City Libraries
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Stories of technological development from Sci-fi and Trekkie tech, to humanity's future frontier. Find out about asteroid mining, terra forming, robotics and Artificial intelligence, life extension and gene technology and the moral questions they raise. Read predictions on how we will live, work, travel, the energy we will use, and how it will affect society and the economy. Discover how new technologies will shape the future of humanity. A Christchurch City Libraries list.
Our Next Reality is a must read for anyone curious about the Metaverse, AR/VR platforms and the impact of AI immersive media on society. There is no doubt this technology revolution will transform our world, altering what we hear, see and…
Can science fiction predict the future? From the authors of the popular weekly podcast and book, The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe, comes their latest book The Skeptic’s Guide to the Future. They look back at the work of futurists past…
It may seem like we already spend a lot of our lives on the internet, but this sentiment is about to become a lot more literal. The "metaverse", a concept detailing a fully immersive and singular online world accessible through virtual and…
Trekkies rejoice! Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel enthusiastically brings you warp drives, tractor beams, antimatter containment cloaking devices, phasers and other treknology explaining what needs to happen for these fictional ideas to be…
It's the chilling technology from our dystopian nightmares - an AI that can conclusively identify anybody, just by a single photo of a face. This is what the enigmatic startup Clearview AI claimed to have developed, when author Kashmir…
New technologies - AI, robots, and synthetic biology, to name only a few - are developing faster than ever before. This approaching surge has the potential to improve our lives and solve humankind's most pressing problems, but what if it…
What if we could make ourselves faster, stronger, smarter? Remove diseases or deficiencies from existence? The technology is already here - and it's only developing further. However, with it comes an uncertain, frightening future that…
Dr Janelle Shane gives us a humorous take on how AI works, illustrated with her cute cartoons. From her experiments teaching bots pick-up lines (the title comes from one of those), to teaching bots knock knock jokes and how to create…
In today's world, big power stems from tiny pieces of tech. The microchip is found in all kinds of devices, from cellphones, computers, and cars to military weaponry and the stock market. This makes it an incredibly essential resource -…
Writer and cultural historian John Higgs take a mischievous yet enlightening look at the future. He thinks we gave up on the future in the eighties, as illustrated by the changes in dystopian fiction, and posits the question "Do we have a…
Martin Rees, British cosmologist and Astronomer Royal delivering an austere warning against short term thinking and complacency urges for international initiatives to sustain food and energy and ensure humanity’s future on earth. A…
Journalist Tim Dunlop in his latest book joins us in a conversation on the media, government, wealth, work, and education and sets before us a pathway to a more joyful world. Tim says democracy is failing due to the rapid rate of…
