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We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time
Contributor(s): Platoni, Kara (Author)
ISBN: 0465089976     ISBN-13: 9780465089970
Publisher: Basic Books
OUR PRICE:   $36.63  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Technology & Engineering | Biomedical
- Science | Biotechnology
Dewey: 152.1
LCCN: 2015951053
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 304 pages
 
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An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception

How do we know what's real? That's not a trick question: sensory science is increasingly finding that we don't perceive reality: we create it through perception. In We Have the Technology, science writer Kara Platoni guides us through the latest developments in the science of sensory perception.

We Have the Technology introduces us to researchers who are changing the way we experience the world, whether creating scents that stimulate the memories of Alzheimer's patients, constructing virtual limbs that approximate a sense of touch, or building augmented reality labs that prepare soldiers for the battlefield. These diverse investigations not only explain previously elusive aspects of human experience, but offer tantalizing glimpses into a future when we can expand, control, and enhance our senses as never before.

A fascinating tour of human capability and scientific ingenuity, We Have the Technology offers essential insights into the nature and possibilities of human experience.