Technology and touch : the biopolitics of emerging technologies / Anne Cranny-Francis, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Author/creator Cranny-Francis, Anne author.
Format Book
PublicationHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Descriptionvii, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Touch : an embodied, social and cultural practice -- Technologies : their role in our everyday lives -- Technologies of touch -- Eye feel : visuality and touch -- Good vibrations : touch, sound and movement -- Technologies that we touch -- Mouse, screen and console : the capabilities and ethics of touch-enabled technologies -- From phantom to haptic cow : technologies that touch back -- Technologies that touch us -- Smart textiles : clothing makes the (hu)man -- Prosthetics & robots : marking the borders of human-technology interaction -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013042169
ISBN9781137268303
ISBN1137268301

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks T173.8 .C736 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold