Bibliograph

Drone, by Adam Rothstein

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Drone, by Adam Rothstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drone

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

885378116

Responsibility statement

by Adam Rothstein

Series statement

Object lessons

Summary

"Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV screen, swarming through the networks, and soon, we're told, they'll be delivering our shopping. But what are drones? The word encompasses everything from toys to weapons. And yet, as broadly defined as they are, the word "drone" fills many of us with a sense of technological dread. Adam Rothstein cuts through the mystery, the unknown, and the political posturing, and talks about what drones really are: what technologies are out there, and what's coming next; how drones are talked about, and how they are represented in popular culture.It turns out that drones are not as scary as they appear-but they are more complicated than you might expect. Drones reveal the strange relationships that humans are forming with their new technologies"-- Publisher

Table Of Contents

Four technology stories -- Military drone -- Commercial drone (or, the hole where it ought to be) -- Blinking lights -- Software and hardware -- Non-drone -- What the drone is for -- Drone in discourse -- Drone fiction -- Our selves and the drone -- Esthetics of the drone -- Drone as meme

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