Redesigning Worldwide Connections / 
edited by Michele Bonazzi and Valentina Di Simone. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 210 pages) :  illustrations 
 - World Complexity Science Academy Book Series .
 - World Complexity Science Academy Book Series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> In the next twenty years, the convergence of robotics, informatics, nano-bio-technologies, genetics, information technologies, and cognitive sciences will have a significant impact on society. This convergence will lead to a revolution in the way that science, health, energy, resources, production, consumption and environment are conceptualised. However, these technologies will also pose new and specific challenges in terms of sustainability, ethics, and even expectations of the future. Indeed, today, the word "future" is often associated with pessimism and fear, much more than it was in the p. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443887731 1443887730 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>888186  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technological innovations--Social aspects.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>Technological innovations--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T14.5  / .W67 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.483