What will be : how the new world of information will change our lives /: how the new world of information will change our lives. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael L. Dertouzos.
• Other Names: Dertouzos, Michael L
• Contents: 1. Shaping the future -- Vision -- The revolution unfolds -- Where person meets machine -- New tools -- 2. How your life will change -- Daily life -- Pleasure -- Health -- Learning -- Business and organizations -- Government -- 3. Reuniting technology and humanity -- The value of information -- Electronic bulldozers -- Electronic proximity -- Ancient humans -- Appendix: The five pillars of the information age -- Numbers, numbers everywhere -- Two-fingered monsters -- Computer labor -- Faster than smoke signals -- Computer networks.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 303.48/33; Computers -- Information Technology; Information society; Information technology -- Social aspects; Information services industry; Société informatisée; Technologie de l'information -- Aspect social; Documentation, Services de -- Industrie; Information services industry; Information society; Information technology -- Social aspects; Informatiemaatschappij; Sociale verandering; Informationsgesellschaft; Informationstechnik; Sozialer Wandel; Información -- Tecnología -- Aspectos sociales; Servicios de información -- Industria; Computer Communication Networks; Social Environment; Business & Economics -- Information Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061873324; 0061873322
• Related ISBNs: 9780062515407
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.