human-computer interaction

The author argues that humans, by their development of medical and mind-extending technologies, are natural born cyborgs, discussing the use of computers, cell phones, pacemakers, and other devices, and looking at possible future advances.

A discussion of software robots--known as bots--describing their origins, habitats and behaviors, and looking at the positive and negative sides of the electronic creations.

Accompanied by a navigator, three deep-freeze hibernauts, and the computer that guides him, David Bowman sets out in the spaceship Discovery to investigate a planet that may be inhabited by alien creatures.

Computer scientist Doug Carey turns to unconventional measures to fight a destructive artificial life-form that was created by well-intentioned researchers in the laboratory and has escaped onto the Internet.

Explores the development of virtual reality; discusses its applications in the fields of architecture, science and engineering, medicine, business, the military, and entertainment; and considers the drawbacks, and future prospects of the technology.

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.