Sensing Machines: How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life

by Chris Salter

Book Overview

How we are tracked, surveilled, tantalized, and seduced by machines ranging from smart watches and Roombas to immersive art installations. Sensing machines are everywhere in our world. As we move through the day, electronic sensors and computers adjust our thermostats, guide our Roombas, count our steps, change the orientation of an image when we rotate our phones. There are more of these electronic devices in the world than there are people-in 2020,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262046601
• ISBN13: 9780262046602
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 10.0"