Technological nature : adaptation and the future of human life / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

xviii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The old way -- Biophilia -- The technological turn -- A room with a technological nature view -- Office window of the future? -- Hardware companions? -- Robotic dogs in the lives of preschool children -- Robotic dogs and their biological counterparts -- Robotic dogs might aid in the social development of children with autism -- The telegarden -- Environmental generational amnesia -- Adaptation and the future of human life.

Includes bibliographical references and index.