When Tech Goes Bad (T3 Magazine presents: Book 1) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Technology has been at the heart of human development since our hirsute ancestors started smashing things up with rocks. What followed over hundreds of thousands of years allowed mankind to evolve from lumbering oaf to brain-bulging smart arse. However, while early innovations such as fire making and projectile animal spearing let us live longer through the extension of basic human requirement – warmth and hot, tasty mammoths – technological progression over the past century has quickened faster than ever.In a relatively short space of time, man has created labour- and life-saving machines, moon-bound missiles with seats, the internet and double-sided sticky tape. It's been a roller-coaster ride of creativity and revolution. However, with every new invention comes a kick in the transistors for the inventor and/or user. Tech fights back, tech goes wrong, tech goes bad – very bad for some, leading to serious injury, death or worse.This first T3 Kindle collection features 110 tales of technological heartache spread over 11 chapters. From the humourous to the outrageous, but all true and a clear indicator that, with all our mechanical trickery, nature will find a way to have the last laugh…