Gearheads : The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports
by Brad Stone
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In the early nineties, a visionary special-effects guru named Marc Thorpe conjured a field of dreams different from any the world had seen before: It would be framed by unbreakable plastic instead of cornstalks; populated not by ghostly ballplayers but by remote-controlled robots, armed to the steely teeth, fighting in a booby-trapped ring. If you built it, they'd come all right.... In Gearheads, Newsweek technology correspondent Brad Stone examines the history of robotic sports, from their show more cultish early years at universities and sci-fi conventions to today's televised extravaganzas -- and the turmoil that threatened the whole enterprise almost from the beginning. By turns a lively historical narrative, a legal thriller, and an exploration of a cultural and technological phenomenon, Gearheads is a funny and fascinating look at the sport of the future today. show lessTags
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Brad Stone is the senior executive editor of global technology at Bloomberg News. He is the author of the definitive book on Amazon's early years, the New York Times bestseller The Everything Store, which has been translated into more than thirty-five languages, and The Upstarts. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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- Nonfiction, Sports and Leisure, Technology, General Nonfiction, History
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- 796.15 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Sports Games and activities Kites and remote-controlled objects
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- TJ211.15 .S76 — Technology Mechanical engineering and machinery Mechanical engineering and machinery Mechanical devices and figures. Automata.
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