Index

Table of Contents
preamble	    3
ada	    5
matrices	    9
tensions	  11
on the cards	  14
second sight	  18
anna 1	  23
gambling on the future	  27
binaries	  32
supporting evidence	  35
genderquake	  37
cultures	  45
nets	  46
digits	  51
holes	  55
cyborg manifestos	  58
programming language                                     	  60
shuttle systems	  60
casting on	  69
flight	  73
virtual aliens	  74
cocoons	  77
diagrams	  82
eve 1	  85
masterpieces	  88
trials	  90
errors	  93
eve 8	  95
case study	  97
what eve 8 next	100
monster 1	102
robotics	103
learning curves	104
anna o	109
multiples	112
switches	114
speed queens	115
secrets	121
grass	124
automata	125
bugs	127
disorders	131
amazone	137
beginning again	140
grapevines	143
enigmas	144
monster 2	151
marriage vows	152
spelling	153
hysteresis	154
cybernetics	156
sea change	165
scattered brains	166
neurotics	171
intuition	176
cave man	177
hooked	182
tact	185
cyberflesh	191
mona lisa overdrive	194
runaway	199
passing	210
chemicals	214
xyz	218
the peahen's tale	223
loops	229
symbionts	233
eve 2	237
pottering	239
mutants	244
wetware	248
dryware	250
silicon	251
quanta	253
casting off	256
notes	257
bibliography	297
acknowledgments	307