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City of thieves / by London, Alex,author.;
To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.Ages 8-12.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Animal fiction.; Siblings; Bioengineering; Dragons; Gangs; Siblings.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17
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Drug of choice / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,author.(CARDINAL)125108; Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,author.(CARDINAL)125108;
"Two patients in comas, not expected to live: when they both recover, sharing the same bizarre symptom of blue urine, it's a medical miracle that Dr. Roger Clark cannot explain. One of the patients happens to be Sharon Wilder, a beautiful Hollywood starlet. When she offers Dr. Clark the chance to accompany her to the private Caribbean island called Eden, he has to accept -- if only to learn more about the bioengineering company Advance, Inc., and their promise to make your wildest dreams come true. What he discovers there will be the most shocking discovery of his life, on an island paradise where nothing is as it seems"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Bioengineering; Coma; Physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bionic eyes / by Zuchora-Walske, Christine,author.(CARDINAL)651427;
Bionic eyes are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of bionic eyes from early attempts to use electricity to aid vision to the development of computer chips that led to eye and brain implants. Mark Humayun and his development of the bionic eye implant is featured, and colorful infographics show eye anatomy and how implants work. See the future of bionic eyes as scientists work to restore sight in different types of vision loss. A timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.800LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering; Technological innovations; Inventions;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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City of speed / by London, Alex,author.;
"In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. In the city of Drakopolis, dragons and humans have co-existed for centuries. Dragons burn the city's garbage, taxi its busy citizens from place to place, and even compete in vicious underground battles for gang-like kins. But the dragons also compete in legal sports, like the spectacular aerial races that draw in cheering crowds by the tens of thousands. Abel is at just such a race when he witnesses the unthinkable. A long-shot competitor pulls off an impossible win -- then flies into a destructive rage! Someone in the city is experimenting on dragons: hacking their DNA, rebuilding their bodies, and breaking their minds. Who could be driving the dragons berserk? Abel must find out who's behind the experiments and put a stop to them, and to do so he'll infiltrate the kins' underground street races on a long-shot dragon of his own. But with his sister working for a kin, his brother serving the city's secret police, and a bully at school racing for Abel's worst enemies, will Abel find any safety past the finish line?"--Ages 8-12.800LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Animal fiction.; Siblings; Bioengineering; Dragons; Racing; Gangs; Siblings.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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The battle for your brain : defending the right to think freely in the age of neurotechnology / by Farahany, Nita A.,author.(CARDINAL)867132;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.Pt. I. Tracking the brain -- The last fortress -- Your brain at work -- Big brother is listening -- Know thyself -- Pt. II. Hacking the brain -- Revving up -- Braking the brain -- Mental manipulation -- Bewilderbeasts -- Beyond human -- On cognitive liberty."A rock star academic explores the final frontier of personal privacy: your mind. Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, thought crimes are punishable by law, and your own feelings can be used against you. Where perfumers create customized fragrances to perfectly suit your emotions, and social media titans bypass your conscious mind to hook you to their products. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions. Neuroscience has already made all of the above possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the "universal controller" for all of our interactions with technology. This can benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards, it can severely threaten our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination. Companies, governments, and militaries are all in: from contemplative neuroscience to consumer-based EEG technology, there have never been more ways to hack and track our brains. But access is just the beginning. Our brains can be changed with performance-boosting drugs, electrical stimulation, and even surgical interventions. Soon neuro-cinema, neuro-monitoring, and even cognitive warfare will be commonplace--the brain is the next battleground for humanity. The Battle for Your Brain by Nita A. Farahany dives deeply into the promises and perils of the coming dawn of brain access and alteration. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on neuroscience as it intersects with law and ethics, this highly original book offers a pathway forward to navigate the complex ethical dilemmas that neurotechnology presents, which will fundamentally impact our freedom to understand, shape, and define ourselves"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Neurosciences; Neurotechnology (Bioengineering);
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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A garden of unearthly delights : bioengineering and the future of food / by Mather, Robin.(CARDINAL)209413;
The link between farmer and your grocery basket and how it is about to change -- A lot of technology in a little tomato -- He feeds eighty families from a five-acre garden -- The business of dairying today -- One man can milk just fifty cows -- A chicken for 212,400 pots every week -- Building a better bird -- Two looks into two futures -- Voting with your buck."In this first definitive book on the controversial subject of bioengineering and food, journalist Robin Mather explores the implications of the new cost-efficient, flavor-enhanced creations about to move out of the laboratory and into your supermarket. Her balanced view takes in the whole spectrum of ideas on this charged topic, from genetic alteration at one end to small-farm sustainable agriculture at the other." "Mather examines the court cases in which powerful corporation lawyers have fought to keep information about genetic engineering off food labels and discusses the implications of the FDA's decision not to consider DNA a food additive. And at the other end of the spectrum from high-tech engineering, she introduces the strong new movement toward sustainable agriculture, farmers' markets and food co-ops, and their future effect on agribusiness and the environment."--Jacket.
Subjects: Agricultural biotechnology.; Food; Food.; Nutrition.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The Cloven. by Stein, Garth,author.(CARDINAL)648269; Southworth, Matthew,artist.(CARDINAL)596079;
"The Cloven Book One stars James Tucker, the most successful genetically modified human organism ever created. Conceived in a privately financed, top-secret laboratory on Washington State's Vashon Island, Tucker is a cross between a human and a goat -- a Cloven. Known to his friends as "Tuck", all he wants is to live a normal life as a university student; everything is going fine, until he shows a girl his hoofs..."--page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Novels.; Science fiction comics.; Bioengineering; College students;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Cadaver & queen / by Kwitney, Alisa,1964-author.(CARDINAL)369393;
When Elizabeth Lavenza enrolled at Ingold as its first female medical student, she knew she wouldn't have an easy time. From class demands to being an outsider among her male cohorts, she'll have to go above and beyond to prove herself. So when she stumbles across what appears to be a faulty Bio-Mechanical--one of the mechanized cadavers created to service the school--she jumps at the chance to fix it and get ahead in the program. Only this Bio-Mechanical isn't like the others. This one seems to have thoughts, feelings...and self-awareness. Soon Elizabeth realizes that it is Victor Frankenstein--a former student who died under mysterious circumstances. Suddenly Elizabeth finds herself entwined in his dark secrets, ones he might have been murdered to keep buried.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Medical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Medical students; Women medical students; Interpersonal relations; Dead; Murder; Biomechanics; Bioengineering;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7
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What would it take to upload a mind? / by Durkin, Megan Ray,author.;
From your brain to a computer -- What does it mean to upload a mind? -- How would mind uploading work? -- Current tech -- What tech is needed? -- What could the future look like?"In science fiction, people upload their minds into computers for them to be stored. How could this futuristic way of preserving the mind work? Scientists have some ideas, which involve mapping the brain cell by cell. Discover the science and technology behind what it would take to upload a mind in real life!"--Grades: 4-6
Subjects: Whole brain emulation; Brain; Uploading of data; Neurotechnology (Bioengineering); Brain.; Data processing.; Technological innovations.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Built by animals : meet the creatures who inspire our homes and cities / by Dorion, Christiane,author.(CARDINAL)357733; Yun, Yeji,1983-illustrator.(CARDINAL)857456;
Construction -- Materials -- Shapes -- Energy -- Water."Built by Animals introduces us to the creatures who know how to build, and looks at how their techniques have been copied in human construction. Meet over 26 animals who have inspired the materials and techniques that are used by humans in the building world today, humorously brought to life by Yeji Yun and wittily and expertly explained by WWF educator Christiane Dorion. This book dives into the world of biomimicry and answers questions like: How can we use more solar energy to power our homes? How can we grow plants in the desert? How can we pump water to the top of very tall buildings? How can we clean polluted rivers? From the bee's honeycomb shape that strengthens structures to termites that build their nests with natural air-con, these creatures did it first! Explore this amazing STEM subject showing children that the future of architecture can be inspired by and be respectful of nature." --
Subjects: Animal behavior; Animals; Bioengineering; Biomimicry; Biotechnology; Habitat (Ecology); Nest building;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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