Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Old Way -- 2 Biophilia -- 3 The Technological Turn -- 4 A Room with a Technological Nature View -- 5 Office Window of the Future? -- 6 Hardware Companions? -- 7 Robotic Dogs in the Lives of Preschool Children -- 8 Robotic Dogs and Their Biological Counterparts -- 9 Robotic Dogs Might Aid in the Social Development of Children with Autism -- 10 The Telegarden -- 11 Environmental Generational Amnesia -- 12 Adaptation and the Future of Human Life -- References -- Index.