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Dawn or Doom ¿16 & `17: The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies brings Purdue University¿s 2016 and 2017 Dawn or Doom technology conference to print. With emerging technology continuing to arrive and evolve the question quickly becomes: is it a risk or a reward or some of both? The answer is rarely straightforward. The ¿Internet of Things¿ may make our everyday lives easier, for example, but if not secured it¿s like leaving your front door wide open. Biotechnology could help us live longer and healthier lives, but it could also blur the lines between human and product. From surveillance drones overhead to microrobots inside the human body, these issues and more were highlighted at the 2016 and 2017 Dawn or Doom conferences, which featured talks by Purdue researchers and leading national authorities such as Vanderbilt Professor Michael Bess (author of ¿Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future¿), author Dave Eggers (¿The Circle¿), Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley, Google¿s Quentin Hardy, WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson and Vice President of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Tom Bradicich (an ¿Internet of Things¿ technology leader). With a foreword by Purdue University President Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Dawn or Doom ¿16 & `17: The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies is the second book from Purdue University¿s Dawn or Doom technology conference. In words and colorful images, the book offers a window on issues discussed at Dawn or Doom.