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• Austria 2005: Projected Sociocultural Effects of the Microelectronic Revolution (c1983), by Robert B. Textor (PDF at Stanford)
• The Future of Austria: Opportunities and Dangers in the Age of Nanotechnology (2006), ed. by Ernst Eugen Veselsky, trans. by Hedwig D. Thimig, contrib. by Robert B. Textor (PDF at Stanford)

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• The Humanization of Technology and Chinese Culture (Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1998), ed. by Tomonobu Imamichi, Wang Miaoyang, and Liu Fangtong (PDF at crvp.org)
• Are We Spiritual Machines? Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I. (c2002), ed. by Jay W. Richards, contrib. by Ray Kurzweil, John R. Searle, Michael J. Denton, William A. Dembski, Thomas S. Ray, and George F. Gilder (at kurzweilai.net)
• The Civilization of Illiteracy (1997), by Mihai Nadin (Gutenberg text)
• Mastering the Global Transition on Our Way to Society 3.0 (2014), by Ronald van den Hoff (PDF with commentary at society30.com)
• The Electronic Disturbance, by Critical Art Ensemble (PDF files at critical-art.net)
• Electronic Civil Disobedience and Other Unpopular Ideas, by Critical Art Ensemble (PDF files at critical-art.net)
• Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, by R. Buckminster Fuller (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Marvels of Modern Science (1910), by Paul Severing, ed. by Theodore Waters (Gutenberg text)
• Human consequences of technological change. (University of Sydney, 1972), by University of Sydney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology and human destiny (Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madres, 1983), by Henryk Skolimowski (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analysis of the cyclical dynamics of industrialized countries (Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, Office of Political Research, 1976), by Ehud Levy-Pascal and United States. Central Intelligence Agency. International Functional Staff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ouroboros; or, The mechanical extension of mankind (E.P. Dutton & Co., 1926), by Garet Garrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Technik als Kulturmacht in sozialer und in geistiger Beziehung; eine Studie. (G. Reimer, 1906), by Ulrich Wendt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notes on technology and the moral order (Bobbs-Merrill, 1962), by Alvin Ward Gouldner and Richard A. Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Engineering and Western civilization. (McGraw-Hill, 1951), by James Kip Finch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern technology and civilization : an introduction to human problems in the machine age / Charles R. Walker ; assisted by Adelaide G. Walker. - (McGraw-Hill, 1962), by Charles R. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy and society; the relation between energy, social change, and economic development (Greenwood Press, 1955), by Fred Cottrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The multiformity of man. (Beachhead, 1949), by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chudesa tekhniki (romanized title) : illi͡ustrirovannaii͡a istorīi͡a uspi͡ekhov tekhniki i kartina ei͡a sovremennago sostoi͡anīi͡a (Kn-vo P. P. Soĭkina, 1911), by V. V. Ri͡umin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Technik und kultur, gedanken über die verstaatlichung des menschen (Hüpeden & Merzyn, 1906), by Edward von Mayer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handarbeit und Massenerzeugnis. (E.S. Mittler, 1917), by Hermann Muthesius (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Idee der Entwickelung; eine sozial-philosophische Darstellung. (H. Oliven, 1874), by Leopold Jacoby (page images at HathiTrust)
• De opificio opificibusque apud veteres Romanos pars prima. (Druck von A. W. Hayns Erben, 1881), by Ernst Wezel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur Geschichte des Nachrichtenwesens bei den Römern ... (B. G. Teubner, 1911), by Wolfgang Riepl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Do you know your economic ABC's? Science and Technology for mankind's progress. A simplified explanation of science & technology, and how they are applied to further economic growth. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1966), by United States. Dept. of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Walker; oder, Leben und Treiben in altrömischen Wäschereien. Mit einem Exkurs: Über lautliche Vorgänge auf dem Gebiete des Vulgärlateins. (Gaertner, 1891), by Richard Fisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Idee der Entwickelung : eine sozialphisophische Darstellung (Verlags-Magazin, 1886), by Leopold Jacoby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Walker oder, Leben und Treiben in altrömischen Wäschereien. Mit einem Exkurs: Über lautliche Vorgänge auf dem Gebiete des Vulgärlateins. (Gaertner, 1891), by Richard Fisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dissertatio de mercatura Romanorum qua orationes ad celebrandum memoriam virorum illustrium Coelestini de Kowalewski, Jacobi Friderici a Rhod, Friderici a Groeben, Joh. Dieterici a Tettau ... habendas (Typis Academicis Dalkowskianis, 1874), by Ludwig Friedlaender (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technicka kultura : socia lne -filosoficke a kulturne -politicke u vahy o de jina ch technicke pra ce (U str edni de lnicke knihkupectvi , nakl., antikvaria t A. Sve ceny , 1922), by Jindr ich Fleischner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• [Final report and recommendations] (The Board, 1994), by Illinois. New Technologies Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Science & technology and the cities : a compilation of papers prepared for the tenth meeting of the Panel on Science and Technology. (Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives :, 1969), by Panel on Science and Technology and United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hombres y engranajes (Emecé Editores, 1979), by Ernesto R. Sábato (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nouveautés et progrès de l'industrie (Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1914), by Daniel Bellet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• El hombre y la tećnica y otros ensayos. (Espasa-Calpe Argentina, 1947), by Oswald Spengler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Technik : ihr Wesen und ihre Beziehungen zu anderen Lebensgebieten (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1922), by Robert Weyrauch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Technology and the challenge of the future (Rand Corp., 1959), by James C. DeHaven and Rand Corporation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The management of information and knowledge; a compilation of papers prepared for the eleventh meeting of the Panel on Science and Technology. (Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1970), by Panel on Science and Technology and United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• The impact of science on technology. (Columbia University Press, 1965), by Columbia University. Seminar on Technology and Social Change and Aaron W. Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology assessment; the proceedings of a seminar series at the Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology the George Washington University ... January-April, 1969. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by Raphael G. Kasper and George Washington University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Panel on Science and Technology, Tenth Meeting : science & technology and the cities : proceedings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-first Congress, first session, February 4, 5, and 6, 1969. (U.S. G.P.O., 1969), by D.C.) Panel on Science and Technology. Meeting 1969 : Washington and United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Keynote address (U.S. G.P.O., 1968), by George D. Woods, United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, and Panel on Science and Technology. Meeting 1968 : Washington D.C.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• En las cavernas ([publisher not identified], 1912), by Emilia Pardo Bazán (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight Countries (1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment, ed. by H. David Banta
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• Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research, by National Research Council Committee on Risk and Decision Making (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Technology and East-West trade (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology assessment in business and government : summary and analysis of hearings held by the Technology Assessment Board, June 8, 9, 10, and 14, 1976. (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment ; for sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States Congress Technology Assessment Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technological trends and national policy, including the social implications of new inventions. June 1937. (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1937), by United States. National Resources Committee. Science Committee and William F. Ogburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technological trends and national policy, including the social implications of new inventions. June, 1937. (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1937), by United States. National Resources Committee. Science Committee and William F. Ogburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology assessments in the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1975. Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Policy conflict--energy, environmental, and materials: automotive fuel-economy standards' implications for materials. Report to the Congress. (1980) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal industrial innovation policy: review of congressional and task force activity. Final report. (1980), by B. Rubinger and L. M. Noonan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal incentives to technology implementation: a bibliography. (1976), by J. Horrigan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology survey of major U.S. shipyards - 1978. (1979) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Advanced pipe technology study. Executive summary report. (1977) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Facilities and industrial engineering. Volume 1 - report. (1981) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Facilities and industrial engineering. Volume 2 - appendices. (1981) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Intelligent vehicle initiative: needs assessment. (1999) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle safety: technologies, challenges, and research and development expenditures for advanced air bags: report to the chairman and ranking member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate. (2001), by John H. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology assessment in the city (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1976), by Theodore W. Sudia and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hail suppression and society : summary of technology assessment of hail suppression (Illinois Water Survey, 1977), by Barbara Farhar-Pilgrim and Illinois State Water Survey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cotton dust : technological feasibility assessment and final inflationary impact statement. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1976), by United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Research Triangle Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• A technology assessment methodology. (Mitre Corp., Washington Operations, 1971), by Mitre Corporation and Martin Vincent Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Assessing technology for marine resource development : [proceedings of a conference-workshop held by the Marine Technology Society at Arlington, Virginia on May 15-17, 1972 : prepared for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]. (Marine Technology Society, Committee on Ocean Economic Potential :, 1974), by Marine Technology Society. Committee on Ocean Economic Potential and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Critical technology : OSTP report : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, April 25, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technological forecast 1975-2000 : a descriptive outlook and method for quantitative prediction. (Department of Transportation, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Office of Systems Analysis and Information, 1970), by B. Poole, W. D. Velona, Edwin I. Golding, and United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Systems Analysis and Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technological forecast 1975-2000 : a descriptive outlook and method for quantitative prediction (E.I. Golding, 1971), by Edwin I. Golding (page images at HathiTrust)
• User acceptance and field implementation of decision support systems (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1988), by Sharon L. Riedel, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. ARI Field Unit at Fort Leavenworth, and Systems Research Laboratory (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology requirements for advanced earth orbital transportation systems (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1978), by A. K. Hepler, E. L. Bangsund, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology requirements for future Earth-to-geosynchronous orbit transportation systems. Volume 1, Executive summary (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1980), by Vincent A. Calouri, James C. Jenkins, Robert T. Conrad, Langley Research Center, and Boeing Aerospace Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evolution and dynamics of national goals in the United States. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by Franklin P. Huddle and United States. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Assessment of international technologies for Superfund applications : technology identification and selection (Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1989), by Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) and T. Nunno (page images at HathiTrust)
• Overview of technology commercialization assessment (Dept. of Energy, Deputy Under Secretary for Commercialization, 1978), by United States. Department of Energy. Deputy Under Secretary for Commercialization (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technology assessment of winter orographic snowpack augmentation in the upper Colorado River Basin : the impacts of snow enhancement (Stanford Research Institute, 1972), by Leo W. Weisbecker, Stanford Research Institute, and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nontechnical constraints and barriers to implementation of intelligent vehicle-highway systems : a report to Congress (Dept. of Transportation, 1994), by United States. Department of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social and economic impacts of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant : a confirmatory technology assessment (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission : Available from GPO Sales Program, Division of Technical Information and Document Control, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1979., 1979), by E. Wenk, G. M. Zemansky, R. H. Watson, M. Glover, J. Douglass, P. L. Bereano, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of technology assessment : final report (Office of Energy Programs, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University, 1978), by Vary T. Coates, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Solar Technology and Energy Storage, and George Washington University. Office of Energy Programs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Technology and foreign affairs : a report to Deputy Secretary of State, Charles W. Robinson ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of State, 1976., 1976), by Thomas Keith Glennan, Charles W. Robinson, and United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)

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