Kate O'Riordan is Reader in Digital Media at the University of Sussex. Her research interests relate to cultural studies of emerging technologies, from the web in the 1990s to genome editing in 2014. She has authored and edited a number of books including Unreal Objects (Pluto, 2017) and The Genome Incorporated: Constructing Biodigital Identity (Routledge, 2016).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsSeries Preface1. Introduction: Problems With Objects 2. The Shadow of Genomics 3. Biosensory Experiences, Data and the Interfaced Self 4. Smart Grids: Energy Futures, Carbon Capture and Geoengineering5. Real Fantasies: De-Extinction and In Vitro Meat6. Unreal Objects and Political Realities BibliographyIndex

'Disorientates us, showing us how the reality of things is contingent and contestable, never losing sight of what is at stake'

Kate O'Riordan is Reader in Digital Media at the University of Sussex. Her research interests relate to cultural studies of emerging technologies, from the web in the 1990s to genome editing in 2014. She has authored and edited a number of books including Unreal Objects (Pluto, 2017) and The Genome Incorporated: Constructing Biodigital Identity (Routledge, 2016).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsSeries Preface1. Introduction: Problems With Objects 2. The Shadow of Genomics 3. Biosensory Experiences, Data and the Interfaced Self 4. Smart Grids: Energy Futures, Carbon Capture and Geoengineering5. Real Fantasies: De-Extinction and In Vitro Meat6. Unreal Objects and Political Realities BibliographyIndex

'Disorientates us, showing us how the reality of things is contingent and contestable, never losing sight of what is at stake'

Kate O'Riordan is Reader in Digital Media at the University of Sussex. Her research interests relate to cultural studies of emerging technologies, from the web in the 1990s to genome editing in 2014. She has authored and edited a number of books including Unreal Objects (Pluto, 2017) and The Genome Incorporated: Constructing Biodigital Identity (Routledge, 2016).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsSeries Preface1. Introduction: Problems With Objects 2. The Shadow of Genomics 3. Biosensory Experiences, Data and the Interfaced Self 4. Smart Grids: Energy Futures, Carbon Capture and Geoengineering5. Real Fantasies: De-Extinction and In Vitro Meat6. Unreal Objects and Political Realities BibliographyIndex

'Disorientates us, showing us how the reality of things is contingent and contestable, never losing sight of what is at stake'