Ebook: Sex, bombs, and burgers: how war, pornography, and fast food have shaped modern technology

Presents both a chronicle of popular culture and a revealing look at how three billion-dollar industries have shaped our everyday lives through such items as the hand-held video recorder, vacuum, microwave, and more.;Introduction: A Shameful Trinity -- Weapons of Mass Consumption -- Better Eating Through Chemistry -- Arming the Amateurs -- A Game of War -- Food from the Heavens -- The Naked Eye Goes Electronic -- The Internet : Military Made, Porn Perfected -- Seeds of Conflict -- Fully Functional Robots -- Operation Desert Lab -- Conclusion: The Benevolence of Vice.