È il 1993 quando due amici di Rick Smith restano uccisi in uno scontro a fuoco dopo una banale discussione in un parcheggio. Questo episodio doloroso porta l’autore a riflettere sulla cultura della violenza e delle armi negli Stati Uniti. Così, nel garage della sua casa di Tucson in Arizona, Smith scopre l’esistenza di una tecnologia inventata nel 1967 dallo scienziato Jack Cover, e mai commercializzata: è il prototipo del Taser, la prima pistola elettrica della storia. Smith raccoglie que...

Technology will make killing a thing of the past. The gun is antiquated technology, and it is responsible for tens of thousands of senseless killings every year. Humanity has accepted that killing is an unavoidable fact of life—but Rick Smith argues that it doesn't need to be this way and that we have the means to make the bullet obsolete in our lifetime. Smith is the founder of TASER (now Axon), and in this book, he demonstrates that we are on the cusp of a world in which killing is neith...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Is this it?"Maybe you're trapped in a dead-end job that you're afraid to leave. Or maybe you already have a good job-one that gives you room to grow and exercise your talents-but you don't really feel like you're doing your best work. Your life is plain vanilla, yet you know in your heart that you can be a triple scoop banana split. You just don't know how to make that leap.So what do you do?Rick Smith knows firsthand ...

In "Beyond the Temporal Lobe", Rick Smith journeys through the enigmatic Realms of the Emperium, a universe as tangible as the air we breathe. Within this extraordinary realm, he uncovers transformative wisdom and knowledge that reshape his very essence. Without these profound experiences, he believes he would be nothing more than a shadow of himself. With a steadfast sense of purpose, Rick invites readers to join him on this enlightening odyssey of discovery and self-realization.

"Minds of Madness, Thoughts of Sadness" is more a work of art than a piece of literature. This collection of poetry was written by Rick Smith, ThD in the late 1970s during an extended hospital stay and rehabilitation period. The author went through physical therapy so he could regain the use of his legs after waking up paralyzed from the lower back down. He was alone and unable to contact anyone. After two days of fruitless attempts to get help, his neighbor came home from a business trip ...

Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us.Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes - now, it's personal.The most dangerous pollution has always come from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. Smith and Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us all the time. This book ...

The landmark book about the toxicity of everyday life, updated, revised and re-issued for its 10th anniversary, along with the experiments from Smith and Lourie's second book, Toxin Toxout.It's amazing how little can change in a decade. In 2009, a book transformed the way we see our frying pans, thermometers and tuna sandwiches. Daily life was bathing us in countless toxins that accumulated in our tissues, were passed on to our children and damaged our hea...

"Scrupulously researched . . . remarkable. . . . a book no one in the industrialized world has the luxury of ignoring." — Booklist, starred reviewHow do I get this stuff out of me?Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith, two of North America's environmental leaders, have been asked this question on an almost daily basis since the publication of their international bestseller, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affect...

The Great Disruption reveals how 3D printing manufacturing will transform the world in the same way that Henry Ford's Model T upended transportation or Gutenberg's printing press started an information revolution. It traces both the impact of this disruption as it rapidly spreads around the world and affects every kind of industry imaginable, while detailing specific steps that can and should be taken right now to prepare.The 3D manufacturing revolution is pervasive and gro...

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The landmark book about the toxicity of everyday life, updated, revised and re-issued for its 10th anniversary, along with the experiments from Smith and Lourie's second book, Toxin Toxout.It's amazing how little can change in a decade. In 2009, a book transformed the way we see our frying pans, thermometers and tuna sandwiches. Daily life was bathing us in countless toxins that accumulated in our tissues, were passed on to our children and damaged our hea...

Ce livre provocateur – devenu un best-seller dès sa parution en langue anglaise – nous force à regarder autrement nos habitudes de consommation en nous montrant comment elles nous empoisonnent au quotidien. Toutes sortes d’objets d’usage courant à la maison ou au travail dégagent des substances toxiques en quantités non négligeables. Comment s’infiltrent-elles en nous, quels effets ont-elles sur notre santé et, surtout, comment pouvons-nous nous défendre contre cette invasion sournoise ? R...