The book’s expected publication date is October 2007. The publisher is Basic Books (New York).

Tentative table of contents:

1. Cautious cars and cantankerous kitchens: how machines take control
2. Servants of our machines
3. The psychology of people & machines
4. The role of automation
5. Natural interaction
6. Six rules for the design of smart things
7. The future of everyday things
8. Afterward: the machine’s point of view

A Word document of the first chapter (24 pages) can be downloaded here.

The Afterward (3 pages and here entitled “How to take to people”) is available as a pdf download.