The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries created a significant advancement in technology. Mary Shelly's life and literature were influenced by this technological breakthrough. The thirst for knowledge is a dominant theme in Mary Shelly's “Frankenstein,” and the driving force of continued technological development. Human beings are completely dependent on modern technology and would be difficult to survive without it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing reality. Many scientists predict that a computer will soon pass the Turing test, thus making man and machine indistinguishable. Thanks to advances in nanotechnology, humans will soon be able to sustain longer lives. Technological advances have accelerated as computing power is growing exponentially. With artificial intelligence and nanotechnology becoming more and more a reality, Victor Frankenstein's desire to cheat death is becoming more than just fiction. Mary Shelley was born in 1797 in London, to her influential father William Godwin and her mother Mary Wollstonecraft who died giving birth to her. . Growing up Mary was educated and educated by her father and, due to his reputation, was surrounded by intellectuals during the Industrial Revolution. At the age of sixteen, Mary ran away to live with her future husband Percy Shelley, a freethinker of whom her father did not approve. Her marriage to Percy eventually leads to turmoil in Shelly's relationship with her father. Mary spent the summer of 1816 in Geneva with her husband Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori. The group decided to write a ghost story which eventually led to Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus. The novel could be defined as a......paper man......man, George and Ben Beekman. Tomorrow's technology and you: introduction. 9th.Upper Saddle River: Pearson College Div, 2008. Print.Kubrick, Stanley, Dir. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Perf. Dullea, Keir, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester. MGM: 1968, Film.Wachowski, Andy, dir. The Matrix. Perf. Reeves, Keanu, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss. Warner Bros: 1999, Film.Cameron, James, Dir. The Terminator. Perf. Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. Orion Pictures: 1984, Film.Bosner, Kevin and Jonathan Strickland. "How nanotechnology works." How things work. Discovery Company, July 13, 2011. Web. July 13, 2011. “Dangers of Molecular Manufacturing.” An overview of current CRN findings. Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, 2008. Web. 13 Jul 2011. .