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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Relating to Things
Book SynopsisWe relate to things and things relate to us. Emerging technologies do this in ways that are interesting and exciting, but often also inaccessible or invisible. In this open access book, leading design researchers and philosophers respond to issues raised by this situation inquiring into what it means to live with and relate to things that can actively relate to us, and that relate to each other in ways that do not involve us at all.Case studies include Amazon''s Alexa, the Internet of Things, Pokémon Go and Roomba the robot vacuum cleaner. Authors explore everything from the care work undertaken by objects, reciprocal human/machine learning, technological mediation as a form of control, and what it takes to reveal things that tend to be hidden and that often (by design) conceal the ways in which they use us.As a whole, Relating to Things is a collaborative philosophical inquiry into the nature and consequences of contemporary technological things. It is a design inquiry Trade ReviewThis is one of the first collections to take seriously our changing relationship with non-human actors, yet in doing so it is also a profoundly human book. As disturbing as it is enlightening, Relating to Things is full of insight and curiosity about what it means to live in an increasingly sentient material world. Essential reading for anybody trying to make sense of the politics of relationality in design and the coming world of active objects. -- Damon Taylor, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton, UKRelating to Things is an extraordinarily rich exploration of how humans and technologies act, depend upon, and guide one another. Emerging at the intersection of philosophy of technology and design studies, this collection helps us to see how we have come to relate to our creations and how our freedom to design and redesign these relations can open the door to very different futures. This is an essential read for those wanting to gain a deeper sense of how to live with technologies that ask more, give more, take more, and share more with us every day. -- Professor Shannon Vallor, Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) I: Caring for Things That Care for Us 1. Privacy as Care: An Interpersonal Model of Privacy Exemplified by Five Cases in the Internet of Things Dylan Wittkower (Old Dominion University, USA) 2. Attachment to Things, Artifacts, Devices, Commodities: An Inconvenient Ethics of the Ordinary Michel Puech (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 3. The New Assisted Living: Caring for Alexa Caring for Us Diane Michelfelder (Macalester College, USA) II: Learning from Things That Learn from Us 4. Handling Things that Handle Us: Things Get to Know Who We Are and Tie Us Down to Who We Were Bruno Gransche (University of Siegen, Germany) 5. Can Ethics be Learned? Videogames as an Ethical Sandbox Fanny Verrax (independent scholar and consultant, France) 6. Casting Things as Partners in Design: Toward a More-than-Human Design Practice Elisa Giaccardi (TU Delft, Netherlands) III: Controlling Things That Control Us 7. Hostile Design and the Materiality of Surveillance Robert Rosenberger (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 8. A Tool for the Impact and Ethics of Technology: The Case of Interactive Screens in Public Spaces Steven Dorrestijn (Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands) 9. Postphenomenology of Augmented Reality Galit Wellner (Tel Aviv University, Israel) IV: Revealing Things That Reveal Us 10. Imagining Things: Unfolding the “of” in Philosophy of Technology, through Object-Oriented Ontology Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) 11. The Disappearing Acts of the Morse Things: A Design Inquiry into the Withdrawal of Things Ron Wakkary (Simon Fraser University, Canada; TU Eindhoven, Netherlands), Sabrina Hauser (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Doenja Oogjes (Simon Fraser University, Canada) 12. Revealing Relations of Fluid Assemblages Heather Wiltse (Umeå University, Sweden) 13. Designing Networks that Reveal Themselves Holly Robbins (TU Delft, Netherlands) 14. Reflection and Commentary Erik Stolterman (Indiana University, USA)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Distracted from Meaning
Book SynopsisWhen our smartphones distract us, much more is at stake than a momentary lapse of attention. Our use of smartphones can interfere with the building-blocks of meaningfulness and the actions that shape our self-identity. By analyzing social interactions and evolving experiences, Roholt reveals the mechanisms of smartphone-distraction that impact our meaningful projects and activities. Roholt's conception of meaning in life draws from a disparate group of philosophers Susan Wolf, John Dewey, Hubert Dreyfus, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Borgmann. Central to Roholt's argument are what Borgmann calls focal practices: dinners with friends, running, a college seminar, attending sporting events. As a recurring example, Roholt develops the classification of musical instruments as focal things, contending that musical performance can be fruitfully understood as a focal practice. Through this exploration of what generates meaning in life, Roholt makes us rethink the place we allow smartphoneTrade ReviewThis is no neo-Luddite broadside against smartphones but a clear and careful philosophical exploration of what makes life meaningful and how smartphones use can either serve or undermine such meaning. Taking aim at the heart of our present age, Roholt’s book is consistently insightful and provocative. * Iain Thomson, Professor of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA *Tiger Roholt's Distracted from Meaning is an invaluable account of how the smartphone revolution impedes our pursuit of a meaningful life. Exploring overlooked ways that smartphones replace genuine experiences with unfocused fragmentation, Roholt details how they routinely and cumulatively undercut their purpose as a device for social engagement. * Theodore Gracyk, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA *Tiger Roholt explores how one of the most pervasive devices of the contemporary world—our smartphones—can distract us from the things that matter most. Distracted From Meaning is a useful guide for reorienting ourselves with regard to our devices, and reclaiming what is most meaningful in our lives. * Robert Rosenberger, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, and President-Elect of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, USA *[T]he author follows a phenomenological and descriptive goal, and for that reason this is a perfect book to better understand the theoretical shapes and forms of smartphones and of our relation with them ...[T]his is a brilliant book of philosophy of smartphones, as in on or about smartphones, ...It is a useful descriptive essay, not an instruction manual. * Teaching Philosophy *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Distraction 3. Developed experience 4. Meaning in life 5. Focal things and practices 6. Identity-work 7. A note of cautious optimism Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Designing the Domestic Posthuman
Book SynopsisEver since TIME magazine's 1983 Man of the Year' was the PC, we have been led to believe that our domestic spaces have been colonized by digital technology. Too little attention has been paid to the domestic spaces and inhabitants impacted by this, and critical posthumanism has been captured by a picture of humanity overly indebted to digital technologies and their largely male progenitors. By applying feminist theory to posthumanism, this work recovers the plethora of sophisticated human-technology mediations associated with the home and practiced primarily by women, the elderly, infants, the disabled and across cultures globally, challenging dominant, contemporary visions of a future humanity.Authors Dennis M. Weiss and Colbey Emmerson Reid look at various iterations of the posthuman and assert the need for alternative, feminist readings that emphasize different standpoints from which to assess people, places, and products. Chapters address the impact of posthumanisTrade Review“As design begins the important project of defining its posthuman and more-than-human agendas, this book offers a timely domestic perspective centred upon relationality and care. In doing so, it upends conventional accounts of the future of the home and demonstrates, once again, that what may be is not yet determined” * Dr Brian Dixon, Head of Belfast School of Art *“In an era filled with chatter about extraordinary technologies such as quantum computers, sentient AI, and cyborgs, we often find ourselves captivated by visions of a posthuman future emerging from these innovations. Designing the Domestic Posthuman stands out as an exceptional book because it takes a different path. Rather than focusing on these remarkable technologies, it delves into the realm of the ordinary, the everyday, and the domestic. Within its pages, the authors explore the world of appliances, pottery, and textiles, all under the premise that “home is a posthuman workshop.” This book offers a posthumanism accessible to all, one that embraces everyone, including even our grandmothers.” * Alberto Romele, Associate Professor of media studies, Sorbonne Nouvelle University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Designing the Domestic Posthuman Part 1: Posthuman Perons 1. Posthuman Parturition: An Origin Story 2. Domestic Posthuman Second Persons 3. Myths of Domestic Second Persons Part 2: Poshuman Artifacts 4. Softwear 5. (Un)homely Techne 6. Myths of Domestic Posthuman Artifacts Conclusion: A Design Sampler for the Domestic Posthuman References
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Little, Brown Book Group Basic Metaverse
Book SynopsisWhat is the metaverse? Quite simply, it''s a digital platform to help people collaborate, work and play in new ways, in an immersive 3D environment. In Basic Metaverse, leading futurist David L. Shrier explains how the technology works, unpacks its potential uses - including its relationship to the development of Web3 - and its impact on everyday life and work. He explores some of the legal and moral quandaries that could accompany widespread adoption of this transformational technology, from issues of wealth disparity and access to what happens if your virtual avatar commits a crime in the metaverse.The metaverse future is full of possibility. One thing we can be certain of is that it will be stranger than we can imagine. Join Shrier as he journeys across virtual worlds in search of understanding.Trade ReviewA breathtaking dive into the virtual world of the not-so-distant future. Superbly succinct and comprehensive at the same time, in this book you will find everything you always wanted to know about Metaverse but were afraid to ask -- Vuk Jeremic, former President, UN General AssemblyDavid Shrier has created an invaluable primer for anyone interested in our digital future. With a broad range and an incisive approach, he has dissected and demystified the emerging metaverse from a fascinating array of angles. With this book, we now have cohesive view of a phenomenon decades in the making, yet in many ways still inchoate - and with this book, we can better understand the inevitable and vast impact the metaverse will have on us as individuals, communities and societies -- Richard Sarnoff, partner and chairman of media, entertainment and education, KKRDavid is the leading author when it comes to innovation. In this book, he shares real knowledge and scenario analysis about our future with the metaverse, using a simple and clear language. I encourage all business executives and leaders to read his work -- Marco Donzelli, CEO, HLB InternationalFrom the holodeck to a totally immersive internet, David Shrier's book is a useful guide for understanding the massive new market opportunities enabled by the metaverse, leveraging practical examples of global collaboration and training -- Chad Anderson, managing partner, Space CapitalBasic Metaverse is a constellation of ideas for digital wayfinders to explore our new reality. Much like our galaxy, the metaverse is destined to be composed of countless virtual worlds, each fostering within them novel forms of life, each encouraging new worlds to arise from within ourselves -- Pablo Quiroga, co-founder and CRO, ATMTA, Inc. (the creator of Star Atlas)Basic Metaverse is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the family of technologies and approaches that underpin this dynamically growing area. Shrier's clear writing gets to the point without the hype so often found in frothy media coverage of the space. Executives, investors, journalists and the interested public will benefit from this guided tour of the metaverse -- Jack Buckley, vice president, People Science, Roblox
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Headline Publishing Group Decoding the World
Book SynopsisA vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such uncertainty. It starts with Po Bronson coming to IndieBio.Arvind Gupta created IndieBio as a laboratory for early biotech startups trying to solve major world problems. Glaciers melting. Dying bees. Infertility. Cancer. Ocean plastic. Pandemics.As they travel around the world, finding scientists to join their cause, the authors bring their first-hand experience to the great mysteries that haunt our future. Natural resource depletion. Job-taking robots. China''s global influence.Decoding the World is the kind of book you get when you give two guys $40 million, a world full of messy big problems, a genetics laboratory to play in, and a set of Borges'' collected works. After looking through their lens, you''ll never see the world the same.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities
Book SynopsisDene Grigar is an Associate Professor and Director of The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver, USA. With Stuart Moulthrop, she is the recipient of a 2013 NEH Start Up grant for a digital preservation project for early electronic literature that culminated into an open source, multimedia book for scholars entitled Pathfinders, and a book of criticism entitled Traversals. She was President of the Electronic Literature Organization (2013-2019) and Associate Editor of Leonardo Reviews.James O'Sullivan lectures in digital arts and humanities at University College Cork, Ireland. His research has been published in a variety of venues, including Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. He is the author of Towards a Digital Poetics (2019), as well as the editor of several volumes including Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities (with Grigar, 2021).Trade ReviewThis book connects, indeed makes inextricable, the cutting-edge fields of electronic literature and digital humanities. Situating work by pioneers in the field of electronic literature alongside emergent artists and scholars from around the world, the book draws a transversal and provides new ways of approaching born-digital literature through a focus on contexts (social, institutional, theoretical), forms (aesthetic, poetic, medial), and practices (pedagogy, preservation, publishing). This is a book that can be used for teaching students of all levels interested in understanding the current state of literary studies. * Jessica Pressman, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University, USA *As digital humanities scholarship becomes increasingly involved with digital arts and culture, this publication offers a treasure trove of examples of the integration of these fields. In their collection, Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms, and Practices, Dene Grigar and James O’Sullivan have assembled a variety of scholarly approaches to the natural relationship between electronic literature and digital humanities. The essays expand on traditional strategies in humanities research such as deep history, tracing both the print and computer origins of e-lit, and the extent of global presence. The works also examine remarkable instances of digital practice and form. The scope and the specificity of the book make it an excellent resource for researchers. * M.D. Coverley, author of Califia (2000)//Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink, Electronic Literature Organization, USA *After Goethe imagined a world literature in formation, Karl Marx predicted its rise, and Franco Moretti mapped its whereabouts, is such a thing realizable at last in digital environments? Is electronic literature, ignored by English Departments and all but a few Creative Writing Programs, ready to be integrated into the Digital Humanities? There is certainly no shortage of candidates for an emerging world literature in this gathering of multi-national talents by Dene Grigar and James O’Sullivan; no shortage of languages, cultural backgrounds, heritage and creative contexts. Emerging genres like Interactive Fiction are said to express a multivariate world mode (Montfort), one that could well replace national one-sidedness and resituate local literatures. We are beginning now to look at literary works written in the form of a computer program. Recombinant, database, codework and network fictions (Seaman, Manovich, Marino, Ciccoricco); collective imaginaries (Pullinger and Armstrong); aesthetic animism (Jhave); nonlinear, nonconscious, affective, and emergent significations (Hayles, Rettberg and Coover); sound no less than sighted texts (Luers). We have here, in this volume, sustained scholarly engagement with locative media, spatial narratives, augmented realities that display an aesthetic, geographical, and linguistic diversity never so apparent in earlier formations of the "Humanities." At the least, there will be (as there have always been) literary suggestions of "some world other than the one we inhabit" (Moulthrop). * Joseph Tabbi, Professor of American Literature, University of Bergen, Norway *Table of ContentsAbout the Editors Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: An Introduction Dene Grigar Section I Contexts 1. The Origins of Electronic Literature: An Overview Giovanna di Rosario, Nohelia Meza, and Kerri Grimaldi 2. Third-Generation Electronic Literature Leonardo Flores 3. Toys and Toons: From Hispanic Literary Traditions to a Global E-Lit Landscape Élika Ortega and Alex Saum-Pascual 4. Community, Institution, Database: Tracing the Development of an International Field through ELO, ELMCIP, and CELL Davin Heckman 5. The E-Poetry Festivals: Celebration, Art, and Imagination in Community Loss Pequeño Glazier 6. Cyberfeminist Literary Space: Performing the Electronic Manifesto Carolyn Guertin 7. Bodies in E-Lit Astrid Ensslin, Carla Rice, Sarah Riley, Christine Wilks, Megan Perram, Hannah Fowlie, Lauren Munro and K. Alysse Bailey Section II Forms 8. Ambient Art and Electronic Literature Jim Bizzocchi 9. Electronic Literature and Sound John F. Barber 10. Augmented Reality Anne Karhio 11. Artistic and Literary Bots Leonardo Flores 12. Consuming the Database: The Reading Glove as a Case Study of Combinatorial Narrative Theresa Jean Tanenbaum and Karen Tanenbaum 13. Hypertext Fiction Ever After Stuart Moulthrop 14. Place Taking Place: Temporary Poetic Theaters Judd Morrissey 15. Kinetic Poetry Álvaro Seiça 16. Kinepoeia in Animated Poetry Dene Grigar 17. Mobile Electronic Literature Jeneen Naji 18. The Voice of the Polyrhetor: Physical Computing and the (e-)Literature of Things Helen J. Burgess 19. Having Your Story and Eating It Too: Affect and Narrative in Recombinant Fiction Will Luers Section III Practices 20. Challenges to Archiving and Documenting Born-Digital Literature: What Scholars, Archivists, and Librarians Need to Know Dene Grigar 21. Holes as a Collaborative Project Graham Allen 22. Publishing Electronic Literature James O’Sullivan 23. E-Lit after Flash: The Rise (and Fall) of a “Universal” Language Anastasia Salter and John Murray 24. Learning as You Go: Inventing Pedagogies for Electronic Literature Davin Heckman Section IV Artist Interventions 25. My cODEwORk ARTicle Michael J. Maguire 26. Locative Narrative Jeremy Hight 27. Come Play Netprov!: Recipes for an Evolving Practice Rob Wittig and Mark C. Marino 28. A Collective Imaginary: A Published Conversation Kate Pullinger and Kate Armstrong 29. Addressing Torture in Iraq through Critical Digital Media Art—Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project Roderick Coover, Scott Rettberg, Daria Tsoupikova and Arthurh Nishimoto 30. Poetic Playlands: Poetry, Interface, and Video Game Engines Jason Nelson 31. A Way Is Open: Allusion, Authoring System, Identity, and Audience in Early Text-Based Electronic Literature Judy Malloy Index
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Forgotten Books A Practical Course in Horology (Classic Reprint)
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Forgotten Books Meccano Prize Models: A Selection of the Models Which Were Awarded Prizes in the Meccano Competition, 1914-15 (Classic Reprint)
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Rowman & Littlefield Tool, Machine, and Equipment: Safety and
Book SynopsisThis workbook has been prepared for instructors and students in agricultural education, technical education, trades and industry, and other agencies for safety instruction. This workbook would also be valuable to a homeowner aiding in the safe and proper operation of power tools and equipment commonly found in the home shop.
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Red Sea Press,U.S. Appropriate Technology Manifesto: Shifting the
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No Starch Press,US Junkyard Jam Band
Book SynopsisMaking music doesn t have to be about dropping big bucks in the guitar shop or endlessly fiddling with expensive software. You can make good noise out of bits of wood and wire, plastic and steel. When you build your own instruments, creating your own sound comes naturally. Junkyard Jam Band is a step-by-step guide to making a full array of complete musical projects no previous carpentry or electronics experience required. Each build includes tips on how to coax the best sounds out of the instrument and encourages you to mod the project to fit your own style. Learn how to: Bust up your old tape decks for a handheld old-skool Scratchbox Give your voice a robotic makeover with the Droid Voicebox Circuit-bend unsuspecting childhood toys into mutant glitching jazz-punk machines Transform cigar boxes into thumb pianos and electric ukuleles Build a crackling, multifunction Mud-n-Sizzle Preamp to attach to any electric music machine Along the way, you ll explore the physics behind wind iTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Quick Projects and TinkeringChapter 1: The SlinkiphoneChapter 2: The Plasti-PickupChapter 3: The Elephant TrumpetChapter 4: The CPVC Slide WhistleChapter 5: The ScratchboxChapter 6: The Droid VoiceboxChapter 7: Circuit-Bending for BeginnersChapter 8: Junkshop PercussionPart II: Weekend ProjectsChapter 9: The Playing-Card PickupChapter 10: The Robo-Tiki Steel-Stringed UkuleleChapter 11: The Twang & Roar KalimbaChapter 12: The Mud-n-Sizzle PreampChapter 13: The Universal LFOChapter 14: The Twin-T Phaser/WahChapter 15: The Single-Chip Space Invader SynthChapter 16: The Bleepbox 8-Step Analog SequencerAppendix A: Electronics Components, Tools, and SkillsAppendix B: Extra CircuitsAppendix C: Music Theory Crash Course
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No Starch Press,US Arduino Playground
Book SynopsisYou ve mastered the basics, conquered the soldering iron, and programmed a robot or two; now you ve got a set of skills and tools to take your Arduino exploits further. But what do you do once you ve exhausted your to-build list? Arduino Playground will show you how to keep your hardware hands busy with a variety of intermediate builds, both practical and just-for-fun. Advance your engineering and electronics know-how as you work your way through these 10 complex projects: A reaction-time game that leverages the Arduino s real-time capabilities A tool for etching your own printed circuit boards A regulated, variable-voltage power supply A kinetic wristwatch winder decked out with LEDs A garage parking assistant that blinks when your vehicle is perfectly parked A practical and colorful pH meter A ballistic chronograph that can measure the muzzle velocity of BB, Airsoft, and pellet guns A battery saver that prevents accidental discharge A square-wave generator A thermometer thTable of ContentsChapter 0: Setting Up and Useful SkillsChapter 1: The Reaction-Time MachineChapter 2: An Automated Agitator for PCB EtchingChapter 3: The Regulated Power SupplyChapter 4: A Watch WinderChapter 5: The Garage Sentry Parking AssistantChapter 6: The Battery SaverChapter 7: A Custom pH MeterChapter 8: Two Ballistic ChronographsChapter 9: The Square-Wave GeneratorChapter 10: The Chromatic Thermometer
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No Starch Press,US 10 Led Projects For Geeks: Build Light-Up
Book SynopsisThe LED Project Handbook is a collection of 11 interactive, exciting projects from a group of the world's most famous makers. Following a quick primer on how LEDs work, readers learn to combine LEDs with the Arduino and Raspberry Pi to build quirky projects like a sea-urchin lamp, an illuminated UFO desktop model, a cheater's dice-roller for boardgames, an LED music visualiser, and a 'magic' wand that uses gesture recognition to turn lights on and off.Table of ContentsProject 0: All About LEDs (Sean Michael Ragan)Project 1: Four Simple Projects (Lenore Edman and Windell Oskay)Project 2: Desktop UFO Lamp (James Floyd Kelly)Project 3: The Cheater's Digital Dice (JB)Project 4: Surface-Mount LED Name Tag (Alex Dyba)Project 5: Yggflexisil: The Flexible Illuminated Tree (Erin Kennedy)Project 6: Realtime Music Visualizer (Michael Krumpus)Project 7: Automatic Infrared Air Conditioning (Kaas Baichtal)Project 8: Raspberry Potter Wand Remote (Sean O'Brien)Project 9: The Starfield Visualizer Box (Adam Wolf)Project 10: Optical Screwdriver Synthesizer (JB)Project 11: Magic-Gem Timing Bracer (Mike Hord)Project 12: Wearable LED Text Display Sash (Kristina Durivage)GlossaryList of Suppliers
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PM Press Facebooking The Anthropocene In Raja Ampat:
Book SynopsisA deeply intimate look at the cataclysmic shifts between humans, technology, and the natural world.
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Advanced Steam Traction Services Ltd Selection of Papers by LD Porta Volume 3 Steam Locomotive Boilers Fireboxes and Combustion
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Advanced Steam Traction Services Ltd Selection of Papers by L.D. Porta: Volume 1 Tribology and Lubrication
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Advanced Steam Traction Services Ltd Selection of Papers by LD Porta Volume 2 Adhesion Compounding and the Tornado Proposal
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Advanced Steam Traction Services Ltd A Compendium of Articles and Papers to celebrate the Centenary of the birth of the eminent Argentinean Locomotive Engineer Livio Dante Porta 1922 - 2003 Volume 1
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Profile Books Ltd Megatech: Technology in 2050
Book SynopsisTechnology moves fast - so where will it have taken us by 2050? How will it affect the way we live? And how far are we willing to let it go? In Megatech, distinguished scientists, industry leaders, star academics and acclaimed science-fiction writers join journalists from The Economist to explore answers to these questions and more. Twenty experts in the field, including Nobel prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Silicon Valley venture-capitalist Ann Winblad, philanthropist Melinda Gates and science-fiction author Alastair Reynolds identify the big ideas, fantastic inventions and potentially sinister trends that will shape our future. Join them to explore a brave new world of brain-computer interfaces, vat-grown cruelty-free meat, knitted cars and guided bullets. The writers predict the vast changes that technology will bring to everything from food production to health care, energy output, manufacturing and the military balance. They also consider the impact on jobs, and how we can prepare for the opportunities, as well as the dangers, that await. Thought-provoking, engaging and full of insight from the forefront of tech innovation, Megatech is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand tomorrow's world.Trade ReviewA fascinating book ... the fact that every idea, no matter how awe-inspiring, is grounded in realism, makes this release a resounding success. * How It Works *With Contributions from: Professor Frank Wilczek Dr Rob Carlson Alastair Reynolds Professor Giannico Farrugia Ann Winblad Tom Standage Melinda Gates -- and morePraise for Megachange: 'If you want to know what the future may look like, here it is. A brilliantly well informed guide - all I can say is wow.' -- Chris Patten
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Using Technology in Dementia Care: A Guide to
Book SynopsisMany new pieces of technology can be beneficial to individuals living with dementia, including both hardware and software. This straightforward guide summarises the current research on this growing topic, and gives practical advice on how available technology can be used to improve the everyday lives of people with dementia.Looking at a range of available products, such as off-the-shelf computers and smartphones, to dementia specific applications and programs, it also addresses some common obstacles and barriers faced when introducing technology in dementia care. The past twenty years have seen an array of technologies developed to improve the day-to-day lives of people with dementia; this guide shows how they can be effectively used.Table of ContentsPreface. Part One: An Overview of Technology for Dementia. 1. An Introduction to Technology for Dementia. Arlene Astell, Professor of Neurocognitive Disorders, University of Reading UK, and Research Chair in Dementia, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Canada, Erica Dove, Research Assistant, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Canada, and Dr Alexandra Hernandez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Canada. 2. Assessing the Needs of People with Dementia for Technology. Louise Nygård, Professor of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Dr Camilla Malinowsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Dr Lena Rosenberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. 3. Ethical Issues in Technology for Dementia. Dr Jennifer Boger, Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering and Schlegel Research Chair for Technology in Independent Living, University of Waterloo, Canada, Professor Jeffrey Jutai, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada, Dr Anne Moorhead, Senior Lecturer in Health Communication, Ulster University, UK, Maurice Mulvenna, Professor of Computer Science, School of Computing, Ulster University, UK, and Dr Raymond Bond, Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics, Ulster University, UK. Part Two: Technology in the Lives of People with Dementia. 4. Life at Home and Technology With Dementia. Dr Grant Gibson, Lecturer in Dementia Studies, University of Stirling, UK. 5. Outdoor Life and Technology with Dementia. Dr Rens Brankaert, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands and Sandra Suijkerbuijk, Researcher, Vilans and Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. 6. Leisure Activities and Technology with Dementia. Dr Phil Joddrell, Research Associate, Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare, University of Sheffield, UK, and Dr Sarah Smith, Research Associate, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK. 7. Technology Use by People with Dementia. Ken Clasper, Tom Hawkins, Ann Johnson, Keith Oliver, with Nada Savitch, Independent Consultant, London, UK. Part Three: Technology Ecosystem for Dementia. 8. Technology for Families of People with Dementia. Dr Emma Wolverson, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lecturer, School of Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, UK, Rosie Dunn, Research Assistant, School of Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, UK, and Caroline White, Research Associate, School of Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, UK. 9. Technology for Organisations Supporting People with Dementia. Dr Julie Christie, Region Manager UK and Europe, Dementia Centre, HammondCare, UK and Professor Mary Marshall, Senior Consultant, Dementia Centre, HammondCare, UK. 10. Dementia-friendly Future. Dr Stephen Czarnuch, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada and Arlene Astell.
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Verso Books New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the
Book SynopsisFrom the highly acclaimed author of WAYS OF BEING. We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying all of these trends is a single idea: the belief that quantitative data can provide a coherent model of the world, and the efficacy of computable information to provide us with ways of acting within it. Yet the sheer volume of information available to us today reveals less than we hope. Rather, it heralds a new Dark Age: a world of ever-increasing incomprehension.In his brilliant new work, leading artist and writer James Bridle offers us a warning against the future in which the contemporary promise of a new technologically assisted Enlightenment may just deliver its opposite: an age of complex uncertainty, predictive algorithms, surveillance, and the hollowing out of empathy. Surveying the history of art, technology and information systems he reveals the dark clouds that gather over discussions of the digital sublime.Trade ReviewNEW DARK AGE is a masterful study of all the things approaching out of the future's night. Compelling and essential. -- Warren Ellis, author of NORMAL and TRANSMETROPOLITANComputation brings humanity more darkness than enlightenment: a goblin horde of digital superstitions, invented and unleashed in just half a century. Yet James Bridle is fearless in our gloomy post-truth predicament; he's a theorist, artist, technical visionary and even a moralist. Has he foreseen the worst? -- Bruce Sterling, author of Pirate UtopiaHighlights the ways in which we are deliberately being kept in the dark and are sleepwalking into a future of non-stop surveillance and 'the dark clouds [gathering] over our dreams of the digital sublime. * Financial Times [Summer Reads 2018] *An extraordinary, perceptive analysis of the various ways in which the rise of information technology has obscured, rather than illuminated, the operations of power in the world, and diminished our capacity to improve it. It's brilliant and bracing -- Mark O'Connell * Guardian *New Dark Age is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I've read about the Internet, which is to say that it is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I've read about contemporary life. -- Mark O'Connell * New Yorker *[New Dark Age] is an essential read on the key subjects around AI, and the dangerous feedback loops that are currently being produced. -- Ben Vickers * Dazed *New Dark Age is enlightening but frightening, a dystopian warning about the implications of the convergence of data and robotics, code and quantum computing, science and technology. -- David Gorin * Financial Mail *Brilliant and beautiful. * The Australian *New Dark Age is a paradoxical work, elegiac yet futuristic, which embraces paradox and the limits of knowledge - especially the limits of knowledge that the present moment's technological advances, political instability, and environmental chaos have conferred upon us. -- Tobias Carroll * Literary Hub *An engaging, sharp, and urgent work that takes us well beyond the neo-Luddite fantasies of techno-apocalypse so prevalent in late critiques of technology. -- Mari Bastashevski * Burlington Contemporary *
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Atlantic Books Some Remarks
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BenBella Books T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial
Book Synopsis2020 Foreword Indie Award Honorable Mention in the "Science & Technology" CategoryLate in 2017, the global significance of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) changed forever. China put the world on alert when it released a plan to dominate all aspects of AI across the planet. Only weeks later, Vladimir Putin raised a Russian red flag in response by declaring AI the future for all humankind, and proclaiming that, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world." The race was on. Consistent with their unique national agendas, countries throughout the world began plotting their paths and hurrying their pace. Now, not long after, the race has become a sprint. Despite everything at stake, to most of us AI remains shrouded by a cloud of mystery and misunderstanding. Hidden behind complicated and technical jargon and confused by fantastical depictions of science fiction, the modern realities of AI and its profound implications are hard to decipher, but crucial to recognize. In T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, author Michael Kanaan explains AI from a human-oriented perspective we can all finally understand. A recognized national expert and the U.S. Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Kanaan weaves a compelling new view on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning. Kanaan also dives into the global implications of AI by illuminating the cultural and national vulnerabilities already exposed and the pressing issues now squarely on the table. AI has already become China's all-purpose tool to impose its authoritarian influence around the world. Russia, playing catch up, is weaponizing AI through its military systems and now infamous, aggressive efforts to disrupt democracy by whatever disinformation means possible. America and like-minded nations are awakening to these new realities—and the paths they're electing to follow echo loudly the political foundations and, in most cases, the moral imperatives upon which they were formed. As we march toward a future far different than ever imagined, T-Minus AI is fascinating and crucially well-timed. It leaves the fiction behind, paints the alarming implications of AI for what they actually are, and calls for unified action to protect fundamental human rights and dignities for all.Trade Review"Mike Kanaan is an influential new voice in the field of AI, and his thoughts paint an insightful perspective. A thought-provoking read." —Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman of Google "Too many discussions of artificial intelligence are dominated by idealists and cynics. Mike Kanaan is neither: He's a realist with a wealth of insight on how smart machines are shaping the future. This is one of the best books I've read on AI." —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the chart-topping TED podcast WorkLife "Kanaan's book makes us aware of the urgent need for international understanding and a formal agreement on AI. Without binding commitments, the future will pose threats, both military and social, that risk our very survival. AI may be a blessing, but it can also be the ultimate curse. The world must agree to draw a red line between the two, and make sure that no one crosses it." —Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, father of microfinance and social business, recipient of US Presidential Medal of Freedom and US Congressional Gold Medal "Never have I read a book that did a better job of putting the challenges and prospects of artificial intelligence into context. It's an exceptionally rich context, involving science, history, technology, and our current geopolitical situation. Reading this book will not only help you understand what AI is all about, it will help you understand how it fits into the world today and into the future." —Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, host of Mindscape podcast, and New York Times bestselling author of Something Deeply Hidden "Kanaan recounts the history of AI and why its rapid advance prompts both hopes and fears. He offers a valuable and distinctive perspective on the international tensions it may create." —Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal and former president of the Royal Society of London "Mike Kanaan is a driving new voice in the field of AI. His explanations, insights, and perspectives are trustworthy and brutally intelligent. He's the voice of reason in the room, the one to look to." —Jeremy Bash, NBC News analyst and former chief of staff for the CIA and Department of Defense "As a tech venture capitalist, I know how critical it is that people understand artificial intelligence. T-Minus AI explains what we all need to know—not only what AI is, but also the great implications going forward. Eye opening and extremely entertaining." —Joe Montana, tech investor, founding partner of Liquid 2 Ventures, four-time Super Bowl champion, and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback "T-Minus AI is enormously illuminating—a fascinating deep dive into one of the most important issues of our day by a leading expert in the field—who also happens to be a riveting writer. I haven't learned so much from a book in ages." —Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and New York Times bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations "If we are going to prepare our students to lead the next generation, every educator needs to understand the impact of AI on our society. Kanaan's work is the perfect resource to bring you up to speed and to understand the history, scope, and future of AI technology. Leaders and teachers at all levels of education, along with their students, need this book on their reading lists." —Jeff Charbonneau, former US National Teacher of the Year and former finalist for the Global Teacher Prize "What is AI? If you're mystified by the hype, high hopes, and conflicting predictions of the power and danger of Artificial Intelligence, this book is for you. It offers a gentle introduction into the history of intelligent machines, the strengths and the dangers that they pose, the different ways that selected world powers make use of (and misuse) these technologies, and what kinds of policies and laws might help. Mike Kanaan offers a fresh new voice." —Don Norman, professor and director of The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego, and bestselling author of The Design of Everyday Things "T-Minus AI is a must-read about the technology that will drive massive social and political change in the future. If you want to understand AI and its impending impact on the world, this is the book to read!" —Jordan Harbinger, creator and host of The Jordan Harbinger Show "Part explainer. Part call-to-arms. Kanaan's book makes AI understandable and with that it also makes something clear: AI is both a threat and opportunity. A perfect hybrid of educational and thrilling, T-Minus AI is an essential read." —Allen Gannett, author of The Creative Curve "For an accessible and sober explanation of today's most transformative technology, this is THE book to read. T-Minus AI will be part of a new canon." —Kara Frederick, technology and national security fellow at Center for a New American Security (CNAS) "T-Minus AI is a thought leading gem that explains the underlying technology and geopolitical power of AI. Brilliantly written, immensely informative, and as entertaining as a great novel!" —August Cole, coauthor of Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War and Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robot Revolution "It takes rare talent and a sharp mind to make complex technical topics like artificial intelligence and machine learning sound both accessible and beautiful. Kanaan has done both. This is an exceptionally well-written, thoroughly researched book. Read it. It will make you smarter!" —Dr. Margarita Konaev, fellow at Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Georgetown University "Artificial intelligence is the next wave that everyone and every business must understand. Mike's leadership in the field is powerful, and his explanation of the topic is second-to-none. Read this book!" —Jordan Katzman, cofounder of SmileDirectClub "At a critical time for humanity, this captivating book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand how AI works, how it can be used, and how it will affect us all." —Lindsey Sheppard, international security fellow at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Table of ContentsContents Author’s NotePrologue Out of the Dark Part 1 The Evolution of Intelligence:From a Bang to a Byte Chapter 1 Setting the StageChapter 2 In the Beginning . . .Chapter 3 Too Many Numbers to CountChapter 4 Secret Origins of Modern ComputingChapter 5 Unifying the Languages of Men and MachinesChapter 6 Consciousness and Other Brain-to-Computer Comparisons Part 2 Twenty-First Century Computing and AI:Power, Patterns, and Predictions Chapter 7 Games Matter Chapter 8 A Deluge of DataChapter 9 Mimicking the MindChapter 10 Bias in the Machine Chapter 11 From Robots to Bots Part 3 The Sovereign State of AI:Technology’s Influence in the Global Balance Chapter 12 Moments That Awaken NationsChapter 13 China’s Expanding SphereChapter 14 Russian DisruptionChapter 15 Democratic Ideals in an AI WorldChapter 16 A Computer’s Conclusion Acknowledgments NotesIndex
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Zuverlässige numerische Analyse linearer Regelungssysteme
Book Synopsisiii Vorwort Diese Arbeit setzt sich mit der zuverlässigen numerischen Ermittlung grund legender Eigenschaften von Regelungssystemen auseinander, die hinreichend gen au durch ein lineares Modell, das lediglich eine Näherung 1. Ordnung darstellt (Schwarz 1991), approximiert werden können. Neben der Steuer und Beobachtbarkeit stehen Eigenschaften wie die Invertierbarkeit, die Ein / Ausgangsentkoppelbarkeit, die Störentkoppelbarkeit und das Verhalten bei hohen Rückführverstärkungen im Mittelpunkt des Interesses. Alle diese Eigen schaften sind im Grunde mit entsprechend definierten Nullstellen des Systems eng verknüpft. Einen breiten Raum wird daher der Behandlung des Konzeptes der endlichen und unendlichen Nullstellen von Mehrgrößensystemen eingeräumt. An einem Modell niedriger Ordnung eines Werkzeugmaschinenantriebes wird zunächst demonstriert, wie stark numerisch ermittelte Aussagen durch die be grenzte Rechengenauigkeit der verwendeten Gleitpunktarithmetik beeinflußt wer den können. Anschließend werden dann die bekannten Kriterien zur Überprüfung der Steuerbarkeit auf ihre numerischen Eigenschaften hin untersucht. Ein Fazit dieser Untersuchung ist, daß alle Kriterien bei größeren Systemen und einer numerischen Auswertung mit einer begrenzten Anzahl von Dezimalstellen völlig falsche Ergebnisse liefern können, so daß die mit konventionellen Programmen gewonnenen Aussagen stets als "fragwürdig" angesehen werden müssen.Table of ContentsWichtige Methoden der numerischen Algebra - Steuer- und Beobachtbarkeit - Steuerbarkeitsindizes - Steuerbarkeitsmaße - Qualitative Steuerbarkeitsanalyse - Ausgangssteuerbarkeit - Pole und Nullstellen - Nullstellenstruktur im Unendlichen - Generische Nullstellenstruktur - Ein-/ Ausgangsentkoppelbarkeit - Störungsentkopplung - Modellfolgeproblem
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