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Author Jayakarthigeyan Prabakar
Learn how to build physical computing systems using BeagleBone Black and PythonAbout This BookGet to grips with the fundamentals of BeagleBoneLeverage Python scripts to program BeagleBone for your requirementsBuild four exciting projects, from home automation to a t....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists
Author Dustyn Roberts
Get Your Move On!In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creat....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Author Li Hejun
China's Solar-Powered RevolutionChina’s New Energy Revolution explains how China can tackle its energy bottleneck and achieve a sustainable, peaceful rise by taking the lead in the solar industry.The author covers all the important issues from the vantage points of....
Release Date 2014/11 -
From Design Into Print: Preparing Graphics and Text for Professional Printing
Author Sandee Cohen
A designer in New York creates a beautiful design but when she prints it the colors become muddy. An art director in Seattle sends a file to the print shop, and they call him to say the job won’t print. The editor of a college paper can’t figure out why all the pict....
Release Date 2009/05 -
RF Circuit Design, 2nd Edition
Author Christopher Bowick
It’s Back! New chapters, examples, and insights; all infused with the timeless concepts and theories that have helped RF engineers for the past 25 years! RF circuit design is now more important than ever as we find ourselves in an increasingly wireless world. Radio....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Author J Paulo Davim
This forward-thinking, practical book provides essential information on modern machining technology for industry with emphasis on the processes used regularly across several major industries. Machining technology presents great interest for many important industries....
Release Date 2011/10 -
Author Alan R. Jones
Best Fit Lines and Curves, and Some Mathe-Magical Transformations (Volume III of the Working Guides to Estimating & Forecasting series) concentrates on techniques for finding the Best Fit Line or Curve to some historical data allowing us to interpolate or extra....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Eyewitness Travel Family Guide to Italy: Milan & Northwest Italy
Author DK Publishing
DK Eyewitness Family Guide Milan and Northwest Italy epub, from the groundbreaking family travel series, is written by parents and guarantees the entire family will enjoy their trip. With child-friendly sleeping and eating options, detailed maps of main sightseeing ....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Delegating Effectively: A Leader's Guide to Getting Things Done
Author Clemson Turregano
In today's organizations, leaders are neither able nor expected to do everything themselves. The consequences of trying to do so can be dire. That's why the ability to delegate effectively- to assign new projects and responsibilities to individuals or a team and p....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Peter Neuwirth
We weigh every significant decision based on how it will affect our future. But when it comes to figuring that out, we mostly make the process up as we go along. While financial professional Peter Neuwirth can't help you actually predict the future, he can offer a ....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author Fabrizio Boco
Integrate the Arduino and iOS platforms to design amazing real-world projects to sense and control external devicesAbout This BookCover the most widely used methods in the Internet of Things using Arduino and iOS integration through Wi-Fi Shield and the BLE Breakout....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Philippe Darche
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is present in almost all electronic devices....
Release Date 2021/02 -
The Truth About Your Emotions When Making Decisions
Author Robert E. Gunther
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Making Smart Decisions (9780132354639) by Robert E. Gunther. Available in print and digital formats.Understand the real impact of stress on your decision-making–so you can use it to your advantage and avoid falling vic....
Release Date 2010/08 -
The Truth About Making Smart Decisions
Author Robert E. Gunther
Praise forThe Truth About Making Smart Decisions “The Truth About Making Smart Decisions offers a truly valuable and entertaining journey through the complex terrain of decision making. Robert Gunther combines a writer's gift of the pen with a keen understanding o....
Release Date 2008/04 -
Author Rinie van Est , Lamber Royakkers
A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. We seem to accept the use of robots that perform dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. But how far do ....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Author Sean Smith
By 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) will consist of millions of computational devices intimately connected to real-world aspects of human life. In this insightful book, Professor Sean Smith, who worked in information security long before the web appeared, explain....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents
Author Stefan Sjogelid
Turn your Raspberry Pi into your very own secret agent toolbox with this set of exciting projects!Detect an intruder on camera and set off an alarmListen in or record conversations from a distanceFind out what the other computers on your network are up toUnleash you....
Release Date 2013/04 -
PIC Projects for Non-Programmers
Author John Iovine
John Iovine has created his next masterwork with PIC Projects for Non-Programmers. Engineers and hobbyists new to the PIC who want to create something today will find a valuable resource in this book. By working through the accessible projects in this book, readers ....
Release Date 2011/08 -
New Approaches on Energy and the Environment
Author Paul Professor Portney , Richard Professor Morgenstern
Written by economists and policy analysts at Resources for the Future, a Washington, DC, think tank with a tradition for independent, objective research, this collection of twenty-five 'memos to the President' offers constructive policy options for the elected adm....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Author Gordon McComb
Create high-tech walking, talking, and thinking robots "McComb hasn’t missed a beat. It’s an absolute winner!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Breathe life into the robots of your dreams—without advanced electronics or programming skills. Arduino Robot Bonanza shows you how to....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Doing Things Right and Wrong What Matters: Excellence and Relevance
Author Inder Sidhu
This Element is an excerpt from Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit and Drives Tomorrow's Growth (9780137083640) by Inder Sidhu. Available in print and digital formats.Why successful innovation requires both excellence and relevance--and how to achieve t....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours, Sixth Edition
Author Ned Snell
The Internet has become an essential part of everyday life in business education, and the home. Yet the complexity and vast scope of the Internet can still intimidate all but the most experienced user, and it's becoming even more complex and powerful every day.Sams....
Release Date 2002/10 -
Author P Gomes
Advances in research have led to the use of robotics in a range of surgical applications. Medical robotics: Minimally invasive surgery provides authoritative coverage of the core principles, applications and future potential of this enabling technology.Beginning wit....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Framed! Solve an Intriguing Mystery and Master How to Make Smart Choices
Author Dr. Hari Singh
In this unique book, Dr. Hari Singh—a noted business professor—uses an engrossing fictional setting to make the concepts of decision-making interesting and easy-to-absorb. The book consists of 20 chapters in which a murder mystery unfolds. You'll learn the importan....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Collaborative Internet of Things (C-IoT): for Future Smart Connected Life and Business
Author Kwok Wu , Fawzi Behmann
This book provides a simplified visionary approach about the future direction of IoT, addressing its wide-scale adoption in many markets, its interception with advanced technology, the explosive growth in data, and the emergence of data analytics. IoT business appl....
Release Date 2015/06 -
How the Internet Became Commercial
Author Shane Greenstein
In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from ent....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Caspar Williamson
Featuring a global showcase of 100 of the craft’s most exciting and influential practitioners, Low-Tech Print is an exploration of hand-made printmaking techniques and how they are used in contemporary design and illustration. It examines the huge recent resurgence ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Luc Jaulin
In order to enable a better understanding of the key concepts of automation, this book develops the fundamental aspects of the field while also proposing numerous concrete exercises and their solutions. The theoretical approach that it presents fundamentally uses t....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Belief and Misbelief Asymmetry on the Internet
Author Gérald Bronner
This book discusses the media, beliefs, the news, the Internet, etc. but it should not be seen as yet another critique of the media system, exploring with indignant fascination the idea of a machination against truth set up to serve a society of domination. These k....
Release Date 2016/01