Technology & Engineering - General

This authoritative reference work from renowned digital forensics expert and licensed private investigator Robert B. Fried is an essential resource for forensic practitioners, attorneys, corporate counsel, compliance officers, law enforcement professionals, and academic institutions alike.As digital evidence becomes central to litigation, corporate governance, and...

There is growing acceptance that professional and technical silos in the built environment continue to hinder the achievement of optimal performance and value realisation for owners, operators, owner-operators and major tenants. This ground-breaking book defines the core principles of facility asset management, providing a...

This is a story of one civil engineer, working as a consultant on environmental, water relater issues. It covers public and private work, both domestically and internationally, with a deep dive into Mr. Moore's work in India.Author: Richard A. MooreISBN-10: 8218922288ISBN-13: 9788218922284Publisher: Richard MooreLanguage:...

In 1925, in a small town in rural Missouri, Jeroldine Heifner was the captain of the Women's Basketball Team at Farmington High School. The team was County champions that year, but the story of how Jeroldine got to be team captain as a 20-year-old...

Unfortunately, a lot of mature aged people, who didn't grow up with computers and the internet, may feel anxious about using technology and believe it's too late to learn about it. I understand that AI might seem complex and intimidating at first glance. However,...

It's not neurodivergent minds that are faulty. It's our workplace systems.Stop trying to fix people. Start fixing systems.While businesses struggle with burnout and productivity gaps, talented neurodivergent professionals-15-20% of the population-remain overlooked, undervalued, or underemployed.It's not a talent shortage. It's a systems problem.The Contrarian...

This book challenges the confusion and sensationalism dominating today's discussions about artificial intelligence by going straight to the root: we misunderstand AI because we misunderstand intelligence itself. The author reframes the debate, connecting the rise of AI to enduring questions of being, subjectivity, and...

Author: A. Austin BruceISBN-10: 1939125480ISBN-13: 9781939125484Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2018Pages: 180Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.30lbsSize: 9.50h x 9.40w x 0.70d

This reprint focuses on recent developments in laser measurement technologies and their innovative applications. Laser-based measurement and sensing technologies have attracted growing attention due to their advantages of high sensitivity and fast response. Their applications include industrial production, substance analysis, and environmental monitoring. In...

"Advances in Polymer Materials for Optoelectronics" offers a thorough exploration of the latest developments in polymer-based materials for optoelectronic applications. This comprehensive book delves into the fundamental processes of charge absorption, emission, and transfer in these materials, including exciton-vibrational coupling, nonradiative and radiative processes,...

In first chapter, I shall explain how (AI) influence future technology development to influence human living standard. Whether future (AI) will influence technological development to raise human living standard only in possible. Will (AI) bring negative impact to human living standard when it assist...

This book divides three parts. The first part explains what future technology factors will influence US economy development. The second part explains what future technology factors will influence UK economy development. The final part that I shall give some economy theories to explain why...

The Mathematics That Power Our World: How Is It Made? is an attempt to unveil the hidden mathematics behind the functioning of many of the devices we use on a daily basis. For the past years, discussions on the best approach in teaching and...

Getting to Know Semiconductors is a simple introductory text on semiconductors. First published in Russian, 150, 000 copies of the first edition were sold out immediately. This translated English version by two of Russia's foremost scientists in the field of semiconductors is now available.Clearly...

Idea behind this book is to bring the innovations to wider group of professionals to meet the mission of packaging knowledge sharing and that too cost effectively. We feel that this publication will further fill the project pipelines of companies and improve the standards...

Visionary Tactics: Comparing the Minds of Tech Moguls and Real Estate TycoonsWhat happens when innovation meets infrastructure, and digital disruption collides with brick-and-mortar ambition?Visionary Tactics is a compelling deep dive into the minds of two distinct yet strikingly similar worlds-technology and real estate. This...

No detailed description available for "Studies in Ancient Technology".Author: R. J. ForbesISBN-10: 9004083073ISBN-13: 9789004083073Publisher: BrillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 264Format: LeatherWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.72h x 6.52w x 0.69d

The book, "On Science, On Art, Society: Interview with the Innovators" features a collection of twenty-five interviews from practitioners originating in diverse and outwardly opposing fields. Divided into three separate chapters, "On Science", "On Art", and "Society", authors illustrate to the reader models of...

"Pioneers of Prosperity: Human Insights from Silicon Valley and Real Estate Leaders" takes you on a captivating journey through the lives of remarkable individuals who have shaped the worlds of technology and real estate. This book delves deep into the personal stories, challenges, and...

Climate Chic: Adaptive Fashion in a Digital EraFashion is facing its climate reckoning-and Climate Chic is the manifesto for its rebirth.This groundbreaking book charts the fashion industry's bold transformation in the face of climate change, spotlighting the rise of adaptive design, sustainable innovation, and...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural...

Industrial automation is the use of robotic devices to complete manufacturing tasks. In this day and age of computers, industrial automation is becoming increasingly important in the manufacturing process because computerized or robotic machines are capable of handling repetitive tasks quickly and efficiently. Machines...

In this research AA6060 alloy was used and was extruded at 25m/min, 30m/min, 35m/min, 40m/min and 45m/min for a particular profile. The highest exit temperature increased from 542 C to 567 C when the extrusion speed was increased from 25m/min to 45m/min. Three types...

This book provides some fundamental information about simulation and specifically Discrete-event simulation and it tries to introduce DES application in industrial companies. Furthermore, it addresses some challenges of its application plus some suggestions for handling them by mentioning a real-life problem in production. Finally,...

Solid state power frequency changers are used for various purposes.The usual practice to get variable frequency power source is to use rectifier-inverter combination.Unfortunately the conventional diode/thyristor bridge rectifiers at the input side cause several problems such as: low input power factor, considerable harmonic distortion...

Water is the lifeblood of the environment, essential to the survival of all living things and everything must be done to maintain its quality for today and the future. Water quality is a characteristics of water, usually in respect to its suitability for a...

A worldwide Internet usage growth rate of 380% larger than the period from 2000, the year of the dot-com bubble burst, until present indicates that Internet technology has become a foundation of our daily life. In the same period, cyber-crime has seen an incredible...

Speed Checking Systems are being used all over the world to check the speed of the moving vehicles. Current Systems use radar or a laser gun on the principle of Doppler Effect to check the speed of the moving vehicle and the camera is...

This Engineering book covers the general features and rules and minimum requirements for extinguishing fires in the related industries. Fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, hazard identifications and classification are also discussed. Once hazards have been identified, the operator of a facility will be...

A solar-based power supply system, such as a Photovoltaic-diesel-battery system, is a particularly attractive option for decentralised power supply in southern Africa where solar radiation is ubiquitous in most countries. Such systems can make a positive contribution to the sustainability of rural communities in...

Clustering algorithms partition a collection of objects into a certain number of clusters (groups, subsets, or categories). Object clustering algorithms generally partition a data set based on a dissimilarity measure expressed in terms of some distance. When the data distribution is irregular, for instance...

Virtual Reality (VR) applications in medicine had significant improvements. 3D visualization of various anatomical parts using advanced medical scanner images, anatomy education, surgery operation simulation, virtual simulator for laparoscopic skills, virtual endoscopy, psychotherapy and rehabilitation techniques are some of the VR applications in medicine....

In this book, we present a pilot control algorithm, which converts two joysticks' commands into two torque directives for movement. This technique allows the user to operate the ABTWC linearly for both motion and orientation control via a joystick. Since a human being is...

UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), the third generation of mobile data services, introduces a new wireless, state-of-the-art technology and thus much higher data speeds to mobile and portable wireless devices. Streaming Media is one of the applications that takes major advantage of the new...

The binary compound semiconductors, InSb and InAs, along with their related alloys with similar lattice constants are candidates for high-speed, low-power electronic devices. Applications could include high- speed analog and digital systems used for data processing, communications, imaging, and sensing, particularly in portable equipment...

The evolutionary development of new engine materials and designs has allowed turbines to be operated at much higher temperature and achieve higher efficiencies, thus new materials have been developed to meet these new challenges. There is a growing need to assess the material behavior...

Increasing evidence has shown that living cells respond to mechanical stimuli not only mechanically but also biochemically. But how they respond to mechanical stimuli and the mechanisms through which they transduce the mechanical stimuli into biological responses re-main largely unclear. In this research, novel...

Controlling a biped robot with a high degree of freedom to achieve stable movement patterns is still an open and complex problem. Thus, the development of control mechanisms for biped walking have be-come an important field of research. With growing calculation power of computer...

Author: Junaed SattarISBN-10: 3639014332ISBN-13: 9783639014334Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2008Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d

The migration of the TELCO networks towards Next Generation Net-works (NGN) requires new solutions in OSS/BSS. The standardization bodies for New Generation Operational software and Systems (NGOSS) are currently in the process of developing and describing the functional requirements and implementation solutions for such...

Remote image capture systems are a key element in efficient and sustainable agriculture nowadays. They are increasingly being used to obtain information of interest from the crops, the soil and the environment. It includes different types of capturing devices: from satellites and drones, to...

Numerous efforts have been devoted to using biomass as a feedstock for the production of bio-based materials, biochemicals, and biofuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on conventional fossil resources. Conversion strategies for the production of platform chemicals, building blocks, fine chemicals, and...

Photoacoustic (or optoacoustic) imaging, including photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), is an emerging imaging modality with great clinical potential. PAI's deep tissue penetration and fine spatial resolution also hold great promise for visualizing physiology and pathology at the molecular level. PAI combines...

This book is composed of 6 papers. The first paper reports a novel technique for the selective emitter formation by controlling the surface morphology of Si wafers. Selective emitter (SE) technology has attracted renewed attention in the Si solar cell industry to achieve an...

As users, we require more and more reliable and longer operation of electronic devices. Most often, the efforts of scientists and engineers related to energy management, energy conversion, and energy storage are overlooked. The PowerMEMS slogan in its meaning hides the science of materials...

Wireless sensor networks, due to their various applications in many fields and limited power consumption, have attracted much attention recently. Most previous methods have focused on providing energy-saving strategies to elevate the lifetime of sensor networks. Another aggressive but different approach is to wirelessly...

In the modern world, the competitiveness of bioenergy- and/or bioresources-related activities heavily depends on the effectiveness of supply chain management. A large number of multidisciplinary topics are involved in the bioresources and bioenergy production fields. Although the technical issues that are related with the...

A variety of topics concerning ultrahigh-strength ferrous steels were collected in this book. At present, most of the ferrous steels are applied to cold sheet parts. However, they may be used as the materials of hot-forged parts in the future, because of the excellent...

This is a collection of recent advances on sensors, systems, and signal/image processing methods for biomedicine and assisted living. It includes methods for heart, sleep, and vital sign measurement; human motion-related signal analysis; assistive systems; and image- and video-based diagnostic systems. It provides an...

UAVs are becoming a reality and attract increasing attention. They can be remotely controlled or completely autonomous and be used alone or as a fleet and in a large set of applications. They are constrained by hardware since they cannot be too heavy and...