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Human beings design and develop systems with which to achieve specific goals. Systems engineering is the art and science of transforming identified needs or opportunities into systems that fulfill them, effectively and efficiently, throughout their operational lives. The sustainment in operational condition of the...

Electric discussions of the interplay between technological innovation and communicationRecognizing an increasingly technological context for rhetorical activity, the thirteen contributors to this volume illuminate the challenges and opportunities inherent in successfully navigating intersections between rhetoric and technology in existing and emergent literacy practices. Edited...

Author: Gardner Dexter HiscoxISBN-10: 1849027978ISBN-13: 9781849027977Publisher: Benediction ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2010Pages: 808Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.45lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.60d

Dream Machines is a history of imaginary machines and the ways in which machines come to be imagined. It considers seven different kinds of speculative, projected or impossible machine: machines for teleportation, dream-production, sexual pleasure and medical treatment and cure, along with 'influencing machines',...

The Practical Distiller is a lively and informative guide to the methods and problems of distillation, as practised in early 19th Century America. Samuel McHarry's seminal work was written to encourage Americans to stop relying on imported liquors, and make more of their own....

Dako Kolev P.Eng. delivers this compact, pocket-size rollforming guide, covering the basics of rollforming technology. This book presents the fundamental principles in evaluating the rollforming process and helps you develop an awareness for potential mistakes in establishing a technology for specific rollformed products. You...

This special re-print edition of Shenstone's book "The Methods of Glass Blowing: For Use of Physical and Chemical Students" is a guide to glass blowing. Written in 1897, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about the art...

Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly interconnected and networked lives. Recent estimates predict that worldwide the number of connected devices-everything from computers and mobile phones to traffic cameras and pacemakers-will reach 50 billion by 2050. That number is staggering and so...

Sitting between Planned Parenthood and Pornhub, sexual wellness is the next blue ocean for tech entrepreneurs and investors alike--and nobody is talking about it.This recession-proof industry will be worth an estimated $122 billion by 2026, yet no one is prepared for this wave of...

A two-volume atlas of commercial and military dronesHere, Swiss designer Rob van Leijsen maps the evolution and increasing integration of drones in our society, from America's invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 on. All the models introduced onto the market between 2001 and 2016 are...

This is a textbook about the key three pillars of Material Management; Warehousing, Procurement, and Distribution, and technology trends that being offered to improve these three functions. The book describes all activities and duties of each pillar in detail in order to let readers...

Problems related to expertise are amongst the most pressing issues of our time. Although philosophical reflection has much to contribute to the identification and resolution of these problems, the topic of expertise has not received the professional attention that it deserves. Expertise: Philosophical Reflections...

This book is intended as a guide to the maintenance and repair of the Danish Nimbus type C motorcycles built between 1935 and 1959. The content of this book is by large limited to those operations which a skilled owner can do or can...

The Floating Point Multiplier is a wide variety for increasing accuracy, high speed and high performance in reducing delay, area and power consumption. The floating point is used for algorithms of Digital Signal Processing and Graphics. Many floating point multipliers are used to reduce...

A Treatise on Practical and Theoretical Mine Ventilation is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....

The book is a guide for loading, unloading and stowage of solid bulk cargoes. It describes the common practices preparing the vessel for loading and unloading of bulk cargoes and distribution of the cargo. The practice of preparing a loading/unloading plan including de-ballasting and...

Hackers, cyber-criminals, Dark Web users, and techno-terrorists beware! This book should make you think twice about attempting to do your dirty work in the smart cities of tomorrow.Scores of cities around the world have begun planning what are known as "smart cities." These new...

This book describes an approach to engineering education that integrates a comprehensive set of personal, interpersonal, and professional engineering skills with engineering disciplinary knowledge in order to prepare innovative and entrepreneurial engineers. The education of engineers is set in the context of engineering practice,...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being increasingly used in different applications in both military and civilian domains. These applications include surveillance, reconnaissance, remote sensing, target acquisition, border patrol, infrastructure monitoring, aerial imaging, industrial inspection, and emergency medical aid. Vehicles that can be considered autonomous...

The rapid development and growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a remote sensing platform, as well as advances in the miniaturization of instrumentation and data systems, have resulted in an increasing uptake of this technology in the environmental and remote sensing science communities....

The book reviews the principles of ion exchange and the use of ion exchange resins in uranium recovery. Part I discusses the fundamentals of ion exchange, the structure, propertries and the main processes using ion exchange resins. Part 2 covers the recovery of uranium...

This book is a collection of contributions to the Special Issue "Historical Acoustics: Relationships between People and Sound over Time". The research presented here aims to explore the origins of acoustics and examine the relationships that have evolved over the centuries between people and...

This book is a collection of recent publications from researchers all over the globe in the broad area of high-voltage engineering. The presented research papers cover both experimental and simulation studies, with a focus on topics related to insulation monitoring using state-of-the-art sensors and...

The effects of human-caused global warming are obvious, requiring new strategies and approaches. The concept of business-as-usual is now no longer beneficial. Extraction of renewable energy in marine environments represents a viable solution and an important path for the future. These huge renewable energy...

Thinking about launching a new career or progressing in your existing career as a Field Application Engineer or a Technical Sales professional? Do you dream of a career visiting and helping engineers in multiple industries, international travel, and a great salary earned using your...

This is a comprehensive textbook consisting of twelve chapters for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry covering markup, measurement, and stamp tools of Bluebeam Revu Standard. The process of Quantity Takeoff using specialized tools in Revu Standard is also discussed in detail...

With the growing interest in electrical machines in recent times, the multiphase machine field has developed into a fascinating research area. Their intrinsic features (power splitting, better fault tolerance, or lower torque ripple) make them an appealing competitor to conventional three-phase machines. Multiphase electric...

If you want to learn how to use a 3d printer by a real life expert, then read this short, step by step guide. You will learn everything you need to learn about 3d printing in a short, no fluff, fun, and concise way....

Proponents of Technological Singularity claim that Artificial Intelligence will surpass human intelligence by the year 2045, when technology will enslave or exterminate humanity. Carolle M. Dalley uses psychological principles to respond to that claim. In one response to Singularity, she explains the principle of...

The rapid proliferation of the Internet has been driving communication networks closer and closer to their limits, while available bandwidth is disappearing due to an ever-increasing network load. Over the past decade, optical fiber communication technology has increased per fiber data rate from 10...

Driven by new regulations, new market structures, and new energy resources, the smart grid has been the trigger for profound changes in the way that electricity is generated, distributed, managed, and consumed. The smart grid has raised the traditional power grid by using a...

This book is designed to offer a comprehensive high-level introduction to transhumanism, an international political and cultural movement that aims to produce a "paradigm shift" in our ethical and political understanding of human evolution. Transhumanist thinkers want the human species to take the course...

How to Use Android Smartphones and Tablet DevicesThis is a multi media series of tutorials and information on learning to use Android Devices Basics. Whether it be a Smartphone or a Tablet or other Android device.There is the Book, Ebook and many YouTube Videos...

This book is a Special Issue Reprint edited by Prof. Massimo Vitelli and Dr. Luigi Costanzo. It contains original research articles covering, but not limited to, the following topics: maximum power point tracking techniques; forecasting techniques; sizing and optimization of PV components and systems;...

This Special Issue is a compilation of the recent advances in thermal fluid engineering related to supercritical CO2 power cycle development. The supercritical CO2 power cycle is considered to be one of the most promising power cycles for distributed power generation, waste heat recovery,...

Advanced intelligent (ADI) control through Versatile Intelligent Portable (VIP) Platforms is a rapidly developing, complex, challenging field with great practical importance and potential. ADI control is an interdisciplinary field which combines and extends theories and methods from control theory, computer science, and operations research...

This book focuses on the intelligent processing of images and optical information acquired by various imaging methods. Intelligent image and optical information processing have paved the way for the recent epoch of new intelligence and information era. Certainly, information acquired by various imaging techniques...

Renewable energies are becoming a must to counteract the consequences of the global warming. More efficient devices and better control strategies are required in the generation, transport, and conversion of electricity. Energy is processed by power converters that are currently the key building blocks...

A couple of decades have passed since the advent of electromagnetic metamaterials. Although the research on artificial microwave materials dates back to the middle of the 20th century, the most prominent development in the electromagnetics of artificial media has happened in the new millennium....

Advances in miniaturization of sensors, actuators, and smart systems are receiving substantial industrial attention, and a wide variety of transducers are commercially available or with high potential to impact emerging markets. Substituting existing products based on bulk materials, in fields such as automotive, environment,...

In recent years, the industrial environment has been changing radically due to the introduction of concepts and technologies based on the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. After the introduction of Industry 4.0 in large enterprises, SMEs have moved into the focus,...

This book aims at promoting new and innovative studies, proposing new architectures or innovative evolutions of existing ones, and illustrating experiments on current technologies in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of distributed and cluster systems when they deal with spatiotemporal data.Author: Alberto...

This book addresses the true innovation in engineering design that may be promoted by blending together models and methodologies from different disciplines, and, in this book, the target was exactly to follow this approach to deliver a new disruptive architecture to deliver these next-generation...

Collaborative Innovation can produce powerful results and move teams and organizations from breakdowns to breakthroughs. The Wright Brothers Institute has pioneered the development and application of this powerful innovation process. This book describes the practices and principles that can be used to stimulate, facilitate,...

Written by a Plant Manager and CMRP, Zero to Hero details an alternative to the traditional reliability deployment model for today's business leaders. Plant managers are expected to produce results that improve month over month; consequently, a program with high upfront cost without short...

Safe drinking water is paramount for the health and wellbeing of all human populations. Water is extracted from surface and groundwater sources and treated to comply with drinking water standards. The water is then circulated through the drinking water distribution system (DWDS). Within the...

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"If unwarned by my example, any man shall undertake and shall succeed in really constructing an engine...upon difference principles or by simpler means, I have no fear of leaving my reputation in his charge,...

KNX is the # 1 global standard for home and building automation with decades of experience, thousands of products from hundreds of different manufacturers, with a presence on five continents and thousands of professionals certified as KNX partners. Now the immediate question is: What...

Energy has been a crucial element for human beings and sustainable development. The issues of global warming and non-green energy have yet to be resolved. This book is a collection of twelve articles that provide strong evidence for the success of artificial intelligence deployment...

Horsedrawn Tillage Tools covers operation, care and repair of animal-powered cultivators, field cultivators, discs, harrows, ridge busters, listers and rollers as well as seedbed preparation and crop cultivation tools. It includes specifics of how animals are hitched and driven with these implements. The chapter...