How a built environment that is robotic and interactive becomes an apt home to our restless, dynamic, and increasingly digital society.
The relationship of humans to computers can no longer be represented as one person in a chair and one computer on a desk. Today computing finds its way into our pockets, our cars, our appliances; it is ubiquitous -- an inescapable part of our everyday lives. Computing is even expanding beyond our devices; sensors, microcontrollers, and actuators are increasingly embedded into the built environment. In Architectural Robotics, Keith Evan Green looks toward the next frontier in computing: interactive, partly intelligent, meticulously designed physical environments. Green examines how these "architectural robotic" systems will support and augment us at work, school, and home, as we roam, interconnect, and age.
Green tells the stories of three projects from his research lab that exemplify the reconfigurable, distributed, and transfigurable environments of architectural robotics. The Animated Work Environment is a robotic work environment of shape-shifting physical space that responds dynamically to the working life of the people within it; home+ is a suite of networked, distributed "robotic furnishings" integrated into existing domestic and healthcare environments; and LIT ROOM offers a simulated environment in which the physical space of a room merges with the imaginary space of a book, becoming "a portal to elsewhere."
How far beyond workstations, furniture, and rooms can the environments of architectural robotics stretch? Green imagines scaled-up neighborhoods, villages, and metropolises composed of physical bits, digital bytes, living things, and their hybrids. Not global but local, architectural robotics grounds computing in a capacious cyber-physical home.
Автор: Alex H Frey And Ivy Bytes Название: A Beginner`s Guide to Investing: How to Grow Your Money the Smart and Easy Way ISBN: 1477463992 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477463994 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 10330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Whether you're a complete investing novice or just confused about all the contradictory advice out there, A Beginner's Guide to Investing is an accessible guide to growing your money the smart and easy way. Throw away the get-rich quick schemes that never work and turn off the financial news and it's constant noise. Whether your dream is protecting your assets in a turbulent market or growing your wealth so that you can retire in style, this book is the blueprint. You can be a successful investor - really. Join Alex Frey, a lifelong investor and Harvard MBA, as he shows you: - How you can realistically expect to double your money every 7-10 years- Why most investors achieve stunningly poor returns on their money - and how to avoid turning into one of them- How to choose an investment account that you can keep for the rest of your life- How to out-perform the vast majority of professional investors while taking less risk- How to quickly create a portfolio of diversified ETFs (exchange traded funds)- How to put in as few as three to five hours every year on your investing - and still beat 80% of investors- Why you may not be properly diversified in holding the most popular index mutual funds- How endowments like Yale university have consistently beaten the overall stock market - and what you can learn from them- Why the vast majority of mutual funds fail to live up to their promise- Why your financial adviser and mutual fund manager might be getting more rich than you off of your investments- What the terms "beta" and "alpha" mean - and why understanding them is critical to retiring feeling comfortable and secure- How to maximize your tax savings by using a 401(k) and IRA- When and how to re-balance your portfolio- How to have the confidence to manage your money for life- And more. About the AuthorsAlex Frey has been engrossed in the investing world since the age of 16. He has served previously as a research analyst for a major mutual fund company. Alex has successfully passed all three Chartered Financial Analyst examinations, and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He lives in San Francisco, CA. When he is not writing, he enjoys reading, investing, and doing just about anything outdoors.
"We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before."--U.S. Defense Department official
A new era of war fighting is emerging for the U.S. military. Hi-tech weapons have given way to hi tech in a number of instances recently:
A computer virus is unleashed that destroys centrifuges in Iran, slowing that country's attempt to build a nuclear weapon.
ISIS, which has made the internet the backbone of its terror operations, finds its network-based command and control systems are overwhelmed in a cyber attack.
A number of North Korean ballistic missiles fail on launch, reportedly because their systems were compromised by a cyber campaign.
Offensive cyber operations like these have become important components of U.S. defense strategy and their role will grow larger. But just what offensive cyber weapons are and how they could be used remains clouded by secrecy.
This new volume by Amy Zegart and Herb Lin is a groundbreaking discussion and exploration of cyber weapons with a focus on their strategic dimensions. It brings together many of the leading specialists in the field to provide new and incisive analysis of what former CIA director Michael Hayden has called "digital combat power" and how the United States should incorporate that power into its national security strategy.
Автор: Bessant Название: Democracy Bytes ISBN: 1137308257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137308252 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This study is about new media, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It asks: What is the political? How can we understand politics in a network age? Can we talk sensibly about generational change? Analysing four international case studies, this book gives an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new forms of politics
Автор: Bauer Название: Atoms, Bytes and Genes ISBN: 041579353X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415793537 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 53070.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "Atom," "byte" and "gene" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. Resistance continues to challenge these developments in public opinion. This book traces historical debates over atoms, bytes and genes which raised controversy with consequences, and argues that public opinion is a factor of the development of modern techno-science. The level and scope of public controversy is an index of resistance, examined here with a "pain analogy" which shows that just as pain impacts movement, resistance impacts techno-scientific mobilization: it signals that something is wrong, and this requires attention, elaboration and a response to the challenge. This analysis shows how different fields of enquiry deal with the resistance of social-psychological mentalities in the face of industrial, scientific and political activities inspired by projected futures.
Автор: Mark Sultan Dr Harold Название: Python Bytes ISBN: 1541320093 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781541320093 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Tracy Ronald Название: Flounder Bytes ISBN: 0990432106 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990432104 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Let me start by saying, I was excited to write this book because it involves the tactics and techniques that I and my friends use to catch flounder. I try to keep the information as simple and practical as possible so anyone can understand and use it when they go fishing. I asked some very knowledgeable captains if they would share what they do to catch these fish consistently and share their tips inside the book with you in no nonsense, practical way. As a bonus, (because I want you to be successful at catching fish) I added some video links so you can see the techniques I describe in action and learn that they work. For instance, have you ever caught a flounder in under a minute? There is a video link where I show you how I did this using the techniques outlined in this book. I call it "The 1 minute flounder". In this video clip, (which is the first video clip I ever filmed by myself) I describe what I am doing before I cast out my line. Watch the clip and count the seconds from when the bait hits the water to when I hold the fish and you may be just as amazed as I was when filming the video. And while you are there click the subscribe button and it will inform you when new information is posted. It's free. Here is a tip, the links work best in the eBook format, you just click on the link and it takes you there, and the eBook format is available on many different reading devices. I have a downloaded copy on my smart phone and it works the way I had envisioned. Now in this book, I cover the basic tackle and equipment that I like to use because it works very well for the inshore fish that we are after. And yes, I have included a video link that shows you what I look for in the baits and lures that work for me so that you will know what to look for in baits and lures that can work for you. Now manufactures are bringing out new baits and lures all the time, which is part of the reason we spend so much time in the fishing section of our favorite stores... To see what is new and buy what we think will work. This is a section I am considering developing for the Flounder Bytes website so you can keep up on the latest developments in the fishing industry.
Автор: Martin Bill, Tian Xuemei Название: Books, Bytes and Business: The Promise of Digital Publishing ISBN: 0754678377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780754678373 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: As arguably the first knowledge-based business, book publishing provides an ideal setting for the study of challenge and opportunity. Through combining primary research with secondary analysis drawn from the relevant literatures, this title offers an informative account of business in the knowledge-based economy.
Автор: Donham Dennis E. Название: Zen Bytes ISBN: 1257094769 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781257094769 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 19530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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