Computers category: 49053 books
Virtual Organisms
The Startling World of Artificial Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Harmless artificial life forms are on the loose on the Internet. Computer viruses and even robots are now able to evolve like their biological counterparts. Telecommunications companies are sending small packets of software to go forth and multiply to cope with ever-increasing telephone traffic. Protein-based...
Build a Gaming Computer
A Beginners Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Want to delve in to the world of PC Gaming but don't know where to begin? This beginners guide will let you hit the ground running. The illustrated build guide will take the guess work out putting together your own computer. Along with the build guide, you will learn what each component of a gaming...
Technobiophilia
Nature and Cyberspace
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Why are there so many nature metaphors - clouds, rivers, streams, viruses, and bugs - in the language of the internet? Why do we adorn our screens with exotic images of forests, waterfalls, animals and beaches? In Technobiophilia: Nature and Cyberspace, Sue Thomas interrogates the prevalence online...
by Peter Green
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
50 Cool Ideas for Your Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a neat and effective tool that is making strides in the Education Sector. Google Classroom is a part of a larger suite, G Suite for Education. It essentially helps teachers save time, keep students organized, and improve communication...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2009
Among the most interesting fields in research are the emerging possibilities to interface the human brain directly with machines, e.g. with computers and robotic interfaces. The European Space Agency's Advanced Concept team as a multidisciplinary team from engineering, artificial intelligence, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
The integrated and advanced science research topic man-machine-environment system engineering (MMESE) was first established in China by Professor Shengzhao Long in 1981, with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, Xuesen Qian. In a letter to Shengzhao Long from October...
Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on MMESE
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This research topic was first established in China by Professor Shengzhao Long in 1981, with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, Xuesen Qian. In a letter to Shengzhao Long from October 22nd, 1993, Xuesen Qian wrote: “You have created a very important modern science...
Man–Machine–Environment System Engineering
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on MMESE
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
These proceedings showcase the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, introducing readers to the top research topics and the latest developmental trends in the theory and application of Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE). This research topic was first established in China...
Mirror Worlds
or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1993
Technology doesn't flow smoothly; it's the big surprises that matter, and Yale computer expert David Gelernter sees one such giant leap right on the horizon. Today's small scale software programs are about to be joined by vast public software works that will revolutionize computing and transform society...
Attack of the Flickering Skeletons
More Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Welcome to a world of games you never knew existed. You will probably wish you still didn’t.
YouTube sensation Stuart Ashen is back with his second instalment of terrible old computer games you’ve probably never heard of... because what the world needs right now is to know exactly how bad...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This volume summarizes the ethical, social and cultural contexts of interfacing brains and computers. It is intended for the interdisciplinary community of BCI stakeholders. Insofar, engineers, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, care-givers and also users and their relatives are concerned....
The Analogue Alternative
The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
We are in the midst of a digital revolution - until recently, the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital 'film', audio systems, computers and telephones.
From...
Flame Wars
The Discourse of Cyberculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 1994
"Flame Wars," the verbal firefights that take place between disembodied combatants on electronic bulletin boards, remind us that our interaction with the world is increasingly mediated by computers. Bit by digital bit we are being "Borged," as devotees of Star Trek: The Next Generation...
Information Technology and Open Source: Applications for Education, Innovation, and Sustainability
SEFM 2012 Satellite Events, InSuEdu, MoKMaSD, and OpenCert Thessaloniki, Greece, October 1–2, 2012 Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the following SEFM 2012 satellite events: InSuEdu, the First International Symposium on Innovation and Sustainability in Education; MokMaSD, the First International Symposium on Modelling and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development and Open...