Computers Technology category: 8704 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...
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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....
Technology-Rich Teaching
Classrooms in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Information and computer technology arrived in classrooms more than three decades ago. Despite the efforts of educators and technologists, much teaching and learning has remained unchanged since it arrived. This is in contrast to the widespread adoption of computer technology in many other endeavors....
The Net Effect
Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2010
This book about America's romance with computer communication looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future or the next big thing, but as an expression of the times. Streeter demonstrates that our ideas about what connected computers are for have been in constant flux since their invention....
by Carl A. Raschke
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
In recent years, the powerful social, cultural and economic changes wrought by digital technology have led many to forecast the end of the university as we know it. This book employs extensive research and case studies to explain why these predictions, even if perhaps somewhat premature, are on solid...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
The discipline of instrumentation has grown appreciably in recent years because of advances in sensor technology and in the interconnectivity of sensors, computers and control systems. This 4e of the* Instrumentation Reference Book* embraces the equipment and systems used to detect, track and store...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Contributors to this comprehensive volume argue that the Arab educational system is dull, outdated, and stagnant and needs to adopt vibrant, innovative, and collaborative changes. This situation poses a financial, social, political, and professional challenge for most countries in the region. Information...
Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics '98
Development and Applications of Parallel Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 1999
This book contains the papers presented at the Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 1998 Conference.
The book is focused on new developments and applications of parallel technology. Key topics are introduced through contributed papers and invited lectures. These include typical algorithmic...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
The application of emerging technology in educational settings has proven to significantly enhance students’ experiences. These tools provide better learning opportunities and engagement between students and instructors. Integration of Cloud Technologies in Digitally Networked Classrooms and Learning...
Internet of Things Based on Smart Objects
Technology, Middleware and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The Internet of Things (IoT) usually refers to a world-wide network of interconnected heterogeneous objects (sensors, actuators, smart devices, smart objects, RFID, embedded computers, etc) uniquely addressable, based on standard communication protocols. Beyond such a definition, it is emerging a...
Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus
5th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2017, Madrid, Spain, May 22-26, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th European Conference, EMOOCs 2017, held in Leganés, Madrid, Spain, in May 2017.
The 23 full and 10 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have marked...
Serious Games, Interaction and Simulation
6th International Conference, SGAMES 2016, Porto, Portugal, June 16-17, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Serious Games, Interaction and Simulation, SGAMES 2016, held in Porto, Portugal, in June 2016.
The 19 revised full papers presented together with 2 keynote papers and an editorial introduction...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Although a few books are available on the use of computers in the school office, this book is the first one addressing the topic of computer-assisted school information systems (SISs) for an international audience, based on both practical and scientific international collaborative research.
This book:
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
This book addresses notions of critique in Design and Technology Education, facilitating a conceptual and practical understanding of critique, and enabling both a personal and pedagogical application to practice.
Critique can be a frame of mind, and may be related to a technology, product,...