Technology category: 51960 books
by TD Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The Central Intelligence Agency founded Area 51 to develop the revolutionary high-flying U-2 reconnaissance plane. Area 51 becomes a station for the Central Intelligence Agency's newly formed Directorate of Science and Technology initiated to develop a successor to the U-2 Angel. Under Dr. Bud Wheelon,...
Canal Irrigation in Prehistoric Mexico
The Sequence of Technological Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use in Mexico today were originally begun well before the discovery of the New World. In this comprehensive study, William E. Doolittle synthesizes and extensively...
Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology
Perspectives and Models
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2010
Information technology is an integral part of our daily lives, whether in professional, educational, or personal settings. It allows us to interact globally. IT researchers recognize the potential in developing systems that seek to integrate our current knowledge of cultural variations, as IT is well-positioned...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition...
by Demetria Loryn Ennis-Cole
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Technology for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders provides readers with an in-depth look at the characteristics of learners with ASD and explains how different forms of technology can be used to create learning opportunities for autistic students. The book is both academic and practical to appeal...
Electronics, Communications and Networks V
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet 2015)
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
This book comprises peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet 2015), held in Shanghai, China, 12-15 December, 2015. It includes new multi-disciplinary topics spanning a unique depth and breadth of cutting-edge research...
Thin Film Materials Technology
Sputtering of Compound Materials
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2004
An invaluable resource for industrial science and engineering newcomers to sputter deposition technology in thin film production applications, this book is rich in coverage of both historical developments and the newest experimental and technological information about ceramic thin films, a key technology...
by Raphael Baillot, Yannick Deshayes
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Reliability Investigation of LED Devices for Public Light Applications focuses on state-of-the-art GaN-based LED technology through the study of typical failure mechanisms in public lighting applications.
Across the different chapters, the reader will explore the tools and analyses involved...
Advanced Adhesives in Electronics
Materials, Properties and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Adhesives for electronic applications serve important functional and structural purposes in electronic components and packaging, and have developed significantly over the last few decades. Advanced adhesives in electronics reviews recent developments in adhesive joining technology, processing and...
Self-Healing Materials
Principles and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Self-Healing Materials: Principles and Technology is a practical book aimed at giving engineers and researchers in both industry and academia the information they need to deploy self-healing technology in a wide range of potential applications—from adhesives to the automotive industry, and from...
Teaching and Learning with Technology
Proceedings of the 2016 Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT 2016)
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
This is the conference proceedings for the 2016 Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT 2016), hosted by Aventis School of Management, Singapore. It includes papers by a group of international academics and researchers. It covers the most interesting ideas and applications related to the innovative use of technology within different learning environments.
Education Technology Policies in the Middle East
Globalisation, Neoliberalism and the Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This book explores the potential educational technologies have for transforming education in the Middle East. Although technology has increasingly become a part of classrooms around the globe over recent decades, its application in classrooms in the MENA region remains underused and this book draws...
From Pigeons to News Portals
Foreign Reporting and the Challenge of New Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts. But now...
Food Processing Technology
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Food Processing Technology: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition, has been updated and extended to include the many developments that have taken place since the third edition was published. The new edition includes an overview of the component subjects in food science and technology, processing...