Technology category: 51960 books
Tracer Technology
Modeling the Flow of Fluids
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
The tracer method was first introduced to measure the actual flow of fluid in a vessel, and then to develop a suitable model to represent this flow. Such models are used to follow the flow of fluid in chemical reactors and other process units, in rivers and streams, and through soils and porous structures....
Electronics Reliability and Measurement Technology
Nondestructive Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
This book examines electronics reliability and measurement technology. It identifies advances in measurement science and technology for nondestructive evaluation, and it details common measurement trouble spots.
Future Trends in Production Engineering
Proceedings of the First Conference of the German Academic Society for Production Engineering (WGP), Berlin, Germany, 8th-9th June 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
To meet and adapt to the current and future trends and issues in technology and society, the science committee of The German Academic Society for Production Engineering (WGP) continues to define future topics for production technology.
These themes represent not only the key focus for the scientific...
Geo-information
Technologies, Applications and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Geomatics, the handling and processing of information and data about the Earth, is one geoscience discipline that has seen major changes in the last decade, as mapping and observation systems become ever more sensitive and sophisticated. This book is a unique and in-depth survey of the field, which...
Digital Teaching Platforms
Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“Digital Teaching Platforms is an essential read for those who believe that education needs to be reimagined to prepare students for tomorrow. Dede and Richards provide a compelling collection of some of the best minds in education and education technology to describe how educators, policymakers,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book serves as a comprehensive, up-to-date reference about this cutting-edge laser technology and its many new and interesting developments. Various aspects and trends of Raman fiber lasers are described in detail by experts in their fields. Raman fiber lasers have progressed quickly in the past...
by Yury Mironovich Volfkovich, Anatoly Nikolaevich Filippov, Vladimir Sergeevich Bagotsky
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
This book provides a comprehensive and concise description of most important aspects of experimental and theoretical investigations of porous materials and powders, with the use and application of these materials in different fields of science, technology, national economy and environment. It allows...
Comparative Information Technology
Languages, Societies and the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Comparative Information Technology: Languages, Societies and the Internet, which is the fourth volume in the 12-volume series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, offers a critique of the nexus between ICT and its impact on society, individuals and educational institutions. One...
Radio Frequency Identification and Sensors
From RFID to Chipless RFID
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
This book deals with the field of identification and sensors, more precisely the possibility of collecting information remotely with RF waves (RFID). The book introduces the technology of chipless RFID starting from classical RFID and barcode, and explores the field of identification and sensors without...
by Subrata Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Focusing on the special challenges posed by accurately pinpointing a location indoors, this volume reflects the distance we have come in the handful of decades since the germination of GPS technology. Not only can we locate a signal to within a meter’s accuracy, but we now have this technology in...
The Politics of Education and Technology
Conflicts, Controversies, and Connections
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
This book examines the struggles over technology's use in education, digging into what the purpose of education is, how we should achieve it, who the stakeholders are, and whose voices win out. Drawing on theoretical and empirical work, it lays bare the messy realities of technology use in education and their implications for contemporary society.
Subversion, Conversion, Development
Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange and the Politics of Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.
This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information technologies. These encounters are alternative because they counter dominant, Western-oriented notions...
by Dominic F L Southgate, Peter R N Childs, Anthony M J Bull
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Sports Innovation, Technology and Research gives an insight into recent research and design projects at Imperial College London. It presents the on-going development of a diverse range of areas from elite rowing performance to impact protection to sporting amenities in communities.
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Challenges for Technology Innovation: An Agenda for the Future
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2016), October 20-22, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
The world is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by radical technological changes and an accelerated globalisation process. A new culture of greater resource efficiency and disruptive innovation will require new technologies, processes and materials, fostering new knowledge, innovation, education...