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Springer International Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This book provides a concise overview of VR systems and their cybersickness effects, giving a description of possible reasons and existing solutions to reduce or avoid them. Moreover, the book explores the impact that understanding how efficiently our brains are producing a coherent and rich representation of the perceived outside world would have on helping VR technics to be more efficient and friendly to use. Getting Rid of Cybersickness will help...
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English
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"In this riveting feat of reporting, Kashmir Hill illuminates the improbable rise of Clearview AI and how Hoan Ton-That, a computer engineer and Richard Schwartz, a Giuliani associate, launched a terrifying facial recognition app with society-altering potential. They were assisted by a cast of controversial characters, including conservative provocateur Charles Johnson and billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel. The app can scan a blurry portrait, and,...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Quickly and efficiently prepare for the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification with the proven Sybex method. In the newly updated Second Edition of Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide, expert engineer and tech educator Dan Sullivan delivers an essential handbook for anyone preparing for the challenging Associate Cloud Engineer exam offered by Google and for those seeking to upgrade their Google Cloud engineering skillset....
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When these fifteen women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit. They find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see...
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This book provides a straightforward guide to develop an architecture model of a Small Satellite using the Systems Modeling Language (SysML®). SysML is a general-purpose modeling language used to specify and architect systems. Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is intended to produce an integrated system model using SysML which reflects multiple views of the system to specify the interaction and interconnection of its components, and their functions,...
Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"SysML Distilled is a go-to reference for everyone who wants to start creating accurate and useful system models with SysML. Drawing on his pioneering experience creating models for Lockheed Martin and NASA, Lenny Delligatti illuminates SysMLs core components, and shows how to use them even under tight deadlines and other constraints. The reader neednt know all of SysML to create effective models: SysML Distilled quickly teaches what does need to...
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineering and Science is the newest book by best-selling author Steve Chapra. The new text uses MATLAB as the primary computing environment and focuses on applications. Theory is included only when it has direct use to the student; i.e., when theory informs the concepts. Information relating to the limitations of methods and to choosing among different methods is stressed throughout the book. The book includes...
Author
Publisher
Genever Benning
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Despite using them every day, most software engineers know little about how programming languages are designed and implemented [...] A better understanding of how programming languages are built will make you a stronger software engineer and teach you concepts and data structures you'll use the rest of your coding days. You might even have fun. This book teaches you everything you need to know to implement a full-featured, efficient scripting language....
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Explore
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 bestselling science author for kids, comes a simple and colorful introduction to the first 100 engineering words every baby should know. Each spread in this engineering primer focuses on 8 to 12 words related to a wide range of engineering disciplines-from chemical to computer, electrical to environmental, civil to industrial, and so much more! Chris Ferrie's latest offering is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Contains twelve builds to inspire to construct the most inventive builds in Minecraft. There's an intergalactic space station, an ancient temple, a kawaii waterways course, a giant meeple bedroom, an animal sanctuary, plus many more"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the time women first used rotating bobbins to twist thread and men whirled slings around their heads to throw stones, people have found spin fascinating and baffling in equal measure. Now, in The Science of Spin, Roland Ennos shows how rotational motion dominates the workings of the world around us. It has shaped the solar system, galaxies, and black holes. It controls our climate and weather-from the pattern of trade winds through to the local...
Author
Publisher
Constructing Modern Knowledge Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this super fun book, Sylvia teaches you to understand Arduino microcontroller programming by inventing an adjustable strobe and two digital musical instruments you can play! Along the way, you'll learn a lot about electronics, coding, science, and engineering.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved some of the world's greatest advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math. This book highlights 15 men and women who made a big impact with their inventions--from Marie Van Brittan Brown, who created the first home security system, to Mark Dean, who invented the personal computer. Learn all about each inventor's creative process, their invention, and the way it's benefited our world."--...
18) Shoot the moon
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands a job as a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, the work is everything she dreamed, and while she feels a budding attraction to one of the engineers, she can't get distracted. Not...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. The pocket calculator changed our world, until it was supplanted by more modern devices that, in a cruel twist of irony, it helped to create. The calculator is dead; long live the calculator. In this witty mathematic and social history, Keith Houston transports readers from the nascent economies of the ancient world to World War II, where a Jewish engineer...
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Publisher
Story Ark Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"They fight fires with Rock'n'Roll, capture spy satellites with a minivan and communicate with animals using pee, yes Pee! Written for middle school readers from 9 to 14 years old, The Whiz Kids from DARPA is a graphic novel that shows the first 10 stories of a group of young teens who go on funny missions and adventures using Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to save the day. The group is also an example of diversity, comprised of...
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