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Unstable Prototypes

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1466191341
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Unstable Prototypes written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2012-02-26 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his last adventure, Trevor "Lex" Alexander's life has managed to return to normal. He's back to splitting his time between delivering packages and transporting passengers, along with the occasional foray into testing highly experimental equipment. He's even gotten back together with his girlfriend Michella Modane, who has been launched to stardom by her coverage of the Bypass Gemini incident. Yes, things are going quite well for Lex. But in his life, luck like this never lasts long. Sure enough, while he is preparing for a rare visit from Michella, he receives word that the reclusive inventor Karter Dee has been kidnapped. The eccentric and slightly deranged inventor's checkered past has made getting the authorities involved out of the question. That has left "Ma", the AI in charge of cooking his meals and reining in his insanity, with few options. She has reached out to Lex as one of the few people she can trust, and needs him to help assemble a team of Karter's former allies to take him back before his latest contraptions can be put to work terrorizing the populace at the hands of his captors.

Unstable Prototypes

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781505791822
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Unstable Prototypes written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his last adventure, Trevor "Lex" Alexander's life has managed to return to normal. He's back to splitting his time between delivering packages and transporting passengers, along with the occasional foray into testing highly experimental equipment. He's even gotten back together with his girlfriend Michella Modane, who has been launched to stardom by her coverage of the Bypass Gemini incident. Yes, things are going quite well for Lex. But in his life, luck like this never lasts long. Sure enough, while he is preparing for a rare visit from Michella, he receives word that the reclusive inventor Karter Dee has been kidnapped. The eccentric and slightly deranged inventor's checkered past has made getting the authorities involved out of the question. That has left "Ma", the AI in charge of cooking his meals and reining in his insanity, with few options. She has reached out to Lex as one of the few people she can trust, and needs him to help assemble a team of Karter's former allies to take him back before his latest contraptions can be put to work terrorizing the populace at the hands of his captors.

Concepts

Author : Jerry A. Fodor
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519065
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Concepts written by Jerry A. Fodor and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1998-02-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Cognitive Science Series General Editors: Martin Davies, Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, James Higginbotham, Professor of General Linguistics, University of Oxford, UK, John O'Keefe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London, UK, Christopher Peacocke, Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, and Kim Plunkett, University Lecturer in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK The Oxford Cognitive Science series is a forum for the best contemporary work in this flourishing field, where various disciplines—cognitive psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and computational theory—join forces in the investigation of thought, awareness, understanding, and associated workings of the mind. Each book will represent an original contribution to its subject, but will be accessible beyond the ranks of specialists, so as to reach a broad interdisciplinary readership. The series will be carefully shaped and steered by the general editors, with the aim of representing the most important developments in the field and bringing together its constituent disciplines. About this book The renowned philosopher Jerry Fodor, who has been a leading figure in the study of the mind for more than twenty years, presents a strikingly original theory of the basic constituents of thought. He suggests that the heart of a cognitive science is its theory of concepts, and that cognitive scientists have gone badly wrong in many areas because their assumptions about concepts have been seriously mistaken. Fodor argues compellingly for an atomistic theory of concepts, deals out witty and pugnacious demolitions of the rival theories that have prevailed in recent years, and suggests that future work on human cognition should build upon new foundations. This lively, conversational, and surprisingly accessible book is the first volume in the Oxford Cognitive Science Series, where the best original work in this field will be presented to a broad readership. Concepts will fascinate anyone interested in contemporary work on mind and language. Cognitive science will never be the same again.

Pro LINQ

Author : Joseph Rattz
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 143020382X
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Pro LINQ written by Joseph Rattz and published by Apress. This book was released on 2008-10-08 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) is a new addition to the .NET Framework that Microsoft will be releasing alongside the next version of Visual Studio ("Orcas") in mid-2007. Foundations of LINQ in C# is the first book on the subject to provide a complete overview of this important emerging technology. In a fast-paced 250 pages readers are taken through all of LINQ’s important features and shown how the technology can be put to practical use quickly and simply. By reading this book you will be able to get ahead of the game and be ready when the new technology breaks.

Tippett Studies

Author : David Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521592055
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Tippett Studies written by David Clarke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-02-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all of Tippett's style-periods and many of the key genres within his oeuvre.

Halfax

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph Lallo
ISBN 13 : 0463619951
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Halfax written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph Lallo. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can’t have good luck, you should at least have a good dragon. The princess has inherited the family curse. Plagued by terrible luck, it is all the palace staff can do to keep her safe from herself. When her father pricks himself with an assassin’s needle meant for her, her mother Queen Jade knows there is only one thing they can do. They must seek a cure. To reach it, they will need the help of their greatest protector. But even the great dragon Halfax may not be ready for the challenges ahead. Halfax is a direct sequel to Jade. It takes place many years after the events of the Book of Deacon series.

Structophis

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1370040393
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Structophis written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structophis is a heartwarming YA adventure from the author of The Book of Deacon, Bypass Gemini, and Free-Wrench. It is based upon a concept and artwork by ProjectENDO. In a small town in Colorado, Markus Spiros was just getting his life on track. By day he worked as a veterinary tech, by night he took classes. His steady little routine was rolling along nicely when his impulsive Uncle Dimitrios threw a wrench in the works. Thanks to an unannounced trip, Markus had to swing by his uncle’s bistro to tend to the ‘special oven.’ When he arrived, he discovered it wasn’t the oven that was special, it was the rare and exotic egg that had been incubating inside it. And now it had hatched. Suddenly, Markus found his life had become a good deal more complicated. The creature was a Structophis Gastrignae—a strange creature that was equal parts dragon and oven—and she’d become quite a big girl. Large as a refrigerator and curious as a toddler, the creature he’d dubbed Blodgette would have been a handful in any situation. Markus had bigger problems than figuring out how to take care of her, though. Owning such a rare and special beast was illegal, so should the cops learn of it, Markus would be destined for jail. Worse, there were certain unscrupulous people who would do anything to acquire Blodgette. Now, with the help of his old classmate Gale, Markus must scramble to stay two steps ahead of the authorities and a corrupt CEO, all while being the best ‘mommy’ he can be to his brand-new pizza dragon.

Jade

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1452373205
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Jade written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short novel, set after the events of The Book of Deacon, follows the blessed and cursed life of Jade Rinton. Stripped of her family and kept in a tall tower by a fierce dragon due to the scheming of a mysterious stranger, Jade seems to be living in a twisted fairy tale. She soon learns, though, that fate has its own ideas of who should play each part, and that family is where you find it.

Skykeep

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1311012362
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Skykeep written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk. Word of her adventures with Captain Mack, Gunner, Lil, Cooper, and Wink has made the whole crew into living legends among the residents of the mountain towns of Rim, but in doing so it has also made finding safe harbor virtually impossible. Agents of the fug folk and those working on their behalf hide in every cloud and skulk in every shadow. Only one town, a place called Lock, is willing to welcome the Wind Breaker into port. Most of the townspeople have already been shunned by the Fug Folk, and as such have little to lose in aiding and abetting the crew. Captain Mack, mindful of his advancing age and the risks he's had to request of his crew time and time again, has begun to plan for his retirement. Plans are swiftly derailed when the fug folk hatch a plan of their own, splitting the crew and locking Nita away in the floating prison known as Skykeep. Skykeep is the second book in the Free-Wrench saga and continues to chronicle the adventures of Nita and her new crew as they continue to clash with the twisted figures who control the destiny of a continent.

Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Author : Paulo Jorge da Silva Bartolo
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0415684188
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping written by Paulo Jorge da Silva Bartolo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping presents essential research in the area of Virtual and Rapid Prototyping. The volume contains reviewed papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, hosted by the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, from September 28 to October 1, 2011. A wide range of topics is covered, such as CAD and 3D Data Acquisition Technologies, Additive and Nano Manufacturing Technologies, Rapid Tooling & Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Materials for Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Virtual Environments and Simulation, Applications of Virtual and Physical Prototyping Technologies. Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping is intended for engineers, designers and manufacturers who are active in the areas of mechanical, industrial and biomedical engineering.

The Big Sigma Collection

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1370192487
Total Pages : 1498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Big Sigma Collection written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Design Thinking Research

Author : Christoph Meinel
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030620379
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Design Thinking Research written by Christoph Meinel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive research conducted by the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book, and in the previous volumes of this series. This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking with varied real world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented in this volume. Acquired frameworks are leveraged to understand design thinking team dynamics. The contributing authors lead the reader through new approaches and application fields and show that design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way. In a final section, new ideas in neurodesign at Stanford University and at Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam are elaborated upon thereby challenging the reader to consider newly developed methodologies and provide discussion of how these insights can be applied to various sectors. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the mechanisms underlying design thinking at the individual and team levels. Design thinking can be learned. It has a methodology that can be observed across multiple settings and accordingly, the reader can adopt new frameworks to modify and update existing practice. The research outcomes compiled in this book are intended to inform and provide inspiration for all those seeking to drive innovation – be they experienced design thinkers or newcomers.

The Other Eight

Author : Joseph R. Lallo
Publisher : Joseph R. Lallo
ISBN 13 : 1310656061
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Other Eight written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superpowers have turned out to be a disappointment. Heat vision? Super strength? Flight? They are nowhere to be found. Instead, powers like photosynthesis or the ability to spontaneously change hair color seem to be the best the world can offer. To make matters worse, the gifted individuals tend to suffer from psychological issues. Nonetheless, in hopes of finding enough functional meta-humans to form a squad, in 1965 the US military created The Guardian Project. The head of the Army's current incarnation of the project hires Dr. Adam Aiken, a psychologist specializing in the meta-human condition, to filter out the most dangerously unbalanced of the prospective super-soldiers. The screening process is to be done with all possible secrecy. This proves to be more easily said than done. A misfiring superpower leaks news of the recruitment effort to the public, attracting a flood of misfit meta-humans from around the nation, each hungry for heroic validation. A sleazy PR officer knows publicity when he sees it and converts the secret program into a nationally broadcast competition with all of the dignity and grace of a reality show. The ultimate prize is a coveted spot on a government sanctioned super team. The Other Eight follows the exploits of the applicants deemed sane enough for consideration. On one side are earnest but underpowered heroes like the twitch-inducing Nonsensica or the fluorescent tube-hurling Phosphor. On the other are the better equipped but less dedicated recruits like walking good luck charm Johnny on The Spot and seed-spitting loose cannon The Hocker. Who will win a place on the team, and what will be done about the jilted heroes who didn't make the cut?

Furnishing the Mind

Author : Jesse J. Prinz
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262264112
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Furnishing the Mind written by Jesse J. Prinz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-08-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representations we use to think about the world. The traditional empiricist thesis that concepts are built up from sensory input has fallen out of favor. Mainstream cognitive science tends to echo the rationalist tradition, with its emphasis on innateness. In Furnishing the Mind, Jesse Prinz attempts to swing the pendulum back toward empiricism. Prinz provides a critical survey of leading theories of concepts, including imagism, definitionism, prototype theory, exemplar theory, the theory theory, and informational atomism. He sets forth a new defense of concept empiricism that draws on philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology and introduces a new version of concept empiricism called proxytype theory. He also provides accounts of abstract concepts, intentionality, narrow content, and concept combination. In an extended discussion of innateness, he covers Noam Chomsky's arguments for the innateness of grammar, developmental psychologists' arguments for innate cognitive domains, and Jerry Fodor's argument for radical concept nativism.

Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology

Author : Richard Leach
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1455777501
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology written by Richard Leach and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working at the nano-scale demands an understanding of the high-precision measurement techniques that make nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing possible. Richard Leach introduces these techniques to a broad audience of engineers and scientists involved in nanotechnology and manufacturing applications and research. He also provides a routemap and toolkit for metrologists engaging with the rigor of measurement and data analysis at the nano-scale. Starting from the fundamentals of precision measurement, the author progresses into different measurement and characterization techniques. The focus on nanometrology in engineering contexts makes this book an essential guide for the emerging nanomanufacturing / nanofabrication sector, where measurement and standardization requirements are paramount both in product specification and quality assurance. This book provides engineers and scientists with the methods and understanding needed to design and produce high-performance, long-lived products while ensuring that compliance and public health requirements are met. Updated to cover new and emerging technologies, and recent developments in standards and regulatory frameworks, this second edition includes many new sections, e.g. new technologies in scanning probe and e-beam microscopy, recent developments in interferometry and advances in co-ordinate metrology. Demystifies nanometrology for a wide audience of engineers, scientists, and students involved in nanotech and advanced manufacturing applications and research Introduces metrologists to the specific techniques and equipment involved in measuring at the nano-scale or to nano-scale uncertainty Fully updated to cover the latest technological developments, standards, and regulations

Synergetics of Measurement, Prediction and Control

Author : Igor Grabec
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364260336X
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Synergetics of Measurement, Prediction and Control written by Igor Grabec and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monograph, a statistical description of natural phenomena is used to develop an information processing system capable of modeling non-linear relationships between sensory data. The system, based on self-organized, optimal preservation of empirical information, applies these relationships for prediction and adaptive control. This monograph is written for students, scientists and engineers in academia and industry who are interested in experimental work related to the adaptive modeling of natural laws, the development of sensory-neural networks, intelligent control, synergetics and informatics. No specific knowledge of advanced mathematics is presupposed. Examples taken from physics, engineering, medicine and economics demonstrate the applicability of such intelligent systems.

New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear

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Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 9780309049634
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 227 - New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear: An Evaluation of the Turner Proposal evaluates the approach to regulation of the size and weight of trucks using U.S. roads known as the Turner Proposal. This approach had its origin in a proposal put forth in a 1984 address to AASHTO by former Federal Highway Administrator Francis C. Turner. The approach evaluated by the committee differs in an important respect from Turner's original concept: in the committee's approach, use of the new trucks would be voluntary; that is, truck operators would be offered the choice of continuing with existing equipment and weight rules or adopting the new trucks with the new weight regulations. The committee designed a package of changes in size and weight limits, safety restrictions, and procedures regarding bridge deficiencies, routing, and enforcement that would be a practical regulatory scheme for implementing the Turner concept. The committee recommends that every state, with careful assessment of the risks and uncertainties, consider this proposal as a supplement to current size and weight regulations. If Turner trucks were adopted in all states according to the recommended rules, they would reduce the cost of shipping freight and would not degrade safety. The total cost of maintaining the road system would be reduced, although pavement wear savings would be partially offset by higher bridge costs. The committee that carried out this study identified two truck configurations outside the weight and length limits established by federal law that would offer greater productivity without increasing infrastructure or safety costs. These vehicles formed the basis for the configurations recommended in a later (2002) TRB report, Special Report 267: Regulation of Weights, lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles.