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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The deputy editor of The Futurist magazine discusses the impact the increased use of computer-aided forecasting will have on everyday life, cataloging the possible benefits and potential abuses of predictive analytics over the next decade. --Publisher's description.
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Bullying is just one of the issues raised when cell phones are welcomed on campuses. From creating a distraction in the classroom to improving academic performance to student safety, the devices and their apps polarize educators and administrators. At Issue: Cell Phones In Schools probes these topics and more. The divergent views presented in this anthology represent how cell phones are impacting teens as they adopt mobile technology in their daily...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called 3Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed.4
Pub. Date
2018
Description
"Education and New Technologies focuses on aspects of education where the use of new technologies has been particularly controversial, i.e. where possible educational benefits are accompanied by concerns about a potential negative impact on learners' experiences and development. This book highlights key issues and their implications for learners, considering questions such as: When should a child's digital diet begin? Does the use of new technology...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. In recent years, the historical record has been "corrected" and Tesla has...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction, and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with virtual personal assistants such as Apple's Siri now ubiquitous and self-driving cars almost upon us. But what do we actually mean when we talk about artificial intelligence? In this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated account, AI expert Yorick Wilks traces the history of artificial intelligence back to its...
292) Gold rush tech
Pub. Date
[2007], c2004
Description
This in-depth program focuses on the impressive technology that evolved as a result of America's great rush to riches, and explores the inventions that took mining from a one-man operation to a multi-billion-dollar industry.
293) James Bond Gadgets
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Provides an inside look at some of the many ingenious and outrageous gadgets used in novels and films about British super spy James Bond, and shows how they are brought to life on screen and, in some cases, in the real world.
294) First air war
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes. By the war's end, the blueprint of the modern fighter aircraft had emerged. To trace the story of this astonishingly rapid technological revolution, NOVA takes viewers inside The Vintage Aviator, a team of New Zealand-based aviation buffs dedicated to bringing back classic World War One fighters.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Every parent wants to help their child succeed, but it can be difficult when online platforms and teaching methods seem to be constantly changing. Now, A Parent's Guide to Virtual Learning takes the mystery out of digital education and gives you the tools that you can immediately implement at home, no matter your district, school, or distance learning model.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Two best friends create a computer that can see one year into the future. But what they can't predict is how it will tear their friendship--and society--apart. Ben Boyce and Teddy Chaudry are outsiders struggling to find their place in Silicon Valley. But when Ben reads Teddy's graduate dissertation about an obscure application for quantum computing, he has a vision of a revolutionary new technology : A computer that can see forward through time...
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
British painter David Hockney, well known for his cool and lovely paintings of California pools, has taken on the new role of detective. For two years Hockney seriously investigated the painting techniques of the old masters, and like any admirable sleuth, compiled substantial evidence to support his revolutionary theory. Secret Knowledge is the fruit of this labor, an exhaustive treatise in pictures revealing clues that some of the world's most famous...
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