Learn IT - Books tags human

Getting Started with RFID: Identify Objects in the Physical World with Arduino

O'Reilly, 2012

The process of identifying physical objects is such a fundamental part of our experience that we seldom think about how we do it. We use our senses, of course: we look at, feel, pick up, shake and listen to, smell, and taste objects until we have a reference for them—then we give them a label. The whole...

Computer Vision-Guided Virtual Craniofacial Surgery: A Graph-Theoretic and Statistical Perspective

Springer, 2011

The monograph deals with an important application of computer vision and pattern recognition in the area of medical science, more specifically reconstructive craniofacial surgery. Craniofacial fractures are encountered very frequently in today’s fastpaced society; the major causes being gunshot wounds, motor vehicle...

Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth Applications (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2006

In all societies and in all eras, health has been an issue of major importance. Our times are, of course, no different in this, except for one thing: the kind and amount of resources available to us are augmented. During the last couple of centuries, technology has certainly been the most important new resource made available to...

Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior

Rosenfeld Media, 2008

There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design for, those reasons. Adaptive Path co-founder Indi Young has written a roll-up-your-sleeves book for...

Playful Design

Rosenfeld Media, 2012

Playful Design is primarily written for designers of conventional software, websites, mobile apps, and other computer-mediated user experiences who are looking for novel approaches to creating compelling, satisfying, and enjoyable designs. It’s well suited to anyone who specializes in human-computer interaction, digital...

The Mobile Frontier

Rosenfeld Media, 2012

Mobile user experience is a new frontier. Untethered from a keyboard and mouse, this rich design space is lush with opportunity to invent new and more human ways for people to interact with information. Invention requires casting off many anchors and conventions inherited from the last 50 years of computer science and traditional design and...

Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning (Cognitive Technologies)

Springer, 2010

Teaching and learning are difficult tasks not only when people are involved but also with regard to computer programs and machines: When the teaching/learning units are too small, we cannot express sufficient context to teach a differentiated lesson; when they are too large, the complexity of the learning task can increase...

Handbook of Security and Networks

World Scientific Publishing, 2011

As computing and networking technologies are gradually integrated with every aspect of human lives and activities, computer and network security has become a critical issue. The Handbook of Security and Networks presents a collection of recent advances in computer networking and security areas. These include applied...

Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics, and Life

University of Michigan Press, 2007

?A book that truly speaks to everyone. . . . Always practical, often inspiring, this is more a reference book than a self-improvement text, and a great read for any would-be leader.”
?Roger Penske, owner of Penske Corporation and Penske Racing

?Sound, practical advice driven home with real-world examples. . . . This...

Killer UX Design

SitePoint Pty Ltd, 2012

When I embarked on my career as a psychologist, I never imagined I’d end up designing technology products and services. Funny where you end up in life, and lucky for me all those years at university weren’t wasted: the business of understanding humans and the way they behave is critical to designing....

Effect of Mechanical and Physical Properties on Fabric Hand

Woodhead Publishing, 2005

The phenomena of fabric hand is one of the most significant characteristics in determining fabric marketing, and providing the fabric scope of end-uses, performance, and appearance.

For several decades, the study of fabric hand has attracted interest of research and development in engineering groups, textiles and fiber scientists,...

Multi-Disciplinary Advancement in Open Source Software and Processes

IGI Global, 2011

In the last years, free and open source software, i.e. software under a license that grants several rights like free redistribution to the user, has become more and more important, with this importance now stretching beyond the mere use of well-known projects in both private and commercial settings (Fitzgerald, 2006; von Krogh and...

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