We all eat foods every day and in Western societies we are confronted with a
vast array of different types of foods with different prices, offering different sensory
experiences and of varying composition in terms of nutritional components.
Although the proportion of income spent on food has declined, food nevertheless
remains...
Humans still obtain the vast majority of their sensory input through their visual system, and an enormous effort has been made to artificially enhance this sense. Eyeglasses, binoculars, telescopes, radar, infrared sensors, and photomultipliers all function to improve our view of the world and the universe. We even have telescopes in orbit...
The Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology
(CWUAAT) are a series of workshops held at a Cambridge University College
every two years. This volume: “DESIGNING INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS” comes
from the 6th in this series of highly successful events. The workshops are
characterised by a single session...
Let's say you have a killer app idea for iPhone and iPad. Where do you begin? Head First iPhone and iPad Development will help you get your first application up and running in no time. You'll not only learn how to design for Apple's devices, you'll also master the iPhone SDK tools -- including Interface...
Do you use Excel for simple lists, but get confused and frustrated when it comes to actually doing something useful with all that data? Stop tearing your hair out: Head First Excel helps you painlessly move from spreadsheet dabbler to savvy user.
Whether you're completely new to Excel or an experienced...
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,...
Whether you're promoting your business or writing about your travel adventures, Head First WordPress will teach you not only how to make your blog look unique and attention-grabbing, but also how to take advantage of WordPress platform's more complex features to make your website work well, too.
Ever wished you could learn Python from a book? Head First Python is a complete learning experience for Python that helps you learn the language through a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals, helping you understand how to be a great Python programmer. You'll quickly learn the language's...
Tracing a journey from the 1950s through the 1990s, N. Katherine Hayles uses the autobiographical persona of Kaye to explore how literature has transformed itself from inscriptions rendered as the flat durable marks of print to the dynamic images of CRT screens, from verbal texts to the diverse sensory modalities of multimedia works, from...
Object tracking is a broad and important fi eld in computer science, addressing
the most different applications in the educational, entertainment, industrial,
and manufacturing areas. Since the early days of computer vision, the state of
the art of visual object tracking has evolved greatly, along with the available
imaging devices...
I first discovered the secrets of getting along with
people during my career as a fashion and advertising
photographer. Whether it was working with a single
model for a page in Vogue or 400 people aboard a ship to
promote a Norwegian cruise line, it was obvious that for
me photography was more about clicking with people...
With its advantages over conventional thermal processing such as more rapid heating and preservation of sensory and nutritional quality, microwave processing has proved a versatile technology. From an international team of contributors, The Microwave Processing of Foods reviews the wealth of recent research on how this technology...
