Sometimes, when I’m wandering in an art museum looking at the relics of an ancient civilization, I find myself wondering how a
future society would represent a defunct American culture. What objects would be chosen—or would survive—to be placed on
display? Would I agree with a curator’s choices? Were I to choose...
Exploring the design and use of micro- and meso-actuators, this book begins with theory and a general synopsis of the state-of-the-art in theoretical research. It discusses how to employ modern approaches in research and design activity, then presents a systematic list of already available products and details their potential for use. Design...
User Interface Design for Electronic Appliances fills an aching void in the
literature of user experience. While pundits have been busy rhapsodizing
about the coming convergence in interactive media, what has actually been
happening is an explosive divergence in the form and functions of elec-
tronic devices. Convergence, I...
Psychology at the beginning of the twenty-first century has
become a highly diverse field of scientific study and applied
technology. Psychologists commonly regard their discipline
as the science of behavior, and the American Psychological
Association has formally designated 2000 to 2010 as the
“Decade of...
As highways, crossing points, and urban streets become increasingly jammed with traffic, more and more roadway authorities are turning to electronic tolling and pricing to manage traffic and road usage. This authoritative book offers professionals expert guidance in planning, procuring, and operating electronic tolling and road-user charging...
The field of digital computer architecture has grown explosively in the past two decades.
Through a steady stream of experimental research, tool-building efforts, and theoretical
studies, the design of an instruction-set architecture, once considered an art, has been
transformed into one of the most quantitative branches of...
Computational experiments on algorithms can supplement theoretical analysis by showing what algorithms, implementations, and speed-up methods work best for specific machines or problems. This book guides the reader through the nuts and bolts of the major experimental questions: What should I measure? What inputs should I test? How do I...
Help beginners of any age get started with Windows 8 with this easy-to-understand guide!
In easy-to-follow steps, this fun and friendly guide shows you clearly how to use Windows 8. Featuring a large font that makes the book easier to read and magnified screen shots to help make the subject matter less intimidating, author Mark...
EVEN MORE THAN TEN YEARS AFTER ITS INCEPTION, there is a dearth of books discussing the architecture
of OS X, and virtually none about iOS. While there is plentiful documentation on Objective-C,
the frameworks, and Cocoa APIs of OS X, it often stops short of the system-call level and implementation
specifi cs. There is some...
When I started HubSpot in June 2006 with my business partner, Dharmesh Shah, our experiences with marketing agencies led us to almost entirely avoid working with them. In fact, we designed our original business model around selling our marketing software directly to end customers, and developed an internal marketing team that would not be...
Join today’s new revolution in creativity and community: hackerspaces. Stop letting other people build everything for you: Do it yourself. Explore, grab the tools, get hands-on, get dirty…and create things you never imagined you could. Hack This is your glorious, full-color passport to the...
