This book explores one way in which recent hardware and software advances have placed humanity on the precipice of a significant shift in how technology can shape our interactions with the world around us: the application of transformative extended reality (XR) technology solutions to support the health, wellness, quality of life, and independence of older adults living with and without cognitive impairments. The book provides an overview of the state-of-the art research on XR-based soluti...

Spitzensegler Boris Herrmann über das, was ihn zum Ausnahmesportler gemacht hat und was ihm das Segeln und sein Engagement für Wissenschaft und Naturschutz bedeuten – das perfekte Geschenk für alle Segler und MeeresliebhaberSchön ausgestattetes Hardcover mit Lesebändchen und zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen im Text, darunter exklusive Fotos aus Boris Herrmanns Seglerkarriere.Wie ist Boris Herrmann zu dem Ausnahmesegler geworden, der er ist? ...

Winner of the 2019 Richard M. Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award 2019 – Gerontological Society of AmericaThis new edition provides easily accessible and usable guidelines for practitioners in the design community for older adults. It includes an updated overview of the demographic characteristics of older adult populations and the scientific knowledge base of the aging process relevant to design. New chapters include Existing and Emerging Technologies, Work a...

Ferngesteuerte U-Boot-Modelle werfen eine Vielzahl von mechanischen, elektronischen und physikalischen Problemstellungen auf, die in der Fachliteratur selten behandelt werden. Der Autor hat diese Probleme erforscht und gelöst. Dieses Buch erklärt in verständlicher Darstellung die physikalischen Besonderheiten des Tauchens, und Sie finden detaillierte Bauanleitungen vom Rumpfbau über Lösungen für den Antrieb bis zu den speziellen elektronischen Schaltungen, die für ein vorbildgerechtes Fahr...

When Nick and Kia are invited to former Toronto Raptor Jerome "Junk Yard Dog" Williams' basketball camp in Washington, DC, they quickly discover that this is no ordinary summer hoop camp. This is a basketball boot camp that focuses on discipline and hard work. Jerome and Johnnie's father, "Sergeant Push-up" to the campers, is the no-nonsense camp director. When scrimmages begin, Nick and Kia fall victim to the antics of their teammate Jamal, a talented but troubled player who tries to win ...

Hier erwarten Sie Geschichten, Erlebnisse und Pannen auf den Wegen zwischen San Marco und Rialto, dem Lido und Murano, Arsenale und San Michele, aber auch Gedanken über Glück und Unglück, Katzen und Klopapier, Hirschkäfer und Stromausfälle (und noch einiges mehr). Sollten Sie Venedig kennen lernen, dabei aber manche Probleme vermeiden wollen, dann lesen Sie am besten dieses Buch und beherzigen die wohlgemeinten Ratschläge.

Designing for Older Adults: Case Studies, Methods, and ToolsThere are many products, tools, and technologies available that could provide support for older adults. However, their success requires that they are designed with older adults in mind by being aware of, and adhering to, design principles that recognize the needs, abilities, and preferences of diverse groups of older adults. Achieving good design is a process facilitated by seeing principles and guidelines in action. Desig...

Eighty years of lessons from the Black freedom struggle, labor movements, and internationalism.Raised among the entrails of chattel slavery in Durham, North Carolina, Walter shares political reflections and lessons from decades of movement experience. This includes 1950s and early 1960s mobilizations against Jim Crow apartheid laws and welcoming Freedom Riders to Durham, followed by later 1960s student and labor organizing with the Progressive Labor Party, early Bl...

The Cinderella Picture Book contains the well-known and loved tales of ‘Cinderella’, ‘Puss in Boots’, and ‘Valentine and Orson.’ The former two tales were penned by Charles Perrault (1628 – 1703); among the first writers to bring magical children’s stories into the literary mainstream, proving to his original seventeenth century readers that such works were important, enjoyable, as well as thought-provoking. ‘Valentine and Orson’ on the other hand, is a much older French tale, dating back ...