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  • Tech Titans of China

    How China's Tech Sector is challenging the world by innovating faster, working harder, and going global

    Sliver award winner in International Business/Globalization 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsThe rise of China's tech companies and intense competition from the sector is just beginning. This will present an ongoing management and strategy challenge for companies for many years to come. Tech Titans of China is the go-to-guide for companies (and those interested in competition from China) seeking to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Getting Started with Sensors

    Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

    To build electronic projects that can sense the physical world, you need to build circuits based around sensors: electronic components that react to physical phenomena by sending an electrical signal. Even with only basic electronic components, you can build useful and educational sensor projects.But if you incorporate Arduino or Raspberry Pi into your project, you can build much more ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Final Jeopardy

    The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World

    by Stephen Baker ...
    The “charming and terrifying” story of IBM’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the Business Week technology writer and author of The Numerati (Publishers Weekly, starred review).For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arduino Programming in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

    by Richard Blum ...
    Series series Sams Teach Yourself
    In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Arduino Programming in 24 Hours teaches you C programmingon Arduino, so you can start creating inspired “DIY” hardwareprojects of your own! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-stepapproach, you’ll walk through everything from setting up yourprogramming environment to mastering C syntax and features, interfacing your Arduino to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Dark Aeon

    Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity

    by Joe Allen ...
    Humanity Is Consumed by Relentless TransformationLike a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Gearheads

    The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports

    by Brad Stone ...
    In the early nineties, a visionary special-effects guru named Marc Thorpe conjured a field of dreams different from any the world had seen before: It would be framed by unbreakable plastic instead of cornstalks; populated not by ghostly ballplayers but by remote-controlled robots, armed to the steely teeth, fighting in a booby-trapped ring. If you built it, they'd come all right....In Gearheads, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ideas for Post-human Civilization

    by Si Te Feng ...
    Most people imagine the future to be a wonderful place, perhaps even flawless. Just how good the future is? In the book: Ideas for Post-human Civilization, the author has a rather pessimistic view on this topic. Through convincing evidence, the book will show you some dangerous flaws that exist in the society today that might drive humanity to extinction in the future. ... Read more

    Free

  • How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls

    Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future

    by David Hu ...
    Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach usInsects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Generation Robot

    A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation

    by Terri Favro ...
    Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation—from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov’s seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of self ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 3

    Sensors for Location, Presence, Proximity, Orientation, Oscillation, Force, Load, Human Input, Liquid and Gas Properties, Light, Heat, Sound, and Electricity

    by Charles Platt ...
    Want to know how to use an electronic component? This third book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects--complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You'll learn what each one does, how it works, why it's useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you'll find fascinating details you've never come across ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Python Programming for Raspberry Pi, Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours

    Series series Sams Teach Yourself
    In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Python Programming for Raspberry Pi in 24 Hours teaches you Python programmingon Raspberry Pi, so you can start creating awesome projects for homeautomation, home theater, gaming, and more. Using this book’s straightforward,step-by-step approach, you’ll move from the absolute basics all theway through network and web connections, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD $17.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1

    Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors

    by Charles Platt ...
    Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects—complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You’ll learn what each one does, how it works, why it’s useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you’ll find fascinating details you’ve never come across ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Brainmakers: How Scientists Moving Beyond Computers Create Rival to Humn Brain

    A fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary "thinking machines" that may one day lead to a new form of intelligence.Join David Freedman as he takes you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary "thinking machines" that may one day lead to a new ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • La Singularidad está cerca

    Cuando los humanos transcendamos la biología

    by Ray Kurzweil ...
    Translated by Carlos García Hernández ...
    El inicio del siglo XXI marca el comienzo del periodo más interesante y transformador que la humanidad haya conocido: la liberación del ser humano de sus cadenas biológicas y la consagración de la inteligencia como el fenómeno más importante de nuestro universo. A medida que esta transformación se vaya convirtiendo en realidad, nuestra especie también se enfrentará a nuevos retos jamás antes ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Machine Learning: Adaptive Behaviour Through Experience

    Thinking Machines

    Series series Thinking Machines
    This book is an introduction to Machine learning for beginners yet it has sufficient depth to interest technical developers. It addresses the subject of Machine Learning algorithms and the training techniques used, which will enable an agent to learn through its own experience gained through interaction with its environment. The book is aimed at students without any prerequisite knowledge of math ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Nonparametric Bayesian Learning for Collaborative Robot Multimodal Introspection

    This open access book focuses on robot introspection, which has a direct impact on physical human–robot interaction and long-term autonomy, and which can benefit from autonomous anomaly monitoring and diagnosis, as well as anomaly recovery strategies. In robotics, the ability to reason, solve their own anomalies and proactively enrich owned knowledge is a direct way to improve autonomous behaviors ... Read more

    Free

  • The New Cool

    A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts

    by Neal Bascomb ...
    That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of “cool” was brewing. A physics teacher with a dream – the first public high-school teacher ever to win a MacArthur ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Make: Sensors

    A Hands-On Primer for Monitoring the Real World with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

    Make: Sensors is the definitive introduction and guide to the sometimes-tricky world of using sensors to monitor the physical world. With dozens of projects and experiments for you to build, this book shows you how to build sensor projects with both Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Use Arduino when you need a low-power, low-complexity brain for your sensor, and choose Raspberry Pi when you need to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Almost Human: Making Robots Think

    by Lee Gutkind ...
    A remarkable, intense portrait of the robotic subculture and the challenging quest for robot autonomy.The high bay at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is alive and hyper night and day with the likes of Hyperion, which traversed the Antarctic, and Zoe, the world’s first robot scientist, now back home. Robot Segways learn to play soccer, while other robots go on treasure hunts or ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Homo Roboticus: The Inner Human Robot Revealed By Sleepwalking and Hypnosis

    by Rob Armstrong ...
    Before you get to Homo sapiens, you must first deal with Homo roboticus. Inside all of us is the strangest thing, a biological robot. You notice it during sleepwalking and hypnosis, but in fact it’s there all the time. Most people have had the experience of driving from A to B and then realizing they have no memory of actually having done the driving. It just seemed to happen, almost by itself. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Machines that Think

    Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence

    by New Scientist ...
    Series series Instant Expert
    How did artificial intelligence become the most powerful technology on the planet?Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Elements of Robotics

    This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained ... Read more

    Free

  • Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets

    Six Embedded Projects with Open Source Hardware and Software

    Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and achieve impressive results quickly.Gain the know-how and experience to invent your own cool gadgets.With Arduino, building your own ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Getting Started with MakerBot

    A Hands-On Introduction to Affordable 3D Printing

    Ready to join the personal fabrication movement? This hands-on book shows you how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the amazing MakerBot 3D printer.It’s handy when you need a replacement for something lost, broken, or no longer made—like a knob on your stove. You can make things instead of buying them, or solve problems with inventions of your own. The possibilities are endless, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD