Technology: General Issues

Food hacking brings together two fundamental and complimentary passions: cooking and making. In this issue you'll learn avant-garde cuisine techniq...

Created for the next generation of engineering professionals, VISUALIZATION, MODELING, AND GRAPHICS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN, Second Edition, combine...

The student workbook is design to help you retain key chapter content. Included within this resource are chapter objective questions, key term defi...

What makes us human? We are all connected but do we feel lonely? Does democracy still work? Are cities for everyone? Should the planet be a...

This book contains fascinating vignettes depicting future societies and the implications which increasing technological change has on society and t...

Technology can be a great gift. It allows us to communicate with people all over the world instantly. But it can also do great harm if not used wis...

UPIC, which stands for Unite Polyagogique Informatique: As technical as this term may seem at first, this apparatus is magical. For it is about not...

A signature feature of living organisms is their ability to carry out purposeful actions by taking stock of the world around them. To that end, cel...

This is the most complete career resource guide book for engineers dealing with the non-technical side of engineering. It provides career advice fo...

Few can claim to affect the lives of every person in every community, but that is the legacy of local government engineers. Many saw service in bot...

Everyday Technology is a pioneering account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of ...

Written by experts with real-world experience in applying ergonomics methodology in a range of contexts, Evaluation of Human Work, Fourth Edition e...

Everyone wants to be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but theres never been a clear road map to becoming a wildly successful innovatoruntil now. ...

The surprising story of cork and its critical role in US security and the war effort.Winner of the IPPY Book Award History (World), Silver of the I...

We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of d...

James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwins youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years....

As the ability to produce nanomaterials advances, it becomes more important to understand how the energy of the atoms in these materials is affecte...

An introductory approach to the subject of large strains and large displacements in finite elements. Large Strain Finite Element Method: A Practica...

Virtually Real A wave of new technology has rekindled the dream of virtual reality. But what can you really do with it? We take a look at how Maker...

Automate your world with remote control in Make: Volume 22. From pet care to power outlets, from toys to telepresence, we'll show you how to add a ...

Boards, Boards, Boards! It's all about the boards that are rocking the Maker world. We're in a gold rush of controllers and mini-computers, putting...

Is zero waste engineering possible? This book outlines how to achieve zero waste engineering, following natural pathways that are truly sustainable...

With the increasing world-energy demand there is a growing necessity for clean and renewable energy. The sun being one of the most abundant potenti...