In this concise and accessible guide, Bentley delivers ten pivotal lessons that demystify the rapidly evolving realms of artificial intelligence and robotics. Beginning with the origins and motivations behind AI and robot design, the book moves through the key technological and conceptual advances — from smart algorithms and sensory interpretation (language, vision, communication) to emerging…
Information Technology in a Global Society is the first textbook written specifically for the new IB ITGS syllabus (first exams May 2012), covering IT systems, social impacts and ethical issues, and each area of application. This teacher's solutions book contains marking schemes and rubrics for all of the exercises from the textbook – over 200 in all.
This is the first of four books for lower secondary school students in the Australian Technology Studies series. Students are encouraged to apply the knowledge gained during their technology studies to a range of practical situations. They are involved in the researching, designing, making, and evaluating processes in relation to a wide variety of materials – wood, plastics, textiles, food an…
Introduces ten diverse, reusable Linux applications and provides information on the tools and knowledge required, as well as detailed instruction in the steps and background information needed to create each application, covering such topics as security issues and Linux firewalls, LInux directories, Java applications on Linux, database programming with MySQL, and more. Original. (Advanced)