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How we are tracked, surveilled, tantalized, and seduced by machines ranging from smart watches and Roombas to immersive ......more

This book offers timely and novel insights on the development of what may be the most important medical technology of th......more

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Understanding digital technology in daily life: why we should think holistically in terms of a digital environment inste......more

A comprehensive survey of the metallurgical and weldability issues associated with the welding of lightweight alloys The......more

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Chemical Process Technology provides a comprehensive, balanced, and structured introduction to chemical process technolo......more

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The past few centuries have seen an enormous increase in living standards in many parts of the world and these economies......more

How hackers facilitate community technology projects that counter the monoculture of "big tech" and point us to brighter......more

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How to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us t......more

By the end of the nineteenth century, Europeans had come to see the Alps as the ideal place to fashion an alternative to......more

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An essential investigation that reveals the labor of human workers hidden behind a curtain of apparent technological aut......more

An essential investigation that reveals the labor of human workers hidden behind a curtain of apparent technological aut......more

Industrial Applications of Semiconductor Nanomaterials: Research Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities explores the curr......more

This handbook provides comprehensive knowledge on device and system technologies for seamlessly integrated networks of v......more

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How the internet’s memory infrastructure developed--averting a "digital dark age"--and introduced a golden age of histor......more

Other Networks is writer and researcher Lori Emerson’s index of telecommunications networks that existed before and outs......more

How AI will challenge our ideas about personhood. Chatbots like ChatGPT have challenged human exceptionalism: we are no ......more

This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interactions, often in ways that limit our exposure t......more

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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Examining the data processes at the European Spallation Source......more

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In the mid-twentieth century, a certain idea of technology emerged in the work of many influential political theorists: ......more

A new nonfiction book by Henry Kissinger, coauthored by Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie, to be published in November 2024....more

J. Craig Wheeler, a leading astrophysicist and former president of the American Astronomical Society, argues that we mus......more

Martin Heidegger, Gilbert Simondon, and Bernard Stiegler each argued in their own way that, ever since its inception in ......more

Comprehensive resource explaining how to evaluate technologies for different purposes in any industry using four differe......more

An exploration of the emerging quantum technological paradigm and its effects on human consciousness and cultures. In Qu......more

"Mr. Dahlstrom...has written a superb history of the tractor and this long-forgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agricu......more

A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for th......more

Some of humanity’s mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale--and, without them, the complex machinery on wh......more

"Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar-winning f......more

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An insightful exploration of Chat GPT and other advanced AI systems--how we got here, where we’re headed, and what it al......more

An urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way......more

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This must-have beginner’s guide will walk you through your first steps in 3D printing at home! Get started by discoverin......more

The new millennium. The Year 2000. Beyond Mayan prophecies, a more immediate danger loomed: Two-digit year date fields h......more

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A visionary reexamination of the value of privacy in today’s hypermediated world--not just as a political right but as t......more

A concise and illuminating history of the field of artificial intelligence from one of its earliest and most respected p......more

This book tells the story of the birth of the computing industry via the origins of 25 influential computers built betwe......more

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents emerging themes and future directions in t......more

The Repair Shop’s Dom Chinea takes you on an exploration of more than 120 essential machines found in the workshops and ......more

Semiconducting Fibers: Preparation, Advances, and Applications is a comprehensive study of the properties and emerging a......more

The complete history of the Curtiss Aerocar, a groundbreaking travel trailer that blended the genius of Glenn H. Curtiss......more

Glenn H. Curtiss is one of the most important pioneers of aviation and is considered one of the greatest engineering min......more

In a time of increased loneliness in our society, our ever-present rapidly changing technology needs to be about support......more

How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world. ......more

American culture and politics are shot through with nostalgia for the country’s industrial past, a time when we actually......more

We love to imagine the future. But why is dramatic future technology always just around the corner, and never a reality?......more

From two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI--and how to defend yourself against......more

This book places the contemporary fear of climate change in historical perspective, showing that throughout human histor......more

A landmark history of early radio in Germany and the quest for broadcast fidelity When we turn on a radio or stream a pl......more

How the United States’ regulation of broadband pipelines, digital platforms, and data--together understood as "the cloud......more

Industry 4.0 is a revolutionary concept that aims to enhance productivity and profitability in various industries throug......more

Helps ensure smooth and efficient operation of electrostatic precipitators. Shows the different grounding requirements f......more

To meet weight, quality, and cost targets, it is essential to design, develop, and manufacture optimal, cost-effective w......more

A bold reinterpretation of economics and history revealing why technology does not inevitably lead to shared prosperity,......more

The fantasies that underpin common perceptions of Virtual Reality--and what we need to know about VR’s potential risks a......more