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Make : easy 1+2+3 projects /
Toys and games -- Arts and crafts -- Science and electronics -- Home and outdoors.69 simple, kid-friendly, fully-illustrated hands-on projects from the pages of Make: magazine.
Subjects: Technology; Handicraft.; Toys; Household electronics; Science projects;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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New car design / by Economy, Peter.(CARDINAL)782599;
"What do you think new cars will be like in the future? If you were to design a new car, would you want it to be fast and cool-looking? Non-polluting and energy efficent? Safer to drive and not cost a lot? See what it takes to create a new car-- beginning with the first drawing and ending with new cars rolling off the assembly line and onto the street. The book also includes rare images and interesting information about some of the first cars ever made" -- p. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Automobiles; Automobiles;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Wonders of the ancient world : antiquity's greatest feats of design and engineering / by Pollard, Justin,1968-(CARDINAL)544657;
Subjects: Archaeology.; Antiquities.; Technology and civilization.; Engineering; Design;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dominance by design : technological imperatives and America's civilizing mission / by Adas, Michael,1943-(CARDINAL)281124;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-514) and index.Introduction : a train for the Shogun -- 1. "Engins" in the wilderness -- 2. Machines and Manifest destiny -- 3. Engineers' imperialism -- 4. Foundations of an American century -- 5. Imposing modernity -- 6. Machines in the Vietnam quagmire -- 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf -- Epilogue : the paradox of technological supremacy
Subjects: Technology; Technological innovations; Political messianism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Roundwood timber framing : building naturally using local resources / by Law, Ben.(CARDINAL)552944;
Includes bibliographical references (page 158).
Subjects: Building, Wooden; Building, Wooden.; Building materials.; Appropriate technology.; Building, Wooden; Architecture, Domestic; Wooden-frame buildings.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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My robot gets me : how social design can make new products more human / by Diana, Carla,author.(CARDINAL)429668;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: "Smart" is not enough--products need to be social -- How social design works: affordances and interaction -- Product presence: form follows feeling -- Object expression: communicating behavior -- Interaction intelligence: the rich conversation between products and people -- Designing context: the right interaction for the right time and frame of mind -- Designing ecosystems: connecting everything together -- Intelligence on many levels: AI and social savvy -- The future is here: now what?"Your relationships with your 'smart' products are about to get a lot more personal. Think how commonplace it is now for people to ask Siri for the weather forecast, to deploy Roomba to clean their homes, and to summon Alexa to turn on the lights. The 'smart home' market will reach $124 billion in the next five years on the promise of products that are truly integrated with our cooking, cleaning, entertainment, security, and hygiene habits. These products are not just examples of machines at work. They can motivate our spouse to exercise, remind our elderly parents to take their daily medications, teach our children manners--they can even start to feel like members of our households and families. But the reality is, these first-generation 'smart' products aren't very smart. Sure, they can be programmed to perform any number of functions, but we're clearly seeing only the tip of the iceberg in terms of capability and how such products can enhance our lives. How do we take it to the next level? In a word: design. In this fascinating and instructive book, leading product design expert Carla Diana describes how new technology is allowing designers to humanize consumer products in delightfully subtle ways. Showcasing vivid examples of crucial social design principles as evidenced in products under development, we see how inventive uses of light, sound, and movement can evoke human responses to even seemingly mundane products. Diana offers concrete guidelines for conceptualizing, building, and optimizing products using such methods as vision imagery, scenario storyboarding, video prototyping, behavior charting, and more. My Robot Gets Me provides keen insights and practical advice to anyone interested or involved in the burgeoning smart marketplace, from product managers, developers, and designers to venture capitalists"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Design and technology.; Home automation.; Human behavior.; Product design;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Autopia : the future of cars / by Bentley, Jon,1961-author.;
Introduction: Why the car matters -- Connected and autonomous: The rise of the robot cars -- Sparking innovation: Alternative power and the future of the internal combustion engine -- Designing the future: How the shape of cars will change -- Speeding ahead: The future of performance cars and motorsport -- Hackers and crash-test dummies: Safety and the age of automation -- The future of the past: Classic cars and enthusiast drivers -- Conclusion: Is the car dead?Cars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, this technology will itself change enormously. If Google get their way, are we all going to be ferried around in tiny electric bubble-cars? Or will we watch robots race a bionic Lewis Hamilton? And what about the future of classic cars? In Autopia, TV presenter and journalist Jon Bentley celebrates motoring's rich heritage and meets the engineers (and coders) who are transforming cars forever. From mobile hotel rooms to electric battery technology; from hydrogen-powered cars to jetpacks, Autopia is the essential guide to the future of our greatest invention. Fully designed with illustrations and photographs, this will be the perfect Christmas gift for car and technology enthusiasts everywhere.
Subjects: Automobiles; Automobiles; Automobiles;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Epic engineering failures and the lessons they teach [videorecording] / by Ressler, Stephen J.,teacher.; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Presenter, Stephen Ressler.When a structure fails, the fallout can be frightening, disruptive, and even deadly. And yet, these disasters also teach us valuable lessons about the possibilities of engineering--and how to make our future projects safer. In the same way that a military defeat might provoke strategic changes and new approaches, engineering failures pave the way for improvement in the ways that we design, build, and maintain our technological systems. But first, we must figure out what went wrong. On the evening of Friday, July 17, 1981, a band was playing in the atrium of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel. About 1,600 people had gathered for that night's popular tea dance. Women in elegant dresses and men in pressed suits danced on the atrium floor, while observers admired the festivities from walkways suspended above. Suddenly, the highest walkway tore loose and, along with the walkway two levels below, crashed to the atrium floor. Over 100 people were killed, and many others were injured. Speculation began immediately as to the cause of this tragedy, which remains to this day one of the worst structural failures in US history. In the aftermath of the accident, United Press International sent word to its thousands of news outlets that "foot-tapping revelers" might have touched off a rhythmic vibration which caused the walkways to collapse. The New York Times story was headlined: "Before Hotel Disaster, Walkway Swayed to the Rhythm of Dancers." Some officials were quoted as saying the walkways might have been overcrowded and unable to bear the combined stressors of weight and movement. None of that turned out to be true. In Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach, you will go behind the scenes of painstaking and captivating investigations that not only reveal what actually caused the tragedy in the Hyatt Regency that night, but also explore the catalysts for more than 24 other epic engineering failures. Your professor, civil engineer and award-winning educator Stephen Ressler, PhD, reveals the story behind each disaster by demonstrating the scientific and engineering issues involved with easy-to-follow explanations accompanied by fascinating videos, live demonstrations, and hundreds of custom-made models and graphics. Professor Ressler also examines the less technical and more human components of error--the individual personalities and sometimes dysfunctional organizations that led to catastrophe. In addition, he asks a startling question: Can we move forward as a civilization without these engineering failures?Not rated.DVD.
Subjects: Lectures.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Structural failures.; Bridge failures.; Structural analysis (Engineering); Strains and stresses.; Engineering design.; Structural design.; Design and technology.; Constructions;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Sneaky uses for everyday things : how to turn a penny into a radio, make a flood alarm with an aspirin, change milk into plastic, extract water and electricity from thin air, turn on a tv with your ring, and other amazing feats / by Tymony, Cy.(CARDINAL)520259;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156).Pt. 1 : Sneaky tricks and gimmicks. Fear of small sums : detect counterfeit bills ; Slushy fun : make gel packs for swollen muscles ; Got plastic? Turn milk into sneaky plastic ; Need glue? Create sneaky glue from milk ; Spin thrift : make a videotape rewinder ; Getting wired : sneaky wire sources are everywhere ; More power to you : make batteries from everyday things ; You light up my life : construct electronic greeting cards -- Pt. 2: Sneaky gadgets and gizmos. "Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothin' on me" : make a power ring ; "Invite the power!" : make power-ring-activated gadgets ; Gifts of a feather you make together : build togetherness gifts ; Listen impossible : make recordings only you can hear ; For your ears only : use a tape recorder as a sound amplifier ; Give a shout-out : make a sneaky megaphone or PA ; Secret agent : Mr. Wireless has countless uses ; Miniaturizing Mr. Wireless : use him in remote places ; Got a toy car? Make a power room door opener ; Irrational public radio : put it together from scratch ; Con air : convert your radio into an aircraft broadcast receiver -- Pt. 3: Security gadgets and gizmos. Sneaky ways to thwart break-ins : protect your fortress from a man of steal ; Foam alone : make a sneaky fire extinguisher ; Gain sneaky see-behind vision ; Industrious light magic : make a sneaky light in a pinch ; H ℗ O no! : make a sneaky flood alarm ; Sticky fingers? : keep watch with an internal sneak detector ; Thwart thieves with the external sneak detector ; Thug shot : capture break-ins on film ; Hide and sneak : secure valuables in everyday things ; Power of the press : use ordinary objects as sneaky weapons -- Pt. 4: Sneaky survival techniques. Sneaky emergency flotation devices ; Science friction : six fire-making methods ; Rain check : two water-gathering techniques ; Coming extractions : get drinking water from plants ; Lens crafter : build a makeshift telescope ; Smoke and mirrors : sneaky code signaling ; Look on the bright side : make sneaky snow glasses ; Sneaky snowshoes : walk on top of the snow ; Coldfinger : where there's a chill, there's a way ; Lost in space? : craft a compass ; Road scholar : down-to-earth direction finding ; Harm and hammer : devise makeshift weapons and tools ; Pocket protectors : sneaky tools and survival kits.Do you know how to make something that can tell whether the $20 bill in your wallet is a fake, or how to generate battery power with simple household items, or how to create your own home security system? Science-savvy author Cy Tymony does. And now you can learn how to create these things and more than 40 other handy gadgets. More than a simple do-it-yourself guide, this quirky collection is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation. Included are survival, security, self-defense, and silly applications that are just plain fun. Amaze your friends by: transforming a simple FM radio into a device that enables you to eavesdrop on tower-to-air conversations; creating your own personalized electronic greeting cards; making a compact fire extinguisher from items typically found in a kitchen pantry; thwarting intruders with a single rubber band. By using run-of-the-mill household items and the easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams within, you'll be able to complete most projects in just a few minutes.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Household electronics; Electric apparatus and appliances; Science projects.; Technology; Inventions; Household appliances;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The best of Make / by Frauenfelder, Mark.(CARDINAL)390768;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Tools -- Electronics -- Microcontrollers -- Toys & games -- Robots -- Music -- Flight & projectiles -- Photography & video -- Cars & engines.This book includes 350 pages of projects, diagrams, step-by-steps, and resources for making your favorite projects.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Technology; Technology; Inventions.; Technological innovations; Household electronics; Electric apparatus and appliances;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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