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Great discoveries and inventions that have changed the world : from the end of the 19th century to the present / by Morelli, Gianni(Editor)(CARDINAL)431026;
Technology -- Daily life -- Transportation -- Communication -- Medicine -- Information technology.What would life be like without cars, refrigerators, the Internet, or the omnipresent smartphone? Learn about the discovery of the most important inventions that have influenced the contemporary world, from the end of the nineteenth century to our own time. They include innovations in technology, such as alternating current, plastic, and the robot; communications (cameras, radio, cinema); medicine, from aspirin and penicillin to x-rays and the pacemaker; and transportation. See what secrets and events led to their creation and meet the exceptional figures who conceived them.
Subjects: Inventions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dinosaur adventure! by Carney, Ian.(CARDINAL)554310;
"Wilson has an important job-to take photos of Chuggington. When his camera flies off and lands out of reach, a robotic dinosaur saves the day! But can Wilson still get the perfect shot of Chuggington he needs?"--P. [4] of cover.490LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Dinosaurs; Locomotives; Railroad stories.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Cool tech : gadgets, games robots, and the digital world / by Gifford, Clive.(CARDINAL)265470; Goldsmith, Mike,1962-(CARDINAL)420964;
Calculators and computers -- Great brain -- Grace Hopper -- Evolution of the computer -- Vision of the future -- Early home computing -- Laptop -- Networks -- Inventing the World Wide Web -- Undersea cables -- Internet traffic -- Silicon Valley -- Bill Gates -- How Apple grew -- What's behind a website -- What do search engines do? -- Who invented Google? -- Server farm -- Our time online -- Social networking -- Mark Zuckerberg -- Growth of the Web -- Access all areas -- How the Web is run -- Good side of the Web -- Bad side of the Web -- Keeping us safe -- Making money online -- E-buying and selling -- World without wires -- Smartphone -- Text talk -- Eye in the sky -- Where do you want to go? -- What's a wiki? -- Age of the Internet -- Shift to digital media -- E-reader -- Augmented reality -- From arcades to consoles -- Early games -- Tomohiro Nishikado -- Story of Nintendo -- Evolution of game controllers -- Kinect -- Playing together -- How video games are made -- What do you want to play? -- Console wars -- Virtual worlds -- Video games arrive -- Digital camera -- Digital photography -- Clive Sinclair -- Wired cities -- Interacting with new technology -- Supercomputers -- Artificial intelligence -- What makes a robot? -- Types of robots -- Cynthia Breazeal -- Mars Rover -- Robot hospital -- Robot explorers -- Advance of the robots -- What next? -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments.How many times a day do you connect to the digital world? You text, tweet, stream songs, watch videos, and play games. But do you know how it all works? Leap inside to discover the technology behind the coolest gadgets and meet the people with the big ideas. Find out what robots are up to, how a video game is made, and how the internet affects your life."P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Computers; Electronics; Games; Robots; Technology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Ghosts of the abyss [videorecording] / by Cameron, James,1954-(CARDINAL)364623; Comisky, Chuck.; Rackauskas, Gig.; Tashjian, Janace.; Paxton, Bill.(CARDINAL)318705; Broadwater, John.; Johnston, Lori.; Pellegrino, Charles R.(CARDINAL)526304; Lynch, Don.(CARDINAL)364277; Marschall, Ken.(CARDINAL)369371; Cameron, Mike.; Ledda, Jefferey.; Pace, Vince.; Marsh, Ed W.(CARDINAL)376847; Pape, Sven.; Refoua, John.; McNeely, Joel.(CARDINAL)784259; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Earthship (Firm); Walden Media.(CARDINAL)327073; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)348538; Walt Disney Pictures.(CARDINAL)346896; Pellegrino, Charles.; Cameron, Mike,1973-;
Disc 1: feature (original version, ca. 61 min., and extended version, ca. 92 min.) -- Disc 2: supplements.Director of photography, Vince Pace ; editors, Ed W. Marsh, Sven Pape, John Refoua ; music composer, Joel McNeely ; visual effects supervisor, Chuck Comisky.Bill Paxton, John Broadwater, Lori Johnston, Charles Pellegrino, Don Lynch, Ken Marschall, Jim Cameron, Mike Cameron, Jefferey Ledda.Travel with a team of scientists, and Bill Paxton, 12,500 feet to the wreckage of the Titanic. Follow two mini robotic cameras as they explore the nooks and crannies of the ship, and experience the breathtaking images of the long ago glamorous ship. Astonishing footage, flawless digital animation, and ghostly re-creations of the ship's final hours are seamlessly combined to orient the viewer at an intersection of tragic past and awe-inspiring present, emphasizing more than ever the sheer scale of Titanic's gargantuan construction.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, THX.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Titanic (Steamship); Steamboat disasters.; Steamboats; Documentary films.; Films for the hearing impaired;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Robots can't dance : and other fun facts / by Eliot, Hannah,author.(CARDINAL)354204; Abril, Mauricio,illustrator.(CARDINAL)633400; Spurgeon, Aaron,illustrator.(CARDINAL)610750;
Discusses the types of inventions that have been created, providing facts on such technologies as robots, 3-D movies, televisions, air travel, energy sources, telephones, and cameras.Ages 4-8.890L
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Inventions; Inventions; Technology; Technology;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Cool stuff and how it works / by Woodford, Chris.(CARDINAL)661909;
Imaging techniques -- CONNECT -- Introduction -- Microchip -- Mobile phone -- Fibre optics -- Digital radio -- LCD TV -- Toys gallery -- Voice recognition -- Pet translator-- Eye scan -- Neon-- Links gallery -- Internet -- Video link -- Satellite -- What next? -- Play: Introduction -- Trainer -- Football -- Racket -- Snowboard -- Bike -- Fabrics gallery-- Camera -- Computer games -- Guitar -- Compact disc -- MP3 Player -- Arenas gallery-- Headphones -- DJ Decks-- Fireworks -- What next? -- Live: Introduction -- Match-- Light bulb-- Mirror -- Watch -- Battery -- Solar cell -- Heat gallery -- Microwave -- Fridge -- Aerogel -- Homes gallery -- Lock-- Shaver -- Aerosol -- Washing machine -- Vacuum-- Robot helper -- What next? -- Move: Introduction -- Motorbike -- Fuel-cell car -- Car engine -- Parts gallery -- Crash test -- Car tower-- Wheelchair -- Lift-- Submersible -- Osprey-- Jet engine -- Wind tunnel -- Black box -- Routes gallery -- Navigation -- Space Shuttle -- Space probe -- Move future -- Work: Introduction -- Digital pen -- Laptop -- Motherboard -- Flash stick-- Virtual keyboard -- Laser printer-- Scanner -- ID gallery-- Smart card -- Radio ID tag -- Robot worker -- Wet welding -- Fire suit -- Glues gallery -- Doppler radar -- What next? Survices: Introduction -- Scans gallery -- MRI -- Laser surgery -- Robot surgery -- Pacemaker -- Camera capsule -- Bionic limbs -- Skin graft -- Cells gallery -- Vaccination -- Antibiotics -- IVF: Biochip -- What next? -- Reference -- Timelines -- Groundbreakers -- Glossary-- Index -- Credits.Clear, accessible text--along with cutting-edge imaging that reveals the inner secrets of high-tech devices--explains all aspects of modern technology, from microchips to iPods.IG1120L
Subjects: Technology; Inventions;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 12
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Code of silence [videorecording] / by Norris, Chuck.(CARDINAL)392758; Remsen, Bert.; Silva, Henry.;
Director, Andy Davis ; screenplay, Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack, Mike Gray ; story, Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack ; producer, Raymond Wagner ; music, David Frank.Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen.When the daughter of an underworld don is kidnapped and used as a pawn in the drug war, Detective Sergeant Eddie Cusack must rectify the situation. Cusack takes on the underground gang himself with the help of a remote controlled robot defense vehicle that is armed with three TV cameras, machine guns, a cannon, and a grenade launcher.
Subjects: Feature films; Feature films;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Code of silence [videorecording] / by Norris, Chuck,1940-(CARDINAL)728410; Silva, Henry.; Remsen, Bert.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.(CARDINAL)533205; Orion Pictures.;
Director, Andy Davis ; screenplay, Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack, Mike Gray ; story, Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack ; producer, Raymond Wagner ; music, David Frank.Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen.When the daughter of an underworld don is kidnapped and used as a pawn in the drug war, Detective Sergeant Eddie Cusack must rectify the situation. Cusack takes on the underground gang himself with the help of a remote controlled robot defense vehicle that is armed with three TV cameras, machine guns, a cannon, and a grenade launcher.DVD, Dolby digital, 5.1 surround
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I, robot [videorecording] / by Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.I, robot.(CARDINAL)788992; Cromwell, James.(CARDINAL)785899; Davis, John,1954-(CARDINAL)562324; Dow, Topher.; Godfrey, Wyck.(CARDINAL)783381; Goldsman, Akiva.(CARDINAL)343738; Greenwood, Bruce,1956-; Mark, Laurence.; McBride, Chi.; Moynahan, Bridget,1972-(CARDINAL)341229; Proyas, Alex,1963-(CARDINAL)539249; Smith, Will,1968-(CARDINAL)340614; Tudyk, Alan.(CARDINAL)543433; Vintar, Jeff,1964-; Davis Entertainment Company.(CARDINAL)848032; Overbrook Films.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.(CARDINAL)137420;
Director of photography, Simon Duggan ; editors, Richard Learoyd, Armen Minasian, William Hoy ; music, Marco Beltrami ; production designer, Patrick Tatopoulos ; visual effects supervisor, John Nelson ; special visual effects and digital aniamtion, Digital Domain.Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk.A Chicago police detective in the year 2035 AD investigates the murder of a scientist and suspects the murder was committed by a robot designed to work alongside humans.MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense stylized action, and some brief partial nudity.Blu-ray; AVC@25 MBPS; 50GB, dual-layer; 1080p High Definition; Dolby Digital DTS HD 5.1 Master Lossless surround (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (French, Spanish); region A.This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Subjects: Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American detectives; Murder; Robots; Technology and law; Technology; Technology; Asesinato; Hombres afronorteamericanos; Legislación; Policía; Robots; Tecnología;
This disc is copy protected.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The most annoying robots in the universe / by Bolts, Russ,author.(CARDINAL)804469; Cooper, Jay,1974-illustrator.(CARDINAL)626874;
When cameras sent from Earth finally arrive at the end of the universe, they discover big-hearted best friends Joe Bot and Rob Ot, as well as their nemesis, Tinny.GN540LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Robots; Schools; Behavior;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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