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Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing
Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the authors' collaboration, this book takes seriously the need to understand ubicomp not only technically but also culturally, socially politically and economically.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295345
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The stack :on software and sovereignty
A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack -- an accidental megastructure -- is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262330183
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High-Performance Big Data Computing
"This book explores how to achieve high performance and scalability for big data middleware and applications"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262369435
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Heterogeneous agent systems
Software agents are the latest advance in the trend toward smaller, modular pieces of code, where each module performs a well-defined, focused task or set of tasks. Programmed to interact with and provide services to other agents, including humans, software agents act autonomously with prescribed backgrounds, beliefs, and operations. Systems of agents can access and manipulate heterogeneously s…
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- 9780262284561
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 580 pages) : illustrations
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Augmented learning Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games
New technology has brought with it new tools for learning, and research has shown that the educational potential of video games resonates with teachers and pupils alike. Klopfer here describes the largely untapped potential of mobile learning games to make a substantial impact on education.
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Quantum computing without magic : Devices
This text offers an introduction to quantum computing, with a special emphasis on basic quantum physics, experiment, and quantum devices. Unlike many other texts, which tend to emphasize algorithms, Quantum Computing without Magic explains the requisite quantum physics in some depth, and then explains the devices themselves. It is a book for readers who, having already encountered quantum algor…
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After access : inclusion, development, and a more mobile Internet
"Almost anyone with a $40 mobile phone and a nearby cell tower can get online with an ease unimaginable just twenty years ago. An optimistic narrative has proclaimed the mobile phone as the device that will finally close the digital divide. Yet access and effective use are not the same thing, and the digital world does not run on mobile handsets alone. In After Access, Jonathan Donner examines …
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- 9780262331258
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Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age
"Wearable technology--whether a Walkman in the 1970s, an LED-illuminated gown in the 2000s, or Google Glass today--makes the wearer visible in a technologically literate environment. Twenty years ago, wearable technology reflected cultural preoccupations with cyborgs and augmented reality; today, it reflects our newer needs for mobility and connectedness. In this book, Susan Elizabeth Ryan exam…
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The fabric of interface mobile media design and gender
Tracing the genealogy of our physical interaction with mobile devices back to textile and needlecraft culture.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262343305
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- 1 online resource (x, 191 pages)
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Cloud computing
"Why cloud computing represents a paradigm shift for business, and how business users can best take advantage of cloud services"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376211
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