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Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental
A theory of place for interaction design. Digital Ground is an architect's response to the design challenge posed by pervasive computing. One century into the electronic age, people have become...
Sociomedia: Multimedia, Hypermedia, and the Social Construction of
"Sociomedia" continues the assessment of hypertext and hypermedia systems begun in "Text, Context, and HyperText" and "The Society of Text". It examines the use of integrated multimedia to support social...
Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the
Hosftadter and his colleagues at The Fluid Analogies Research Group have developed computer models that help describe and explain human discovery, creation and analogical thought. The key issue of perception...
AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence
In 1956, a group of young scientists predicted that the whole range of human intelligence would be programmable within their own lifetimes. Nearly half a century later their field has...
Digital Mantras: The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds
In "Digital Mantras", Steven Holtzman synthesizes ideas from a number of different disciplines to arrive at a new philosophy of creativity for the digital age. Blending ideas from music, computing,...
The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical
Philosophical modelling is as old as philosophy itself; examples range from Plato's "Cave and the Divided Line" to Rawls's original position. What is new are the computational resources now available...
MacroMind Director Design Book
Aimed at those who would like to create sophisticated interactive multimedia with MacroMind Director for pleasure or for business, this book integrates design theory with practical how-to examples. Design considerations...
Designing with Web Standards
Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has revisited his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. Updated in collaboration with co-author Ethan Marcotte, this third edition covers improvements and challenges in...
3D Printing for Model Engineers: A Practical Guide
Since the release of the first commercially available 3D printer in 2009, a thriving consumer market has developed, with a huge variety of kits now available for the home constructor....
Advanced Jewellery CAD Modelling in Rhino
This detailed guide is written for intermediate and experienced Rhino 3D CAD users who wish to improve their understanding of NURBS and subdivision modelling methods in Rhino 3D. It explains...
Color for the Sciences
A comprehensive introduction to colorimetry from a conceptual perspective.Color for the Sciences is the first book on colorimetry to offer an account that emphasizes conceptual and formal issues rather than...