Are you a visual learner? Than Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs is the book for you! This resource:

• Offers a perfect introduction for visual learners looking to gain a general understanding of Macs and some of the common peripherals associated with them.
• Demonstrates everything you need to know about transitioning from Windows to a Mac, using iPhoto, creating home movies with iMovie, and connecting all those cool devices, like the iPhone or iPod, so you can maximize iTunes.
• Shows you how to browse the Web with Safari and use iCal to track appointments, and what to do if something should ever go wrong.
• Includes full-color, rich screen shots and illustrations as well as step-by-step instructions clearly explain how to get the most from your Mac.

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 145 tasks with your Mac hardware and software. Each task-based spread covers a single technique and is sure to help you get up and running on your Mac in no time.

You'll learn to:

• Use the Dock, toolbars, and menus

• Create, save, and print documents

• Play music and edit photos

• Browse the Web with Safari®

• Set up and use a MobileMe account

• Customize and maintain your Mac

• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks

Some people believe that because search engines can't index all of the content in SWF files, Flash-based websites and Rich Internet Applications don't show up in web searches. This breakthrough book dispels that myth by demonstrating precisely what you can do to make your site fully searchable no matter how much Flash it contains. You'll learn best practices for using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build sites with Flash that will stand tall in search rankings. Search Engine Optimization for Flash shows you how search engines work, what constitutes a search-engine-optimized (SEO) site, and what to watch out for in the way of SEO pitfalls. With this concise book, you will:

• Know what content is searchable, and why metadata, keywords, and links are so important

• Learn how to place HTML content in your Flash applications

• Create an SEO website by connecting Flash to JavaScript and CSS

• Work effectively with SWFObject by understanding its capabilities and limitations

• Discover the advantages of using the Adobe Flex framework for SEO

The first and most authoritative book on how to optimize Flash content for search engines, Search Engine Optimization for Flash is an invaluable resource if you develop with Flash and want to be sure your audience can easily find your site.

Visual Web Developer 2008 is a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that makes it easier for developers to create pages that use Web services, controls, and data. With Visual Web Developer, you can use.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 as a platform to create Web pages with ASP.NET. Web controls in ASP.NET are powerful reusable components to build dynamic data-driven Web pages.

Web Services is the technology of Web 2.0. A Web service is an application programming interface (API) that uses open Internet standards. With Visual Web Developer, you can integrate and create Web services with little coding.

Databases are important to creating robust, data-driven Web sites. From within Visual Web Developer, you can create databases by using Microsoft SQL Server Express edition. With ASP.NET data controls, you can add, update, and delete information from your pages.

This book describes inventions and designs of ancient engineers that are the precursors of the present. The ages mainly range from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. with some exceptions from before and after this period.

As for the very ancient ones, the book describes inventions (documented by archaeological finds mainly from Pompei, Ercolano and Stabia) that generally are very little known and sometimes not known at all. Some inventions are in the military field. This is because (unfortunately) many inventions and technological innovations have been conceived starting from military applications.

The book is divided into five parts.

The first four parts pertain to definite fields and present inventions generally conceived up to the late Roman Empire. Inventions that are representative of the engineering genius of the ancients and that may be considered as milestones, each in their respective field.

The fifth part refers to fields of engineering (such as textiles and automation) in which important innovations were conceived also in more recent centuries.

For each of the inventions presented, even the ancient ones of many centuries past, the authors provide three elements of research and reference:

Written documents (the classics)

Iconic references (coins, bas-reliefs, etc.)

Archaeological findings.

The target groups of the book are students and scholars with interest on History of Mechanical Engineering in Antiquity and Archaelogy.

This work looks under the hood of all robotic projects, stimulating teachers, students, and hobbyists to learn more about the gamut of areas associated with control systems and robotics. It offers a unique presentation in providing both theory and philosophy in a technical yet entertaining way.

UNDER THE HOOD OF A ROBOT

Reading Anatomy of a Robot is like having a robot on the operating room table. Crack open the pages, and you'll be able to dissect a robot from head to toe--or from project management and design to motors and power systems.

Discover how robots articulate movements, how they see and hear, what gives them their power, and, at times, their gentleness. Delve into the robot's brains, and learn how experienced robot designers use control systems to make their machines think.

Much more than an enumeration of parts, Anatomy of a Robot exposes the life and human creativity behind today's robot. Always entertaining, this exceptional book takes you deep inside the theory and craft, philosophy and science of robotics. Coverage ranges from control systems and computer hardware to nuts and bolts topics such as actuators and mechanics, with plenty of humor and mathematical equations to help with the anatomy lesson.

A must for robot professionals and serious robot hobbyists, and a treat for science lovers and teachers, Anatomy of a Robot is a journey inside one of today's most exciting and fast-moving disciplines.

what makes robots work
* Sensors
* Algorithms
* Plans
* Controls
* Systems
* Quality
* Computers
* Power
* Actuators
* Project Management
* Reliability
* Artificial Intelligence
* Feedback

About the Author

Charles Bergren has an MSEE from Cornell University and has been a top-notch EE for over 30 years. He has a consulting engineering firm, http://www.bdesigncorp.com, and has served as VP of Engineering in numerous companies. He design work includes:

* Robotic Tape Libraries (Building high-speed network control processors for storage systems)
* Voice Processing Systems (For voice recognition and text-to-speech applications)
* Vision Systems (For the visual tracking of bacteria and DSP)
* Video Systems (For MPEG video compression and satellite broadcasting)
* Power Control Systems (For solar powered systems and nuclear reactor monitors)
* Communication Systems (For wireless RF and free space laser networks)

 

He has taught academic and technical courses from kindergarten through college. He plays lacrosse which he has also taught.

Ian Hickman is looked to by thousands of circuit designers for his innovative design ideas and clear explanations of the fundamentals of analog circuit design. This book is a distillation of Hickman's design insights, introducing all the main areas of analog electronics.

THE professional text for analog electronics
Includes numerous practical circuit ideas

Analog Electronics is a vital book for all electronics designers to have to hand. It will answer nagging questions about core analog theory and design principles as well as offering practical design ideas.

Students at degree level will find in Analog Electronics an ideal course text. However, it does not have the feel of a textbook - this is the real thing - from a leading designer. For students with a practical bent and career aims in the industry this book will teach them the tricks of the trade that they will not learn in the classroom. The contents of the second edition have been carefully matched to provide full coverage of the appropriate units in the new BTEC Higher National Engineering scheme from Edexcel (UK).

About the Author

EUR.ING, BSc Hons, C. Eng, MIEE, MIEEE, Electronics author and freelance journalist

Essential details of every major battle on land and sea in recorded history, from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B.C. to the Grenada conflict in 1984. Included: strategic situations, roles played by political/military leaders, troop numbers and training, tactics and objectives, casualties and losses and military/political consequences. Index. 99 illustrations.

Alternative Digital Photography will lead you through a detailed exploration of alternative techniques in digital photography. Whether you are an amateur photographer, a beginning professional, or an advanced professional looking to add more creativity to your photography, this book will help you develop the skills you need to create unusual, creative, and artistic images using digital photography. It includes hands-on lessons designed to help you quickly develop new and creative ways of viewing the world around you. It is filled with example photographs, outlining the steps taken to achieve each image. It emphasizes simple, creative, and inexpensive suggestions that anyone can use--no need for a professional studio or a large financial investment. The book does also include coverage of advanced techniques as well as expensive tools that allow you to continue using the book as your experience grows.

About the Author

John began writing and photographing in elementary school, publishing and selling his own newspaper at age 10. He has been a professional photographer for over 35 years, with a specialty in photographing women. He is experienced in boudoir, portrait, wedding, commercial, editorial, and fine art photography. He has been working in various aspects of digital photography since 1991, starting in Photoshop 2.5! His boudoir photography and scenes of him at work were featured on the French television program, "This Crazy World."

He has taught courses, presented seminars, and lectured on photographic and business topics to groups of all ages from middle school children up through professionals. He has presented a number of boudoir and makeup courses to professional photographers as well. John's award winning work has led to his being named Photographer of the Year twice in five Northern California counties. He has received a number of awards and honors from the Professional Photographers of California. His studio is located in the redwood forests of Northern California.

A book about a subject as controversial and fl uid as the death penalty is inevitably a bucket pulled from a moving stream. No sooner is it published than readers—and the author— begin to wonder whether the water in the bucket still represents the whole river.

Has this book about a “slow, costly and ineffi cient” system—an “arbitrary,” “chaotic . . . merry-go-round,” in the words of one of the central fi gures—become outdated by the frequency with which Texas has carried out executions in the past ten years and by the burst of executions in states like Virginia, Oklahoma, and Missouri? (Indeed, a twenty-fi rstcentury “death belt” now runs north from Texas through Oklahoma and into Missouri. These three states regularly account for more than half of all executions each year. The former “death belt,” which ran from Florida to Texas across old Dixie, has been outdone, at least for now.)

"The editors ably achieve their goal of showing students the connections between science and people's lives in the nineteenth century, thus helping to make both science and history more relevant to their own."
-- ARBA (2002) (ARBA 20030201)

"These volumes offer a perspective on how scientific discoveries and research in Europe and North America have influenced Western society... students who need to begin to explore the impact on society of 20th century scientific discoveries will find these volumes useful..."
-- Choice (February 2003) (Choice 20030201)

"Although there are many science resources for students at the middle school level and up, this one offers a refreshing perspective. The UXL set fits in perfectly with the curricula and should be on the A list for purchase by most school and public libraries."
-- Booklist (February 2003) (Booklist )

"This companion to Science, Technology, and Society: The Impact of Science throughout History 2000 BC through the 18th Century and Science, Technology, and Society: The Impact of Science in the 19th Century is likely to be the most popular of the lot... There are see references throughout and each chapter closes with source lists and useful suggestions for research topics. The detailed index reprinted at the end of each volume makes quick reference a snap. ...This, with its companions, makes a stimulating, accessible alternative to the more gadget-oriented approach in Rudi Volti's Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society."
-- School Library Journal (February 2003) (School Library Journal )

This three-volume set introduces researchers to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options. While there is significant discussion of the non-renewable resources now used to meet the majority of the world's energy needs (oil, coal and natural gas), the primary focus of the set is on newer options to meet the ever-growing demand. These options include wind and solar energy, fuel cells, hydropower, geothermal power and biomass energy. In addition, more theoretical sources are also explored, including cold fusion, zero point energy and universal forces. Entries discuss the science behind the energy source, notable scientists and scientific discoveries, current examples of use, and the issues, challenges and obstacles to large-scale use. Arranged alphabetically by entry name.

Built on Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Microsoft Office 2007, and Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, the latest K2 [blackpearl] release provides you with mature workflow management systems that can automate processes or pull together people, services, and systems. You’ll get an introduction to workflow and business processes management, planning and administering a K2 infrastructure, and building processes and workflow.

Professional K2 blackpearl®

K2 blackpearl enables you to quickly build simple to very complex and dynamic process-driven applications. This definitive guide gives you the tools to evaluate, architect, deploy, and manage the K2 platform and its processes. It takes you through everything from the market and architecture of the platform to approaching process design and developing your own custom user manager.

You'll first gain a thorough introduction to K2 blackpearl and process-driven applications. Next you'll dive into the architecture and installation options as well as process planning and design essentials for working with the main pieces of the platform. You'll then gain an administrator's view into the software including all key aspects that you should know. And you'll progress to more advanced concepts and platform extensions to gain a complete picture of K2 blackpearl.

This book arms you with the greatest tips and tricks out there for working with K2 blackpearl so you can successfully transform your company into a process-oriented, efficient business.

What you will learn from this book

• The steps for identifying and designing processes

• How to plan your development, QA/staging, and production environments

• All about process planning and the concepts of process design

• Ways to use the K2 Workspace for notifications, reports, assigning process permissions, and recovering from errors

• How to build a user manager to plug into the K2 platform

• Steps for customizing the platform and your processes to your needs

• How to use data from SAP within your processes

Who this book is for

This book is for business users who want to gain a better understanding of K2 blackpearl as well as for developers who need details on how to effectively deploy and use this software.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.