Rus, Daniela
Summary: "Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind. There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: "From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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Summary: An analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer chronicles its development through the people, politics, and social upheavals that defined its time, from a teenage anti-war protester who laid the groundwork for the PC revolution to the imprisoned creator of the first word processing software for the IBM PC.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Penguin 2005
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Summary: A technology guru at the forefront of Internet developments provides a layperson's explanation of how a radically changed media world is influencing human behavior, sharing recommendations for short- and long-term responses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2011