Are you an engineer or manager working on the development and implementation of RFID technology? If so, this book is for you. Covering both passive and active RFID systems, the challenges to RFID implementation are addressed using specific industry research examples and common integration issues. Key topics include RF tag performance optimization, evaluation methodologies for RFID and Real-Time-Location Systems (RTLS) and sensors, EPC network simulation, RFID in the retail supply chain, and applications in product lifecycle management, anti-counterfeiting and cold chain management. The book brings together insights from world’s leading research laboratories in the field, including the Auto-ID Labs at MIT, successor to the Auto-ID Center which developed the Electronic Product Code scheme which is set to become the global standard for product identification.MIT Auto-ID Labs’s suite of Open Source code and tools for RFID implementation is available at www.cambridge.org/9780521880930…. More >>

RFID Technology and Applications

IP technology has progressed from being a scientific topic to being one of the most popular technologies in networking. Concurrently, a number of new innovations and technological advances have been developed and brought to the marketplace. These new ideas, concepts, and products are likely to have a tremendous influence on businesses and on our everyday lives. This book addresses many of these newer technological developments and provides insights for engineers and scientists developing new technological components, devices and products. Internet Protocols (IP) covers many of the newer internet technologies being developed and explores how they are being implemented in the real world. The author examines numerous implementation details related to IP equipment and software. The material is organized by applications so that readers can better understand the uses of IP technology. Included are details of implementation issues as well as several state-of-the-art equipment … More >>

Internet Protocols: Advances, Technologies and Applications

News and commentary about the evolution of the Live entertainment business.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day…. More >>

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Technology in Action

A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments

• Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum

• Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt

From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times.

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Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs

The text “Energy and the Environment: Sources, technologies, and impacts,” is conceived and written at a level suitable for use as an introductory undergraduate textbook in energy and environment for students with no or little mathematics or science background. The 542-page text covers energy fundamentals, renewable (wind, wave, solar, geothermal, etc), and non-renewable (fossil and nuclear) energy sources, and their political and environmental implications. Economical aspects of energy and the environment are also discussed in some details. Finally, to make it appropriate for the engineering and science students, additional technical details are included within information boxes placed throughout the book, and accompanying appendices…. More >>

Energy and the Environment: Sources, technologies, and impacts

A comprehensive introduction to the technology, development and management of business information systems. The book assumes no prior knowledge of IS or IT, so that new concepts and terms are defined as clearly as possible, with explanations in the text, and definitions at the margin. In this fast-moving area, the book covers both the crucial underpinnings of the subject as well as the most recent business and technology applications. It is written for students on any IS, BIS or MIS course from undergraduate to postgraduate and MBA level within a Business or Computer Science Department…. More >>

Business Information Systems: Technology, Development and Management

I am an independent multimedia journalist, university educator and new media consultant based in Philadelphia.jimmacmillan.net is a hub for independent journalism, multimedia and citizen media tools and skills.Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day…. More >>

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Sol-Gel Techniques for Glass Producers and Users provides technological information, descriptions and characterizations of prototypes, or products already on the market, and illustrates advantages and disadvantages of the sol-gel process in comparison to other methods. The first chapter entitled… More >>

Sol-Gel Technologies for Glass Producers and Users

History of Engineering and Technology provides an illustrated history of engineered technology from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age. Examining important areas of engineering and technology, this second edition contains:New contributions onoAirships and zeppelinsoHighways and economicsoEarly hydroelectricityoChemical engineeringoTechnology and historyoBrunel and the Royal NavyoStealth and the submarineoComputer historyoDeepwater engineeringoScience fiction and the evolution of modern engineeringoArt and engineeringoElectric motors, radio, and batteriesExpansion of these existing chaptersoMining and the Location of MineralsoWater Distribution: Qanots to AcequiasoBiomedical EngineeringoCommunication Engineering: Shannon to SatellitesoPersonalities and the Auto: Ford and FerrarioFailures in Engineering: Chernobyl, Titanic, Tacoma Narrows, ChallengeroCold Fusion, Electric Cars, and Other “Humbug”This introductory book presents the persons, concepts, and events that made salient contributio… More >>

History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Methods