Technology
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 NEW! Canadarm and CollaborationHow Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds |
Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program … | Elizabeth Howell | 249 | 2020 | View |
 CyberidentitiesCanadian and European Presence in Cyberspace |
This innovative study explores diverse aspects of Canadian and European identity on the information highway and reaches beyond technical issues to confront and explore communication, culture and … | Leen d'Haenens | 220 | 1999 | View |
 i-Minds, 2nd editionHow and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it |
The way we use i-technology is affecting our health and happiness. While programs, devices, information, and constant connectivity can offer us ease, liberation, and efficiency, they can also … | Mari K Swingle | 528 | 2019 | View |
 NEW! Man at the AirportHow Social Media Saved My Life: One Syrian's Story |
His only weapon was his cellphone. When revolution and war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. A conscientious objector by … | Hassan Al Kontar | 232 | 2021 | View |
 NEW! ResetReclaiming the Internet for Civil Society |
In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the … | Ronald J. Deibert | 339 | 2020 | View |
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From Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in CyberspaceFrom: Cyberidentities |
Preface | Leen d'Haenens | 8 | 1999 | $1.12 Add |
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From NEW! Foreword |
Foreword | Elizabeth Howell | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
My objective? To have us all pondering and examining. To “rise in arms” not against the i-tech industry but to our own blind acceptance or complacency, to our apparent apathy, and the … | Mari K Swingle | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Man at the Airport |
- | Hassan Al Kontar | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Reset |
In the introduction, Deibert explores our dependence on smart phones and the internet, and the anxiety that this can cause. He also discusses social media, cyberwarfare, data breaches, and how we … | Ronald J. Deibert | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! Prologue |
Prologue | Elizabeth Howell | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Market for Our MindsFrom: Reset |
Chapter 1 explores the economic engine that underlies social media: the personal data surveillance economy. Social media platforms describe themselves in many different, seemingly benign ways: … | Ronald J. Deibert | 40 | 2020 | $4.00 Add |
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From NEW! The Olive FarmFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. | Hassan Al Kontar | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From The ShiftFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Every era has an innovation that changes the face of society: the way we think, the way we act and interact as individuals, as a community, and as a culture. As the innovation is introduced, it … | Mari K Swingle | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From The Trans-Canada Highway vs The Information Highway: The Road Less Traveled?From: Cyberidentities |
There has been much written to support the metaphor of the highway being used to describe this massive undertaking to “wire” the world. Headlines such as: “Information’s … | Irwin Shubert | 6 | 1999 | $0.84 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 1That's $600 a litre in space paint |
This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former … | Elizabeth Howell | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
