Technology & Engineering
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From  NEW! ConclusionFuture Hurdles From: Autonomous Vehicles |
In the conclusion, Barker reflects on the challenges presented by the further implementation of autonomous vehicles in the coming decades, and how their impact will stretch beyond civil and … | Nathan Baker | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Data minecraftSurveillance and policing |
Chapter seven of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers surveillance and policing of digital data associated with the new transportation revolution technologies. The author finds the new … | James Wilt | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! MontrealThe Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 7 explores Montreal’s various projects in the 21st century which were taken with the goal of integrating technology into the urban landscape. The chapter explores how different … | Lyne Nantel | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Postflight Checklists and Reflections |
Chapter 7 focuses on the plan once it has landed on the ground. Topics discussed include airplane docking, VDGS (Visual Docking Guidance Systems), ground marshals, Captains controls, bridges, … | Doug Morris | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Technological Optimism and Belief in ProgressFrom: Techno-Fix |
Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 33 | 2011 | $3.30 Add |
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From  The Futile Search for a Just Peace, 1752-1761 |
- | Daniel Paul | 35 | 2006 | $2.45 Add |
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From  The New Bras d’OrFrom: Fastest in the World |
1966-1968. Outlines the challenges that were faced during the construction of the new Bras d’Or (Also known as FHE-400). | John Boileau | 12 | 2004 | $1.20 Add |
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From  To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials |
This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … | Andrew Thomson; Pete Walker | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  What We Don’t Know About FrackingFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores the risks and unknowns surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. He explores whether the economic potential is real and whether it is … | Marq de Villiers | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From Bras d’Or Flies…and FallsFrom: Fastest in the World |
1971. Outlines multiple voyages of the Bras d’Or, during which it bacame the fastest warship in the world. | John Boileau | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From  A Brief History Lesson |
briefly reviews the history of the region with a view to establishing the backdrop against which the excavation of the Money Pit would likely have been carried out towards the end of the 17th century | 10 | 2013 | $1.00 Add | |
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From Bulk Water TransfersFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers investigates the impact of a series of hydrological mega-projects occurring around the world, and the potential risks and benefits associates with re-engineering … | Marq de Villiers | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761, and the Royal Proclamation of 1763 |
- | Daniel Paul | 15 | 2006 | $1.05 Add |
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From  Competition & CartelFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1841-1853. Examines Samuel Cunard’s financial difficulties with his other enterprises, the steamship competition that sprung up, the fact that Boston was surpassing Halifax in terms of … | John Boileau | 16 | 2006 | $1.60 Add |
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From  GraywaterFrom: Dry Run |
Unlike rainwater, which is highly variable both year to year and seasonally, graywater tends to be reliably present in most commercial environments, so why use potable water for flushing toilets, … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Guelph and Wellington County’s Urban-Rural Smart City ProjectOur Food Future From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 8 explores Guelph’s smart cities project, which seeks to use technology to bridge the urban rural divide and develop a sustainable network of food production and consumption | Ellie Ruggles | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
