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Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision

by Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman ...

A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geometric principles and their algebraic representation in terms of camera projection matrices, the fundamental matrix and the trifocal tensor. The theory and ... Read more

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A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geometric principles and their algebraic representation in terms of camera projection matrices, the fundamental matrix and the trifocal tensor. The theory and
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The Lives of Ants

by Laurent Keller, Elisabeth Gordon ...

Humans have long been fascinated by ants. While not necessarily brightly coloured or beautiful, ants display some remarkable characteristics that are almost unique in the animal world. They live in intricately organized societies, made up of individuals that cooperate, communicate, and divide up daily tasks. They display amazing ingenuity when it comes to building nests and other structures, ... Read more

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Humans have long been fascinated by ants. While not necessarily brightly coloured or beautiful, ants display some remarkable characteristics that are almost unique in the animal world. They live in intricately organized societies, made up of individuals that cooperate, communicate, and divide up daily tasks. They display amazing ingenuity when it comes to building nests and other structures,
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Mockingbird

From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama

by Walter Tevis ...

Series Book 162 - S.F. MASTERWORKS
The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world that people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the ... Read more

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The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world that people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the
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Rule of the Robots

How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything

by Martin Ford ...

In this sequel to his prescient New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future. He argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology, a kind of "electricity of intelligence" that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better with advanced science being done by machines who can solve problems humans can not. AI ... Read more

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In this sequel to his prescient New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford presents us with a striking vision of the very near future. He argues that AI is a uniquely powerful technology, a kind of "electricity of intelligence" that is altering every dimension of human life, often for the better with advanced science being done by machines who can solve problems humans can not. AI
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The Fever Code

by James Dashner ...

Series Book 5 - Maze Runner Series
A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...The world has ended: the earth is scorched, and fever rages through the population. Out of the chaos, a boy emerges with the power to change everything: Thomas. This is the start of his story.An electrifying Maze Runner prequel, The ... Read more

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A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...The world has ended: the earth is scorched, and fever rages through the population. Out of the chaos, a boy emerges with the power to change everything: Thomas. This is the start of his story.An electrifying Maze Runner prequel, The
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The Maze Runner

by James Dashner ...

Series Book 3 - Maze Runner Series
The first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone.He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone ... Read more

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The first book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone.He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone
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The Scorch Trials

by James Dashner ...

Series Book 2 - Maze Runner Series
The second book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to.The earth is a wasteland. Government and order have disintegrated and now ... Read more

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The second book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to.The earth is a wasteland. Government and order have disintegrated and now
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The Death Cure

by James Dashner ...

Series Book 3 - Maze Runner Series
The third book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...The Trials are over. WICKED have collected all the information they can. Now it's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.But something has happened that no-one at WICKED ... Read more

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The third book in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...The Trials are over. WICKED have collected all the information they can. Now it's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.But something has happened that no-one at WICKED
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The Kill Order

by James Dashner ...

Series series Maze Runner Series
A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When sun flares hit the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human race. Those who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for food.For Mark and his friends, surviving ... Read more

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A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When sun flares hit the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human race. Those who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for food.For Mark and his friends, surviving
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Scary Smart

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

by Mo Gawdat ...

**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**'Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented ... Read more

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**A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.**'Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented
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AI 2041

Ten Visions for Our Future

by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*Now with a new foreword on ChatGPT*_____________How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine ... Read more

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*Now with a new foreword on ChatGPT*_____________How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine
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Maze Runner series (5 books)

by James Dashner ...

Series series Maze Runner Series
All five books in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone.He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone ... Read more

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All five books in the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series - now a series of major movies starring Dylan O'Brien!SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS. ENTER THE MAZE ...When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone.He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone
... Read more
We Are Not Machines

The Fight for the Future of Work

by Sarah O'Connor ...

'Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us' David Runciman'Original and enlightening... Not many books about the labour market make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes' Emma Duncan, The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is ... Read more

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'Sarah is one of the few people who really understands how AI is changing the character of work already and what it means for all of us' David Runciman'Original and enlightening... Not many books about the labour market make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes' Emma Duncan, The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is
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Artificial Intelligence

Everything you need to know about the coming AI. A Ladybird Expert Book

by Michael Wooldridge ...

Series series The Ladybird Expert Series
'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?' Alan Turing (1950)Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.This book is for everyone living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And this is an accessible and authoritative introduction to one of the most important conversations of our time . . .Written by computer scientist Michael Wooldridge, Artificial Intelligence chronicles the ... Read more

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'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?' Alan Turing (1950)Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.This book is for everyone living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And this is an accessible and authoritative introduction to one of the most important conversations of our time . . .Written by computer scientist Michael Wooldridge, Artificial Intelligence chronicles the
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A World Without Work

Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

by Daniel Susskind ...

NOMINATED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown'Compelling... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate' New York TimesNew technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been ... Read more

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NOMINATED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown'Compelling... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate' New York TimesNew technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been
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Machines that Think

Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence

by New Scientist ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power.So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us?You might not realise it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your ... Read more

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Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power.So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of Utopia, with machines doing a far better job at complex tasks than us?You might not realise it, but you interact with AIs every day. They route your
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Dangers to Humanity

AI, U.S, China, Big Tech, Facial Recognition, Drones, Smart Phones, IoT, 5G, Robotics, Cybernetics, & Bio-Digital Social Programming.

by The AI Organization, Cyrus A. Parsa ...

What are the inter-connections between AI, U.S, China, Big Tech and the worlds use of Facial Recognition, Bio-Metrics, Drones, Smart Phones, Smart Cities, IoT, VR, Mixed Reality, 5G, Robotics, Cybernetics, & Bio-Digital Social Programming? We will cover present, emerging and future threats of Artificial Intelligence with Big Tech, including technology that can be used for assassination or to ... Read more

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What are the inter-connections between AI, U.S, China, Big Tech and the worlds use of Facial Recognition, Bio-Metrics, Drones, Smart Phones, Smart Cities, IoT, VR, Mixed Reality, 5G, Robotics, Cybernetics, & Bio-Digital Social Programming? We will cover present, emerging and future threats of Artificial Intelligence with Big Tech, including technology that can be used for assassination or to
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The Rise of the Robots

FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year

by Martin Ford ...

Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015'Well researched and disturbingly persuasive.' Financial TimesIntelligent algorithms are already well on their way to making white collar jobs obsolete: travel agents, data-analysts, and paralegals are currently in the firing line. In the near future, doctors, taxi-drivers and ironically even computer programmers are ... Read more

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Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015'Well researched and disturbingly persuasive.' Financial TimesIntelligent algorithms are already well on their way to making white collar jobs obsolete: travel agents, data-analysts, and paralegals are currently in the firing line. In the near future, doctors, taxi-drivers and ironically even computer programmers are
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Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius: Control Arduino with Your Smartphone or Tablet

by Simon Monk ...

Series series Evil Genius
TEAM ARDUINO UP WITH ANDROID FOR SOME MISCHIEVOUS FUN!Filled with practical, do-it-yourself gadgets, Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius shows you how to create Arduino devices and control them with Android smartphones and tablets. Easy-to-find equipment and components are used for all the projects in the book.This wickedly inventive guide covers the Android Open Application Development ... Read more

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TEAM ARDUINO UP WITH ANDROID FOR SOME MISCHIEVOUS FUN!Filled with practical, do-it-yourself gadgets, Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius shows you how to create Arduino devices and control them with Android smartphones and tablets. Easy-to-find equipment and components are used for all the projects in the book.This wickedly inventive guide covers the Android Open Application Development
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Young Money

Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits

by Kevin Roose ...

'If Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industry's greediest adults, Kevin Roose's Young Money is a look at those wolves as cubs' Amazon.com 'Best Book of the Month'Every year, thousands of eager graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money -- as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and ... Read more

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'If Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industry's greediest adults, Kevin Roose's Young Money is a look at those wolves as cubs' Amazon.com 'Best Book of the Month'Every year, thousands of eager graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money -- as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and
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Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1

Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors

by Charles Platt ...

Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects—complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You’ll learn what each one does, how it works, why it’s useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you’ll find fascinating details you’ve never come across ... Read more

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Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects—complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You’ll learn what each one does, how it works, why it’s useful, and what variants exist. No matter how much you know about electronics, you’ll find fascinating details you’ve never come across
... Read more
Autonomy

The Quest to Build the Driverless Car - And How It Will Reshape Our World

by Lawrence Burns ...

’A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today’s most closely watched technologies’ Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceFrom the ultimate insider – a former General Motors executive and ... Read more

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’A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today’s most closely watched technologies’ Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceFrom the ultimate insider – a former General Motors executive and
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AI, Trump, China & The Weaponization of Robotics with 5G

How China, Western AI and Robotics Corporations Pose the Greatest Threat to People via Bio-Digital Social Programming

by Cyrus A. Parsa, The AI Organization ...

Series Book 1 - First Edition
Is the World in Danger via China, AI, Robotics & Big Tech? This book will disclose our Micro-Botic Terrorism (MBT) brief submitted to Washington in the spring of 2019. It will expand by explaining the discovery of Bio-Digital Social Programming within the Human-Bio-Digital Network, IoT, Internet, Smart Phones, and the emerging treats of AI, Robotics, MBT, and Bio-Digital control of human beings ... Read more

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Is the World in Danger via China, AI, Robotics & Big Tech? This book will disclose our Micro-Botic Terrorism (MBT) brief submitted to Washington in the spring of 2019. It will expand by explaining the discovery of Bio-Digital Social Programming within the Human-Bio-Digital Network, IoT, Internet, Smart Phones, and the emerging treats of AI, Robotics, MBT, and Bio-Digital control of human beings
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Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi

Build and Code Your Own Moving, Sensing, Thinking Robots

by Matt Timmons-Brown ...

In Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi, you'll learn how to build and code your own robot projects with just the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components - no prior experience necessary!Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder. You'll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it ... Read more

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In Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi, you'll learn how to build and code your own robot projects with just the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components - no prior experience necessary!Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder. You'll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it
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