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Raspberry Pi for Python Programmers Cookbook - Second Edition
by Tim CoxOver 60 recipes that harness the power of the Raspberry Pi together with Python programming and create enthralling and captivating projects About This Book • Install your first operating system, share files over the network, and run programs remotely • Construct robots and interface with your own circuits and purpose built add-ons, as well as adapt off-the-shelf household devices using this pragmatic guide • Packed with clear, step-by-step recipes to walk you through the capabilities of Raspberry Pi Who This Book Is For Readers are expected to be familiar with programming concepts and Python (where possible Python 3 is used), although beginners should manage with the help of a good Python reference book and background reading. No prior knowledge of the Raspberry Pi or electronics is required; however, for the hardware sections you will need some basic electronic components/household tools to build some of the projects. What You Will Learn • Get the Raspberry Pi set up and running for the first time • Remotely connect to the Raspberry Pi and use your PC/laptop instead of a separate screen/keyboard • Get to grips with text, files and creating quick menus using Python • Develop desktop applications; handle images and process files with ease • Make use of graphics and user control to develop your own exciting games • Use the Raspberry Pi's powerful GPU to create 3D worlds • Take control of the real world and interface with physical hardware, combining hardware and software for your own needs • Measure and control processes, respond to real events and monitor through the Internet • Learn about the Raspberry Pi hardware inputs/outputs, starting with the basics and beyond • Expand the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi with hardware expansion / add-on modules (use analogue inputs, drive servos and motors, and use SPI/I2C) • Create your own Pi-Rover or Pi-Hexpod driven by the Raspberry Pi • Make use of existing hardware by modifying and interfacing with it using the Raspberry Pi In Detail Raspberry Pi cookbook for Python Programmers is a practical guide for getting the most out of this little computer. This book begins by guiding you through setting up the Raspberry Pi, performing tasks using Python 3 and introduces the first steps to interface with electronics. As you work through each chapter you will build up your skills and knowledge and apply them as you progress throughout the book, delving further and further into the unique abilities and features of the Raspberry Pi. Later, you will learn how to automate tasks by accessing files, build applications using the popular Tkinter library and create games by controlling graphics on screen. You will harness the power of the built-in graphics processor by using Pi3D to generate your own high quality 3D graphics and environments. Connect directly to the Raspberry Pi's hardware pins to control electronics from switching on LEDs and responding to push buttons right through to driving motors and servos. Learn how to monitor sensors to gather real life data and to use it to control other devices, and view the results over the Internet. Apply what you have learnt by creating your own Pi-Rover or Pi-Hexipod robots. Finally, we will explore using many of the purpose built add-ons available for the Raspberry Pi, as well as interfacing with common household devices in new ways. Style and approach Written in a cookbook style, the book contains a series of recipes on various topics, ranging from simple to complex. It is an easy-to-follow and step-by-step guide with examples of various feature integration suitable for any search application.
Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents
by Stefan SjogelidA playful, informal approach to using the Raspberry Pi for mischief!Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents is for all mischievous Raspberry Pi owners who'd like to see their computer transform into a neat spy gadget to be used in a series of practical pranks and projects. No previous skills are required to follow along and if you're completely new to Linux, you'll pick up much of the basics for free.Apart from the Raspberry Pi board itself, a USB microphone and/or a webcam is required for most of the audio/video topics and a Wi-Fi dongle is recommended for the networking examples. A Windows/Mac OS X/Linux computer (or second Raspberry Pi) is also recommended for remote network access.
Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Second Edition
by Stefan SjogelidThis book is an easy-to-follow guide with practical examples in each chapter. Suitable for the novice and expert alike, each topic provides a fast and easy way to get started with exciting applications and also guides you through setting up the Raspberry Pi as a secret agent toolbox.
Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Third Edition
by Matthew PooleTurn your Raspberry Pi into a secret agent toolbox with this set of exciting projects About This Book • Turn your Raspberry Pi into a multi-purpose secret agent gadget for audio and video surveillance, Wi-Fi exploration, or playing pranks on your friends • Detect an intruder on camera or with sensors and set off an alarm or receive messages to your phone • Find out what the other computers on your network are up to and make yourself anonymous on the Internet • This book has been updated for new additions to your toolkit featuring the tiny, recently released Raspberry Pi Zero board Who This Book Is For This book is for those who are new to the Raspberry Pi Zero ,Raspberry Pi 2 or Raspberry Pi 3 and have some experience with the original Raspberry Pi models, and even for those budding secret agents who would like to use Pi Zero as a secret agent toolbox. No programming experience is assumed. Suitable for the novice and expert alike, each topic provides a fast and easy way to get started with exciting applications, with practical examples in every chapter. What You Will Learn • Install and configure the Raspbian Jessie operating system for maximum mischief • Detect an intruder with motion detection or a laser trip wire and set off an alarm • Listen in to conversations from a distance over Bluetooth • Distort your voice in weird and wonderful ways • Track the Pi's whereabouts using GPS • Connect your Pi to the mobile Internet using a 3G dongle and make yourself anonymous on the net • Display secret messages and codes to fellow agents on a LED display In Detail This book is for all mischievous Raspberry Pi owners who'd like to see their computer transform into a neat spy gadget to be used in a series of practical pranks and projects. No previous skills are required to follow along, and if you're completely new to Linux, you'll pick up much of the basics for free. We'll help you set up your Raspberry Pi Zero , Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 and guide you through a number of pranks and secret agent techniques that are so inconspicuous yet high on mischief. You'll learn how to configure your operating system for maximum mischief and start exploring audio, video, or Wi-Fi techniques. We'll show you how to record, listen, or talk to people from a distance and how to set up your own phone network. Then, you'll plug in your webcam and set up a motion detector with an alarm and find out what the other computers on your Wi-Fi network are up to. Once you've mastered the techniques, we'll combine them with a battery pack and GPS for the ultimate off-road spy kit. Style and Approach This easy-to-follow guide is for budding secret agents who want to create tools for mischief, stealth, and reconnaissance. It's full of fun, practical examples and easy-to-follow recipes, guaranteeing maximum mischief for all skill levels.
Raspberry Pi für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Mike Cook Sean McManusSean McManus und Mike Cook führen Sie Schritt für Schritt in die Nutzung des Raspberry Pi ein und verschaffen Ihnen einen Überblick über all die Möglichkeiten, die er Ihnen bietet. Sie zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie den Raspberry Pi zum Laufen bringen, sich unter Linux zurechtfinden, den Raspberry Pi als ganz normalen Computer mit Office- und Bildverarbeitungsprogrammen oder als Mediencenter zum Abspielen von Musik und Videos nutzen. Außerdem lernen Sie, wie Sie die Platine mit Scratch und Python programmieren, und erfahren alles über die Verwendung des Raspberry Pi als Steuereinheit für elektronisches Spielzeug.
Raspberry Pi im Informatik- und Technikunterricht: Konzeption eines handlungs- und problemorientierten Unterrichts mit der MicroBerry-Lernumgebung
by Andreas Schnirch Nadine Ridinger Felix WeschenfelderDieses Buch beschreibt erprobte und evaluierte Unterrichtssequenzen zum Experimentieren mit dem Raspberry Pi im Informatik- und Technikunterricht der Sekundarstufe. Ausgehend von den Zielen eines modernen Informatikunterrichts wird gezeigt, wie eine interessen- und motivationsfördernde Raspberry-Pi Lernumgebung aussehen kann. Neben konkreten und differenzierten Unterrichtseinheiten, mit denen sich Schülerinnen und Schüler experimentell die Grundbausteine von Algorithmen erschließen können, werden Unterrichtseinheiten für fortgeschrittene Lernende sowie Projekte vorgestellt. Die vorgestellten Konzepte unterstützen Lehrerinnen und Lehrer wirkungsvoll bei der Konzeption des eigenen Unterrichts, können aber auch als Selbstlernmodule genutzt werden.
Raspberry Pi. Receptury
by Simon MonkWyobra? sobie komputer o rozmiarach niewiele wi?kszych od karty kredytowej, posiadaj?cy ca?kiem spor? moc obliczeniow?, pracuj?cy pod kontrol? systemu Linux i kosztuj?cy grosze. Tak, taki sprz?t istnieje naprawd?! Mowa o Raspberry Pi — urz?dzeniu zaprojektowanym z my?l? o nauce programowania dla dzieci, które sprawdzi?o si? w wielu zastosowaniach i odnios?o ogromny sukces na rynku komercyjnym jako serwer WWW, odtwarzacz filmów oraz platforma do budowy niezwyk?ych projektów elektronicznych. Brzmi intryguj?co?Otwórz t? ksi??k? i poznaj najlepsze przepisy na wykorzystanie mo?liwo?ci Raspberry Pi. St?d dowiesz si? wszystkiego o budowie i mo?liwo?ciach tego urz?dzenia. Po lekturze kolejnych rozdzia?ów pod??czysz Pi do sieci — zarówno kablowej, jak i bezprzewodowej, oraz wykorzystasz z??cza GPIO. Ponadto poznasz podstawy j?zyka Python i zobaczysz, jak zastosowa? go w Pi. Po lekturze tej ksi??ki b?dziesz umia? samodzielnie sterowa? sprz?tem elektronicznym i silnikami oraz zbiera? dane z czujników ró?nego typu. Ksi??ka ta jest obowi?zkow? pozycj? dla ka?dego posiadacza tej niezwyk?ej platformy! Dzi?ki tej ksi??ce: rozpoczniesz prac? z Raspberry Pi, pod??czysz Raspberry Pi do sieci, b?dziesz pracowa? w ?rodowisku opartym na systemie Linux, skorzystasz z gotowych aplikacji przeznaczonych dla Raspberry Pi, b?dziesz sterowa? prac? elektroniki pod??czonej do z??cza GPIO, poznasz zagadnienia dotycz?ce sterowania za pomoc? Raspberry Pi prac? ró?nych silników, rozpoczniesz prac? z prze??cznikami, blokami klawiszy i innymi cyfrowymi urz?dzeniami wej?ciowymi, wykonasz ró?ne pomiary za pomoc? czujników pod??czonych do Raspberry Pi, pod??czysz do Raspberry Pi ró?ne wy?wietlacze — mi?dzy innymi matryce diodowe, stworzysz dynamiczne projekty korzystaj?ce z mo?liwo?ci Arduino i Raspberry Pi. Twój przewodnik po platformie Raspberry Pi!
Raspberry Pi: A Quick-Start Guide
by Maik SchmidtPrinted in full color.Most of the book is targeted at beginners in computing and programming. A few parts, such as the small electronics project and setting up a web server, assume some intermediate skills.The Raspberry Pi is one of the most successful open source hardware projects ever. For less than $40, you get a full-blown PC, a multimedia center, and a web server--and this book gives you everything you need to get started. You'll learn the basics, progress to controlling the Pi, and then build your own electronics projects. This new edition is revised and updated with two new chapters on adding digital and analog sensors, and creating videos and a burglar alarm with the Pi camera. Get your Raspberry Pi up and running and doing cool stuff. You'll start with the basics: adding hardware, installing and configuring Debian Linux, and customizing the Pi's firmware to get the most out of your hardware.Then the fun begins. You'll connect the Pi to your home network, surf the web, and tweet messages. You'll learn how to get the most out of Midori, the Pi's standard browser, and control the desktops of other PCs with the Pi. Then you'll explore the Pi's versatility with a series of home projects. Turn it into a web server in your home network; convert the Pi into a powerful multimedia center so you can watch high-definition video and listen to your favorite music; and play classic video games.Then you'll use the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi to build your own electronics projects, such as an "out of memory" alarm. You'll learn how to use digital and analog sensors with the Pi, even though the Pi doesn't have analog input ports! Finally, you'll set up the Pi camera, create your own time-lapse videos, and build an automatic e-mailing burglar alarm. Power to the Pi!What You NeedYou need a Raspberry Pi and several things that you probably already have at home, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor/TV set, and an SD card. To build the electronic projects you need a few cheap parts and the Pi camera.
Raspberry Pi: Making Amazing Projects Right from Scratch!
by Matthew Poole Richard Grimmett Ashwin Pajankar Arush KakkarExplore the powers of Raspberry Pi and build your very own projects right out of the box About This Book * From robotics to gaming, this Learning Path will unlock your creativity! * Build your own impressive IoT projects to transform your home * Featuring some of Packt's very best Raspberry Pi content, this Learning Path doesn't just get you to your destination - it opens up a whole horizon of possibilities! Who This Book Is For Want new ideas for your next Raspberry Pi project? Got one lying around gathering dust? This Learning Path gets you straight into the creative dirty work of programming and playing with your pi. Whether your new to Raspberry Pi, or an experienced maker, we think this Learning Path will inspire you and get your creative juices flowing! What You Will Learn * Discover an aweome range of Raspberry Pi projects * Bridge the gap between software and hardware through your Pi and find out how to make an operating system interact with cameras and other hardware * Find out how to use your Raspberry Pi for gaming * Secure your home with this tiny computer! * Make science fiction a reality - build a walking robot In Detail Looking for inspiration for your next Raspberry Pi project? Not sure where to begin? This Learning Path is the perfect place to begin, providing you with an accessible yet comprehensive journey through Raspberry Pi. Following three modules, you'll soon be confident and prepared to get creative with your microcomputer. Raspberry Pi by Example is the first module in this Learning Path - and it does exactly what it says. It doesn't just teach, it shows you how to go and build some awesome Raspberry Pi projects immediately. Build and play your own games with the Pi, build a complete Internet of Things home automation system that controls your house through Twitter... let your imagination run wild! In the next module we'll look in more depth at building a home security system. You'll be using some of the skills you devoped through the first module, but apply them to something more intricate and impressive. Using a Linux based operating system as the foundations, you'll gradually build up an entire security infrastructure adding cameras, remote controls, and even intrusion alerts! In the final module, we'll take you into the world of Raspberry Pi robotics. By the end of it, you'll have built a biped robot that can interact with its environment! This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: * Raspberry Pi By Example by Ashwin Pajankar and Arush Kakkar * Building a Home Security System with Raspberry Pi by Matthew Pole * Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials by Richard Grimmett Style and approach It's not every day you build a home automation system. It's not every day you build a walking robot. But with this Learning Path you'll do just that. So get started and let this tiny computer expand your imagination.
Raspbian OS Programming with the Raspberry Pi: IoT Projects with Wolfram, Mathematica, and Scratch
by Agus KurniawanMaster the command line and Raspbian Linux as well as the physical connections of the Pi. With this book you’ll develop skills applicable to other real world applications in both hardware and software development all while working on simple and fun IoT projects that you can do yourself.You'll learn to build programs on the top of Raspbian OS in Raspberry Pi boards. Start by using Raspbian shells to develop programs.Then follow projects and samples step-by-step to get new experiences in Raspbian OS development. You'll also learn the Wolfram Language and Mathematica, Scratch, IoT programs and IoT middleware, Node-RED, Interactive Data Visualization with Jupyter Notebook, and more.There are many features in Raspbian OS and on Raspberry Pi boards perfect for building an IoT program to suite various scenarios. The GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi allow it to scale further to accomplish all kinds of projects and tasks. Raspbian OS Programming with the Raspberry Pi is your pathway to exploring all of this.What You'll LearnDiscover the basics of programming in the Raspbian OS environment Work with the Raspbian Commandline Develop programs with the Wolfram Language and MathematicaWho This Book Is ForStudents and hobbyists interested in programming on Raspbian OS with Raspberry Pi boards.
Ratchet and Clank: Hero Time (Movie Reader)
by Scholastic Meredith RusuWhen the evil alien Drek decides to destroy every planet in the Solana Galaxy, the Galactic Rangers turn to two unlikely heroes for assistance: Ratchet, a rare Lombax who works as a mechanic, and Clank, a castoff robot from Drek's own forces. Can they work together to stop Drek and save the galaxy? This 48-page reader is packed with pictures from the movie and is geared toward kids ages 5-8.
Ratchet and Clank: The Movie Novel
by Scholastic Kate HowardWhen the evil alien Drek decides to destroy every planet in the Solana Galaxy, the Galactic Rangers turn to two unlikely heroes for assistance: Ratchet, a rare Lombax who works as a mechanic, and Clank, a castoff robot from Drek's own forces. Can they work together to stop Drek and save the galaxy?
Rational Cybersecurity for Business: The Security Leaders' Guide to Business Alignment
by Dan BlumUse the guidance in this comprehensive field guide to gain the support of your top executives for aligning a rational cybersecurity plan with your business. You will learn how to improve working relationships with stakeholders in complex digital businesses, IT, and development environments. You will know how to prioritize your security program, and motivate and retain your team.Misalignment between security and your business can start at the top at the C-suite or happen at the line of business, IT, development, or user level. It has a corrosive effect on any security project it touches. But it does not have to be like this. Author Dan Blum presents valuable lessons learned from interviews with over 70 security and business leaders. You will discover how to successfully solve issues related to: risk management, operational security, privacy protection, hybrid cloud management, security culture and user awareness, and communication challenges.This open access book presents six priority areas to focus on to maximize the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program: risk management, control baseline, security culture, IT rationalization, access control, and cyber-resilience. Common challenges and good practices are provided for businesses of different types and sizes. And more than 50 specific keys to alignment are included.What You Will LearnImprove your security culture: clarify security-related roles, communicate effectively to businesspeople, and hire, motivate, or retain outstanding security staff by creating a sense of efficacy Develop a consistent accountability model, information risk taxonomy, and risk management framework Adopt a security and risk governance model consistent with your business structure or culture, manage policy, and optimize security budgeting within the larger business unit and CIO organization IT spend Tailor a control baseline to your organization’s maturity level, regulatory requirements, scale, circumstances, and critical assets Help CIOs, Chief Digital Officers, and other executives to develop an IT strategy for curating cloud solutions and reducing shadow IT, building up DevSecOps and Disciplined Agile, and moreBalance access control and accountability approaches, leverage modern digital identity standards to improve digital relationships, and provide data governance and privacy-enhancing capabilitiesPlan for cyber-resilience: work with the SOC, IT, business groups, and external sources to coordinate incident response and to recover from outages and come back stronger Integrate your learnings from this book into a quick-hitting rational cybersecurity success plan Who This Book Is For Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and other heads of security, security directors and managers, security architects and project leads, and other team members providing security leadership to your business
Rational Decisions in Organisations: Theoretical and Practical Aspects
by Frédéric AdamManagers in organisations must make rational decisions. Rational decision making is the opposite of intuitive decision making. It is a strict procedure utilising objective knowledge and logic. It involves identifying the problem to solve, gathering facts, identifying options and outcomes, analysing them, considering all the relationships and selecting the decision. Rational decision making requires support: methods and software tools. The identification of the problem to solve needs methods that would measure and evaluate the current situation. Identification and evaluation of options and analysis of the available possibilities involves analysis and optimisation methods. Incorporating intuition into rational decision making needs adequate methods that would translate ideas or observed behaviours into hard data. Communication, observation and opinions recording is hardly possible today without adequate software. Information and data that form the input, intermediate variables and the output must be stored, managed and made accessible in a user-friendly manner. Rational Decisions in Organisations: Theoretical and Practical Aspects presents selected recent developments in the support of the widely understood rational decision making in organisations, illustrated through case studies. The book shows not only the variety of perspectives involved in decision making, but also the variety of domains where rational decision support systems are needed. The case studies present decision making by medical doctors, students and managers of various universities, IT project teams, construction companies, banks and small and large manufacturing companies. Covering the richness of relationships in which the decisions should and must be taken, the book illustrates how modern organisations operate in chains and networks; they have multiple responsibilities, including social, legal, business and ethical duties. Nowadays, managers in organisations can make transparent decisions and consider a multitude of stakeholders and their diverse features, incorporating diverse criteria, using multiple types and drivers of information and decision-making patterns, and referring to numerous lessons learned. As the book makes clear, the marriage of theoretical ideas with the possibilities offered by technology can make the decisions in organisations more rational and, at the same time, more human.
RavenDB 2.x beginner's guide
by Khaled TannirWritten in a friendly, example-driven Beginner's Guide format, there are plenty of step-by-step instructions and examples that are designed to help you get started with RavenDB. If you are a .NET developer, new to document-oriented databases, and you wish to learn how to build applications using NoSQL databases, then this book is for you. Experience with relational database systems will be helpful, but not necessary.
RavenDB High Performance
by Brian RitchieRavenDB High Performance is comprehensive yet concise tutorial that developers can use to.This book is for developers & software architects who are designing systems in order to achieve high performance right from the start. A basic understanding of RavenDB is recommended, but not required. While the book focuses on advanced topics, it does not assume that the reader has a great deal of prior knowledge of working with RavenDB.
Raving Patients: The Definitive Guide To Using Reputation Marketing To Attract Hundreds Of New Patients
by Len TauIn Raving Patients, Dr. Len Tau, a practicing dentist in Philadelphia and online reputation specialist, shares simple tips and best practices to become visible and demonstrate credibility online. Dental practices waste thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours trying to find new patients using methods that may have worked decades ago but no longer work today. Raving Patients teaches dentists how to get exponentially better marketing results for a fraction of the time and money using a simple combination of online and offline reputation marketing strategies that take only minutes to implement. The strategies within Raving Patients help dental practices rise up search engine results when patients in their area search for new dentists. Dr. Tau also presents proven methodologies that help dental practices stand out as the practice of choice in their area. This generates a steady flow of patients who are more likely to move forward with treatment recommendations than other dental marketing strategies.
Raw Data Is an Oxymoron (Infrastructures)
by Lisa GitelmanEpisodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture. We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta- denotes a quadrillion, or a thousand trillion). Data collection is constant and even insidious, with every click and every “like” stored somewhere for something. This book reminds us that data is anything but “raw,” that we shouldn't think of data as a natural resource but as a cultural one that needs to be generated, protected, and interpreted. The book's essays describe eight episodes in the history of data from the predigital to the digital. Together they address such issues as the ways that different kinds of data and different domains of inquiry are mutually defining; how data are variously “cooked” in the processes of their collection and use; and conflicts over what can—or can't—be “reduced” to data. Contributors discuss the intellectual history of data as a concept; describe early financial modeling and some unusual sources for astronomical data; discover the prehistory of the database in newspaper clippings and index cards; and consider contemporary “dataveillance” of our online habits as well as the complexity of scientific data curation. Essay Authors Geoffrey C. Bowker, Kevin R. Brine, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Lisa Gitelman, Steven J. Jackson, Virginia Jackson, Markus Krajewski, Mary Poovey, Rita Raley, David Ribes, Daniel Rosenberg, Matthew Stanley, Travis D. Williams
Ray Tracing from the Ground Up
by Kevin SuffernWith the increase in computing speed and due to the high quality of the optical effects it achieves, ray tracing is becoming a popular choice for interactive and animated rendering. This book takes readers through the whole process of building a modern ray tracer from scratch in C++. All concepts and processes are explained in detail with the aid o
Ray Tracing: A Tool for All
by Jon PeddieThis is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview for anyone wanting to understand the benefits and opportunities of ray tracing, as well as some of the challenges, without having to learn how to program or be an optics scientist.It demystifies ray tracing and brings forward the need and benefit of using ray tracing throughout the development of a film, product, or building — from pitch to prototype to marketing.Ray Tracing and Rendering clarifies the difference between conventional faked rendering and physically correct, photo-realistic ray traced rendering, and explains how programmer’s time, and backend compositing time are saved while producing more accurate representations with 3D models that move.Often considered an esoteric subject the author takes ray tracing out of the confines of the programmer’s lair and shows how all levels of users from concept to construction and sales can benefit without being forced to be a practitioner. It treats both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject as well as giving insights into all the major ray tracing programs and how many of them came about.It will enrich the readers’ understanding of what a difference an accurate high-fidelity image can make to the viewer — our eyes are incredibly sensitive to flaws and distortions and we quickly disregard things that look phony or unreal. Such dismissal by a potential user or customer can spell disaster for a supplier, producer, or developer. If it looks real it will sell, even if it is a fantasy animation. Ray tracing is now within reach of every producer and marketeer, and at prices one can afford, and with production times that meet the demands of today’s fast world.
Re-Engineering Humanity
by Evan Selinger Brett FrischmannEvery day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed that are thrusting humanity down an ill-advised path, one that's increasingly making us behave like simple machines? <P><P>In this wide-reaching, interdisciplinary book, Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger examine what's happening to our lives as society embraces big data, predictive analytics, and smart environments. They explain how the goal of designing programmable worlds goes hand in hand with engineering predictable and programmable people. <P>Detailing new frameworks, provocative case studies, and mind-blowing thought experiments, Frischmann and Selinger reveal hidden connections between fitness trackers, electronic contracts, social media platforms, robotic companions, fake news, autonomous cars, and more. <P>This powerful analysis should be read by anyone interested in understanding exactly how technology threatens the future of our society, and what we can do now to build something better.<P> Offers an academically rigorous and interdisciplinary analysis.<P> Written in accessible prose with resonant examples.<P> Includes mind-blowing thought experiments.
Re-Engineering Legacy Software
by Chris BirchallSummaryAs a developer, you may inherit projects built on existing codebases with design patterns, usage assumptions, infrastructure, and tooling from another time and another team. Fortunately, there are ways to breathe new life into legacy projects so you can maintain, improve, and scale them without fighting their limitations.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the BookRe-Engineering Legacy Software is an experience-driven guide to revitalizing inherited projects. It covers refactoring, quality metrics, toolchain and workflow, continuous integration, infrastructure automation, and organizational culture. You'll learn techniques for introducing dependency injection for code modularity, quantitatively measuring quality, and automating infrastructure. You'll also develop practical processes for deciding whether to rewrite or refactor, organizing teams, and convincing management that quality matters. Core topics include deciphering and modularizing awkward code structures, integrating and automating tests, replacing outdated build systems, and using tools like Vagrant and Ansible for infrastructure automation. What's InsideRefactoring legacy codebasesContinuous inspection and integrationAutomating legacy infrastructureNew tests for old codeModularizing monolithic projectsAbout the ReaderThis book is written for developers and team leads comfortable with an OO language like Java or C#.About the AuthorChris Birchall is a senior developer at the Guardian in London, working on the back-end services that power the website.Table of ContentsPART 1 GETTING STARTEDUnderstanding the challenges of legacy projects Finding your starting pointPART 2 REFACTORING TO IMPROVE THE CODEBASEPreparing to refactorRefactoringRe-architectingThe Big RewritePART 3 BEYOND REFACTORING—IMPROVING PROJECT WORKFLOWAND INFRASTRUCTUREAutomating the development environmentExtending automation to test, staging, and production environmentsModernizing the development, building, and deployment of legacy softwareStop writing legacy code!
Re-engineering the Uptake of ICT in Schools
by David Griffiths Cathy Lewin Frans Van Assche Luis Anido Sarah McnicolThis book reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these innovations has not always been very successful, particularly in schools. The transition from proof of concept to integration into learning activities has been recognized as a bottleneck for quite some time. This major problem, which is affecting many TEL stakeholders, is the focus of this book which focuses on developing a more effective and efficient approach based on more than 2500 pilots in European classrooms. Teachers, head teachers, and policy makers may benefit from reading how novel learning scenarios can be elaborated, adapted to a local context, and implemented in the classroom; how new technologies can support this process for teachers and their national/regional communities; how teachers and other stakeholders can be educated in such a re-engineering process; how the approach can be scaled up through MOOCs, ambassador schemes, and train-the-trainer programs; how future classroom labs can inspire teachers, head teachers, and policy makers; how teachers and, above all, learners can become more engaged in learning through the adoption of the iTEC approach. Readers with a more technical focus may also be interested in the discussion of recommender systems, the flexible provision of resources and services, the deployment of the cloud in schools, and systems for composing technological support for lesson plans.
Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 18–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part I (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #617)
by Yogesh K. Dwivedi Nripendra P. Rana Sujeet K. Sharma Bhimaraya MetriThis two-volume set of IFIP AICT 617 and 618 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference "Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation" on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, held in Tiruchirappalli, India, in December 2020.The 86 revised full papers and 36 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers focus on the re-imagination of diffusion and adoption of emerging technologies. They are organized in the following parts: Part I: artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; big data and analytics; blockchain; diffusion and adoption technology; emerging technologies in e-Governance; emerging technologies in consumer decision making and choice; fin-tech applications; healthcare information technology; and Internet of ThingsPart II: information technology and disaster management; adoption of mobile and platform-based applications; smart cities and digital government; social media; and diffusion of information technology and systems
Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: IFIP WG 8.6 International Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 18–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part II (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #618)
by Yogesh K. Dwivedi Nripendra P. Rana Sujeet K. Sharma Bhimaraya MetriThis two-volume set of IFIP AICT 617 and 618 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference "Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation" on Transfer and Diffusion of IT, TDIT 2020, held in Tiruchirappalli, India, in December 2020.The 86 revised full papers and 36 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers focus on the re-imagination of diffusion and adoption of emerging technologies. They are organized in the following parts: Part I: artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; big data and analytics; blockchain; diffusion and adoption technology; emerging technologies in e-Governance; emerging technologies in consumer decision making and choice; fin-tech applications; healthcare information technology; and Internet of ThingsPart II: diffusion of information technology and disaster management; adoption of mobile and platform-based applications; smart cities and digital government; social media; and diffusion of information technology and systems