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Blue-Bot [equipment]. by Please return all components in container.;
Blue-Bot is a programmable robot that can follow your instructions by using the buttons on its back. Blue-Bot can go forwards, backwards, or make right or left turns. It is the perfect robot to introduce your child to the fun of coding. Expand your fun with the Blue-bot App on a tablet (tablet not included). (Best suited for ages 4+)
Subjects: Floor robot.; Robotics.; Coding.; Programming.; Library of things.; Coding and robots.;
© , TTS.
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Makey Makey Kit [equipment]. by Please return all components in the container.;
"The Makey Makey is an electronic invention kit for all ages! The Makey Makey allows you to take everyday objects and combine them with the internet. Using the alligator clips attached to any conductive material you can control the keyboard of your computer, such as the space bar, arrow keys and left click of the mouse."--from Manufacturer.
Subjects: Equipment.; Coding.; Programming.; Electronics.; Library of things.; Coding and robots.;
© , SparkFun Electronics.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sphero BOLT [equipment]. by Please return all components in container.;
Encourage hours of creative learning opportunities with the bilingual English-French language Sphero BOLT Robotic Ball. It teaches children how to code through drawing, using Scratch blocks, or even writing JavaScript text with the Sphero EDU app. Drive and play games with this advanced LED-lit toy that boasts a 2-hour battery life with each charge.
Subjects: Equipment.; Robotic ball.; Robotics.; Mobile computing.; Library of things.; Coding and robots.;
© , Sphero, Inc.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 5
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Coding with robotics / by Burns, Kylie.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Information accompanies instructions for various robotics-themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Subjects: Computer programming; Robotics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Coding with Minecraft : build taller, farm faster, mine deeper, and automate the boring stuff / by Sweigart, Al.;
Includes Internet addresses and index.Installing Minecraft and Computercraft -- Lua programming basics -- Talking to your turtle -- Programming turtles to dance -- Making a better dancer -- Programming a robolumberjack -- Creating modules to reuse your code -- Running an automated tree farm -- Building a cobblestone generator -- Making a stone brick factory -- Constructing walls -- Room-constructing robots -- Floor-constructing robots -- Programming farm bots -- Programming a staircase miner."A guide to using ComputerCraft and the Lua programming language to automate bots in Minecraft. This book teaches computer science and programming basics and transforms Minecraft from just a video game into an educational tool"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Minecraft (Game); Lua (Computer program language); Computer programming.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The tiger's nest / by Trueit, Trudi Strain.;
On an island nation in the Indian Ocean, the explorers venture through a vast underwater world and take part in a friendly robotics competition. But the tides of good fortune change quickly. Suddenly, Team Cousteau jumps into action to rescue a faculty member from the brink of death. Meanwhile, the team follows the Cruz's mother's clues to a magnificent tomb and center of spirituality precariously perched on the side of a cliff. There, Cruz is confronted by a familiar foe who's determined to stop him from completing his most important mission of all: retrieving the final pieces of his mother's cipher. In this life-or-death showdown, Cruz witnesses the ultimate sacrifice and uncovers a hidden message that makes him question his own mortality.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Research vessels; Robotics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Mother Code / by Stivers, Carole,author.;
"In this mind-bending debut novel, Carole Stivers explores what it means to be a mother in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever. It is 2049. When a U.S. attempt at stealth biowarfare goes awry, a team of scientists is engaged to ensure human survival on earth. Their best efforts fail, and they must turn to their last resort: a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots--to be incubated, birthed, and raised by these machines, which have been programmed with the latest advances in artificial intelligence: the Mother Code. Kai is born in America's desert Southwest, his only companion his robotic Mother, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and intuition of a human mother, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. As children like him come of age, their Mothers transform too--in ways that were never predicted. When government survivors decide that the machines who raised the children must be destroyed, Kai must fight to save the only parent he has ever known"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Motherhood;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unmasking AI : my mission to protect what is human in a world of machines / by Buolamwini, Joy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Dr. Joy Buolamwini is the self-described "Poet of Code" who has had a lifelong passion for computer science, engineering, and art -- disciplines that, she felt, pushed the boundaries of reality. After tinkering with robotics as a high school student in Tennessee, to developing mobile apps in Zambia as a Fulbright fellow, Buolamwini eventually found herself at MIT. As a graduate student at the "Future Factory," Buolamwini's groundbreaking research revealed that AI systems -- from leading tech companies -- were consistently failing on non-male, non-white bodies. In Unmasking AI, Buolamwini goes beyond the news headlines about racism, colorism, and sexism in Big Tech to tell the remarkable story of how she uncovered what she calls "the coded gaze" -- evidence of racial and gender bias in tech -- and galvanized the movement to prevent AI harms by founding the Algorithmic Justice League. Applying an intersectional lens to both tech industry and research sector, Buolamwini shows how race, gender, and ability bias can overlap and render broad swaths of humanity vulnerable in our AI-dependent world. Computers, she reminds us, are reflections of both the aspirations and the limitations of the people who create them"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Buolamwini, Joy.; Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence; Discrimination in science.; Sex discrimination in science.; Artificial intelligence;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Futureproof : 9 rules for humans in the age of automation / by Roose, Kevin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The machines are here. After decades of sci-fi doomsaying and marketing hype, advanced A.I. and automation technologies have leapt out of research labs and Silicon Valley engineering departments and into the center of our lives. Robots once primarily threatened blue-collar manufacturing jobs, but today's machines are being trained to do the work of lawyers, doctors, investment bankers, and other white-collar jobs previously considered safe from automation's reach. The world's biggest corporations are racing to automate jobs, and some experts predict that A.I could put millions of people out of work. Meanwhile, runaway algorithms have already changed the news we see, the politicians we elect, and the ways we interact with each other. But all is not lost. With a little effort, we can become futureproof. In Futureproof: 9 Rules for Machine-Age Humans, New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out an optimistic vision of how people can thrive in the machine age by rethinking their relationship with technology, and making themselves irreplaceably human. In nine pragmatic, accessible lessons, Roose draws on interviews with leading technologists, trips to the A.I. frontier, and centuries' worth of history to prepare readers to live, work, and thrive in the coming age of intelligent machines. He shares the secrets of people and organizations that have successfully survived technological change, including a 19th-century rope-maker and a Japanese auto worker, and explains how people, organizations, and communities can apply their lessons to safeguard their own futures. The lessons include : Do work that is surprising, social, and scarce (the types of work machines can't do), break your phone addiction with the help of a rubber band, work in an office, treat A.I. like the office gorilla, resist "hustle porn" and efficiency culture and do less, slower Roose's examination of the future rejects the conventional wisdom that in order to compete with machines, we have to become more like them--hyper-efficient, data-driven, code-writing workhorses. Instead, he says, we should let machines be machines, and focus on doing the kinds of creative, inspiring, and meaningful work only humans can do"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computers and civilization.; Success in business.; Automation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jinxed / by McCulloch, Amy.;
Lacey Chu has big dreams of working for the company behind the 'baku' - a customizable smart pet that functions as a phone but makes the perfect companion for its user. The only problem is, she's just been rejected from Profectus Academy - the elite academy for cutting-edge tech. Then Lacey meets Jinx ... Jinx is an incredibly advanced cat baku who opens up a world that Lacey never new existed, including entry into the hallowed halls of Profectus. But what is Jinx, really? His abilities far surpass anything written into his coded. He seems to be more than just a robotic pet. He seems ... real.Ages 8 and up.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Robotic pets; Technological innovations; Robots;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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