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Mind games / by Larry, H. I.; Oswald, Ash.;
Subjects: Scientists; Computer hackers;
© 2008, c2006., Scholastic,
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Billionaire, nerd, savior, king : Bill Gates and his quest to shape our world / by Das, Anupreeta(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates -- one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past four decades -- and an eye-opening exploration of our national fixation on billionaires"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gates, Bill, 1955-; Businesspeople; Computer scientists; Philanthropists;
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Girl decoded : a scientist's quest to reclaim our humanity by bringing emotional intelligence to technology / by El Kaliouby, Rana,author.; Colman, Carol,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling-to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, el Kaliouby was raised by a strict father who valued tradition-yet also had high expectations for his daughters-and a mother who was one of the first female computer programmers in the Middle East. Even before el Kaliouby broke ground as a scientist, she broke the rules of what it meant to be an obedient daughter and, later, an obedient wife to pursue her own daring dream. After earning her PhD at Cambridge, el Kaliouby, now the divorced mother of two, moved to America to pursue her mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. The majority of our communication is conveyed through nonverbal cues: facial expressions, tone of voice, body language. But that communication is lost when we interact with others through our smartphones and devices. The result is an emotion-blind digital universe that impairs the very intelligence and capabilities-including empathy-that distinguish human beings from our machines. To combat our fundamental loss of emotional intelligence online, she cofounded Affectiva, the pioneer in the new field of Emotion AI, allowing our technology to understand humans the way we understand one another. Girl Decoded chronicles el Kaliouby's journey from being a "nice Egyptian girl" to becoming a woman, carving her own path as she revolutionizes technology. But decoding herself-learning to express and act on her own emotions-would prove to be the biggest challenge of all"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; El Kaliouby, Rana.; Women computer scientists; Women scientists; Egyptian American women; Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence;
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The last lecture / by Pausch, Randy.; Zaslow, Jeffrey.;
LSC
Subjects: Pausch, Randy; Pausch, Randy; Computer scientists; College teachers; Pancreas; Cancer; Death; Conduct of life.;
© c2008., Hyperion,
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Power on! [graphic novel] / by Ryoo, Jean J.,author.; Jackson Barrios, Charis,illustrator.; Margolis, Jane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.012-018.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Communication; Computer science; Computer scientists; Friendship; High schools; Racism; Schools; Technology;
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Astro boy [electronic resource] : the video game. by Electronic Arts (Firm); Nintendo of America Inc.;
Game.Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist. Our hero embarks on a journey in search of adventure in a nether world of robot gladiators, before he returns to Metro City where he finds his place in the world.ESRB Content Rating: E, Everyone, 10+ (fantasy violence).DVD compatible with Wii console.
Subjects: Astro boy (Motion picture); Astro boy (Game); Computer adventure games; Computer games.; Video games.; Wii (Video game console);
© c2009., Nintendo,
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Rust [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.In Rust, there is one goal above everything else: survive. Conquer thirst and hunger, battle the elements, create weapons and stay safe against hostile forces including other players, scientists, bears, wolves or even succumb to fire, drowning or radiation poisoning. In the struggle for survival and supremacy, players can build Tiny cabins in the woods to huge scrap metal fortresses in an attempt to stay safe, as well as craft a variety of weapons, bombs and traps. A game without rules: Rust doesn't tell its inhabitants what to do. Players are free to be deceptive and aggressive with intense player vs. Player combat, Raiding and looting, but there is potentially even more to be earned with a team of friendly players by your side.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (Blood, violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2-100 player online multiplayer with leaderboards and voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 10 GB storage required ; online play required ; Dualshock 4 vibration function supported.
Subjects: Sony video games.; Survival video games.; First person shooter video games.; Video games.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Rust (Game); Islands; Combat survival; Wilderness survival;
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Proving ground : the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer / by Kleiman, Kathy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer-a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand-even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. But their story, never told to the reporters and scientists who thronged the huge computer after it became public, was lost. Kathy Kleiman, through meticulous research and vivid prose, brings these women back to life, and back into the historical record. For more than two decades, she met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers, poured over documentation and images, and recorded extensive oral histories with the women about their work. She found stories that had been relegated and dismissed by even computer history experts, who had assumed the women in the old black-and-white pictures with ENIAC were nothing more than models. PROVING GROUND is a character-driven narrative that restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and PROVING GROUND is the celebration they deserve"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Computer programmers; ENIAC (Computer); Women computer programmers;
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Other Worlds. by NASA (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by NASA in 2024.In moments years (and sometimes decades) in the making, scientists react to new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space telescope ever built.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Computer science.; Astronomy.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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All systems red / by Wells, Martha,author.;
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Life on other planets; Interplanetary voyages; Androids; Robots; Human-computer interaction;
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