This early interview with Christie Hefner, before she became CeO of Playboy enterprises, Inc., was perhaps the first insight into her considerable abilities as a ...more

TABLe OF CONTeNTS 1. GPS: A COMPUTeR GRAPHICS NICHe THAT BeCAMe AN INDUSTRY 2. MILITARY SIMULATIONS NOW INTeGRATe GPS, GIS, ReAL WORLD IMAGING 3. MILITARY SIMULATIONS GeT ...more

Future applications include environmental monitoring and police surveillance in remote areas. Originally appeared as an article in the January 1998 issue of "Advanced Imaging...more

A low--level retail investigator and his new partner find themselves rescuing a woman in distress. No sex, no violence, but lots of adult language. A version of this story ...more

1. Virtual Museums: A Reality At Last? 2. Curators View the Museum of the Future 3. The Smithsonian Museum's Virtual Displays 4. The Getty's Virtual Display of Trajan's Forum...more

An interview with Frank Zappa done in Frankfurt, Germany in 1970 while he was on tour. This originally appeared (except the introduction and endnotes) in a U.S. Army ...more

An examination of legal and illegal competitive intelligence techniques used by private firms. Originally appeared as an article in "Security Management" magazine in October ...more

An account of what occurred at the Agent Orange Settlement Fairness Hearings in Chicago, by someone who was there and participated. Of great interest to Viet Nam veterans and...more

This first appeared in "Security Technology & Design" magazine in 1996 as a 'Security Counterpoint' column. It is an extended commentary on the hazards faced by ordinary ...more

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This book is essential reading for electronic consumer-product manufacturers doing business in the european marketplace. Compliance with directives and procedures can be a ...more

This volume launches a series that will focus on providing chapters that advance our understanding of human performance in organizational systems as cognitive engineering ...more

Pipe designers and drafters provide thousands of piping drawings used in the layout of industrial and other facilities. The layouts must comply with safety codes, government ...more

Design and manufacture of new products has always been a team effort; but lately the team has been expanding. No longer can companies afford to keep the product design team ...more

There is an urgent need to disseminate ergonomics "know-how" to the work place. This book meets that need by providing clear guidelines and problem solving recommendations to ...more

"Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management" was inspired by the need to have a text that enveloped awareness and solutions to the ongoing issues and concerns of waste...more

This book covers sketching and early prototyping design methods for future products like cell phones that communicate with each other and other embedded systems, "smart" ...more