Developments in electronic hardware, particularly microprocessors and solid-state cameras, have resulted in a vast explosion in the range and variety of applications to which intelligent processing may be applied to yield cost-effective automation. Typical examples include automated visual inspection and repetitive assembly. The technology required is recent and specialized, and is thus not widely known. VISION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATION has arisen from a short course given by the authors to introduce potential users to the technology. Its content is a development and extension...

Arthur Browne beschreibt in dem vorliegenden Buch aus dem Jahr 1916 alle wichtigen Faktoren der Heizwerterhohung bei Automobilmotoren in Theorie und Praxis. Bei diesem Werk handelt es sich wahrscheinlich um das Beste auf diesem Gebiet. Es liegt hier in englischer Sprache vor.

Winner of the Christopher Award and the New York City Book Award
Winner of the 2016 Wheatley Book Award in Nonfiction
A history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department s first black officer.
When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City s first African American cop in the second decade of the twentieth century, he had to fear his racist colleagues as much as criminals. He had to be three times better than his white peers, and many times more resilient. His life was threatened....