How could nanotechnology not perk the interest of any designer, engineer or architect? Exploring the intriguing new approaches to design that nanotechnologies offer, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design is set against the sometimes fantastic sounding potential of this technology. Nanotechnology offers product engineers, designers, architects and consumers a vastly enhanced palette of materials and properties, ranging from the profound to the superficial. It is for engineering and design students and professionals who need to understand enough about the subject to apply it with...

Context-aware systems aim to deliver a rich user experience by taking into account the current user context (location, time, activity, etc.), possibly captured without his intervention. For example, cell phones are now able to continuously update a user's location while, at the same time, users execute an increasing amount of activities online, where their actions may be easily captured (e.g. login in a web application) without user consent. In the last decade, this topic has seen numerous developments that demonstrate its relevance and usefulness. The trend was accelerated with the...

Com prefacio e introducao dos jornalistas Paulo Ferreira e Luis Rosa, este livro compila as cronicas de Jose Diogo Madeira publicadas no jornal i, entre 2012 e 2014. O autor questiona dogmas ideologicos, com uma autonomia e liberdade de pensamento que nao e catalogavel em nenhuma das tradicionais chaves de classificacao que opoem a direita a esquerda, a iniciativa individual a responsabilidade dos agentes publicos, a existencia de um Estado Social a reforma desse mesmo Estado. E todo o tempo em que alguem nos obriga a pensar e tempo bem empregue."