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One of the very first books published on the social impact of the mobile phone was Timo Kopomaa’s The City in Your Pocket: Birth of the Mobile Information Society. The book, published in 2000, was based on research that Kopomaa had under- taken for Nokia and Sonera as part of his doctoral studies i ...

Do you have a mobile phone? We think you probably do, one way or another. We would also guess that you might use it for many diff erent things in the course of your everyday life—as a telephone certainly, but also as an address book, as a clock or watch, as a camera, or now as a connection to your ...

You probably have heard all about what you can do with the Raspberry Pi. This credit- card sized computer can be plugged into your TV or any HDMI monitor to replace a typical computer. This little device is used in many computer projects, DIY electronics projects and even as a learning tool for kids ...

December 2007, San Jose, California: It seems a long time ago. I walked into a big networking company to head their small Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications team. Surprisingly, I hardly knew anything about PoE prior to that day, having been a switching-power conversion engineer almost all my lif ...

The field of cyber security, or information security, or information assurance, depending on your preference, is an interdisciplinary one. It is part computer science, part statistics, part psychology, part law, and a part of many other fields. Moreover, any cyber security practi- tioner needs to kn ...

With all the recent hype over radio frequency identification (RFID) and the requirements to implement it, you might think that RFID can turn water into wine, transform lead into gold, and cure the world’s diseases. You might also be worried that RFID will enable Big Brother to track your move- ment ...

RFID Applied is just that. It’s about the application of RFID. If you want a book about electrical and computer engineering you need another source. Let’s say that you have been asked to lead an effort at your company to use RFID in your supply chain. You have heard about RFID because so much has ...

Fun. We (your authors) wanted a word to describe our ultimate goal for this book, as well as a word we hope you (our reader) will use to describe it, and that’s the one we chose. There are others goals, of course, but in the end, when you’ve finished the book, we’re hoping you’ll have enjoyed th ...

Thank you for purchasing the Earthshine Design Arduino Starter Kit. You are now well on your way in your journey into the wonderful world of the Arduino and microcontroller electronics. This book will guide you, step by step, through using the Starter Kit to learn about the Arduino hardware, softwar ...

Have you ever looked at some gadget and wondered how it really worked? Maybe it was a remote control boat, the system that controls an elevator, a vending machine, or an electronic toy? Or have you wanted to create your own robot or electronic signals for a model railroad, or per- haps you’d like t ...