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For kids, the iPad is a canvas--and given the freedom to explore and express themselves, students can be wonderfully creative and imaginative with technology. This handy guide serves as a roadmap for the iPad's use as an educational tool, giving you everything you need to deploy this ultra-cool device across all curricula and grade levels.
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"Boston, present day. A young man from a shadowy government agency shows up at an Ivy League university and offers an eminent professor a lot of money to study a trove of recently discovered old documents. The only condition: the professor must sign an NDA that would preclude him from publishing his findings, should they be significant. The professor refuses and tells the young man to get lost. On his way out, he bumps into a young woman--a low-on-the-totem-pole...
5) Cell
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"The New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense. George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical...
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"Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world. ... Swisher has interviewed everyone who matters in tech over three decades, right when they presided over an explosion of world-changing innovation that has both helped and hurt our world. Steve Jobs, Jeff...
8) Hobby robots
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"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about building and competing with robots. Describes the automatons and toys that shaped today's battlebots built with Lego Mindstorms kits, the ways kids are learning to code and programs robots in school, and where robotics may go in the future. Includes Q&A feature, glossary, index, and further resources"-- Provided by publisher.
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"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about robots used in hospitals and other medical settings. Describes therapy robots, robot-assisted surgery, and currier robots autonomously carrying items around hospitals. Explains the technology used for robotic prosthetics and the future of controlling them with brain waves. Includes Q & A feature, glossary, index, and further resources"-- Provided by publisher.
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Since it became widely available for public use in the early 1990s, the Internet has proven to be amazingly useful for facilitating communication, distributing information, and sharing knowledge. Human society has already been changed by the Internet, and as new technologies develop, even more opportunities will be available to people online. However, some people have concerns about technology and privacy, the availability of new technology to everyone,...
12) Saturn run
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"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
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"From early computer programmers to video game creators, this book introduces remarkable individuals whose contributions to technology were often overlooked. Colorful spreads full of photographs and sidebars support reader engagement and celebrate each hero's achievements."-- Provided by publisher.
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Possibilities for employment are numerous and varied, and those searching for a unique work experience might be interested in gig jobs. High-Tech details the dramatic changes in technology and the internet that now allow for a wide variety of opportunities in programming, web design, and even hacking.
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In The Fruit Tree Primer, he shares--with homespun wisdom and humor--the keys to selecting, planting, growing, and tending healthy, productive trees, whether you're growing one fruit tree or one hundred. Even better, he explains the why behind the how, breaking down the science into bite-sized and digestible morsels that lead to happier, healthier trees. Orin covers ideal placement, soil, compost, cover crops, fertilizer, water, winter and summer...
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Sid the Science Kid inspires children to ask questions about how the world works, embracing every child's natural passion for fun and discovery. In this Encyclopedia of Discovery, Sid and his friends investigate over 26 exciting topics with the help of Teacher Susie, Sid's dad and mom and Professor Cordova. Get ready to learn concepts like the difference between primary colors and secondary colors. It's also time to learn about time. And have you...
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This book introduces readers to a career as a Biomedical Engineer. It explores what the job entails, educational requirements, salary ranges, required skills, employment as prospects.
Technology is revolutionizing the practice of medicine, and behind every cutting-edge device and therapy is a person who envisioned, designed, or refined the innovation the biomedical engineer. What the job entails, what it pays, and future prospects are discussed along...
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