San Antonio College Library

"The MIT Media Lab researcher and robot ethicist offers an optimistic look at our future with robots based on our historical relationships with animals"-- For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robots--inspired by how we interact with animals--could be the key to making our future with robot technology work. There has been a lot of ink devoted...

People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates - sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.

"In Masterworks of Technology, E.E. Lewis traces steps along the path to our modern technological sophistication. Lewis's many years in the engineering field have given him a clear, authoritative perspective on the highlights of technological progress through the ages. Melding his own personal experiences - from visiting the cathedral in Chartres, France, to flying aboard a Boeing 777 - with historical vignettes, the author demonstrates the importance...

Photography was invented more than 150 years ago and allows us to freeze a moment in time. This program briefly covers the important figures of photography, including Niepce, Daguerre, Talbot, Eastman, Kodak, Mannes, and Godowski. It will also cover the components of a camera, the composition of film, and the color spectrum. Lastly, it will explore the major fields in which photography is used: reporting, fashion, biology, art, artificial satellites,...

For millenia, humans have felt the need to understand the world in which we live. Everything we have discovered has been translated into maps, which have become increasingly precise over the centuries. In this program, learn about cartography: the science of map-making. How do we represent the spherical surface of the Earth on a map?

Television is one of the most important forms of communication developed in the 20th century. Learn about how television programs are made, how the TV works, and its significance in our lives.

The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We have all found ourselves checking email at the dinner table, holding our breath while waiting for Outlook to load, or sitting hunched in front of a screen for an hour longer than we intended. Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives, and this is a big idea book that addresses one of the biggest questions of our age: can we stay...

From filing taxes to accessing medical records to voting, 99 percent of all government services in Estonia are available online. Accessed at the state portal using an ID card and a pin code, the former Soviet nation is the first in the world to declare the internet a social right. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay reports on how Estonia protects itself from cyberattacks.

Three hours of human achievements from the beginning of human existence (Challenging the limits of Science, Medicine, Even Life Itself) (Shaping Our World) and (Shrinking the Planet). From the Stone Age to the stars, from outer space to the very building blocks of life. Our progress in the last century has taken us into a new age of human discovery.

Race to the Top and the Common Core State Standards have put real-world learning and 21st-century skills front and center. This program shows how educators are using technology and project-based learning to bring relevance and rigor into their classrooms.