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Blundell, Barry
University of Derby
Derby, United Kingdom
 
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   Unauthorized access: the crisis in online privacy and security
Sloan R., Warner R., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 2013. 398 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-439830-13-0), Reviews: (1 of 3)

Businesses now have the technological means to merge your online and offline footprints into profiles of surprising intrusiveness and accuracy. They can know where you work, how you spend your time and with whom, and even w...
Mar 12 2014  
   Microprocessor-based systems design teaching platform for undergraduate students in computer engineering
Dyer D., Aung Y.  WESE 2012 (Proceedings of the Workshop on Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems Education, Tampere, Finland, Oct 12, 2012) 1-8, 2013.  Type: Proceedings

Over the last two decades, many computer science (CS) degree programs have reduced their emphasis on the teaching of digital systems. Such changes often occur under the assumption that hardware-related matters are more relevant to comp...

Nov 5 2013  
  Hybrid basketry: interweaving digital practice within contemporary craft
Zoran A.  SIGGRAPH 2013 (ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 Art Gallery, Anaheim, CA, Jul 21-25, 2013) 324-331, 2013.  Type: Proceedings

Three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies not only support the replication of objects, but also provide us with essentially unlimited opportunities to manipulate our designs and thereby ensure that each printed object possesses phys...

Sep 25 2013  
   Lost in space? Cognitive fit and cognitive load in 3D virtual environments
van der Land S., Schouten A., Feldberg F., van den Hooff B., Huysman M. Computers in Human Behavior 29(3): 1054-1064, 2013.  Type: Article

For more than 60 years, researchers have sought techniques for image depiction that are best able to facilitate our understanding of electronically processed spatial information....

Jul 11 2013  
   Reflections on Stanford’s MOOCs
Cooper S., Sahami M. Communications of the ACM 56(2): 28-30, 2013.  Type: Article, Reviews: (2 of 2)

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are attracting attention and have the potential to significantly impact the traditional model for tertiary education....

Mar 14 2013  
  Practical 3D printers: the science and art of 3D printing
Evans B., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2012. 332 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430243-92-2)

If you are interested in rapidly gaining an understanding of low-cost 3D printing technologies, and the use of freely available 3D design software, then this book will be of value to you. On each page, the author conveys his knowledge ...

Jan 24 2013  
  Moving targets: Elliott-Automation and the dawn of the computer age in Britain, 1947-67
Lavington S., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, London, UK, 2011. 732 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-848829-32-9)

The major contribution made by the Elliott-Automation company in spearheading the development of early computing technologies in the UK and the Commonwealth is often overlooked. In his latest book, Lavington scrutinizes the extensive w...

Nov 1 2011  
  Becoming MIT: moments of decision
Kaiser D., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2010. 224 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-262113-23-6)

This year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) celebrates its 150th anniversary. In this book, the contributing authors mark the event by describing aspects of MIT’s rich and diverse history. The chapters chronolo...

Feb 24 2011  
  Inaccuracy as a privacy-enhancing tool
Fuster G. Ethics and Information Technology 12(1): 87-95, 2010.  Type: Article

Personal privacy and the ethics associated with function creep--that is, collecting data for one purpose and applying it to other unstated purposes--concern everyone. This paper proposes that personal privacy can be e...

Aug 16 2010  
 
 
 
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