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Virtual Reality: Robots Rule - Book Six Audiobook

Virtual Reality. Robots of all shapes, sizes and configurations. Shaping and guiding our lives. Making everything better, easier and more convient. That's the pitch from the Robot makers. But how much of it is hype? And how much is 'virtually 'real? Every technology, from the 'Friendly Atom' to the microwave oven is always presented with a positive spin. The same is true for VR. But there is, as with every 'Tech Marvel' - a dark side to Virtual Reality. Rarely mentioned, yet alone acknowledged. Until now. In this no holds barred third book in his Virtual Reality series, Investigative Journalist Atherton Cooper explores VR's dark side. And it's chilling implications for our unavoidable future.

Atherton Cooper (Author), Atherton Cooper (Narrator)

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Virtual Reality - Robots Rule Book Four

Virtual Reality. What is it, really? And what can it do for us? These are the questions investigative journalist Atherton Cooper addressed over 6 months of probing with industry leaders, tech gurus and orinary people. The results are nothing less than mind boggling. And ,as with every new technology, Virtual Reality is presented as the greatest technological breakthrough since the printing press. Will it really make our lives easier? Or will it further de-humanize us? As Robots rule our every waking minute? This book gives the information to answer those crucial questions for yourself.

Atherton Cooper (Author), Atherton Cooper (Narrator)

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Virtual Reality - Robots Rule Book Five

Virtual Reality. It can take you to Worlds you've never imagined. It can also cause severe seizures, eye and muscle twitches and blackouts. And that's just the TIP of the VR iceberg. Some neuroscientists say it could potentially re-wire the brain. So, why then is Virtual Reality being promoted as the greatest thing since sliced bread? "Follow the Money" is the primary answer. VR is projected to be a multi-billion dollar industry. Thus, all the big dogs - Google, Apple, Facebook are all over it like a cheap suit. In his last book - Virtual Reality - Robots Rule, Book Four, Investigative Journalist Atherton Cooper introduced you to the sc-fi world of VR. Now, in this book, he takes you behind the scenes to meet the tech magicians, futurists and idealistic academics who are obsessively promoting "the next big thing."

Atherton Cooper (Author), Atherton Cooper (Narrator)

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Virtual Reality - Robots Rule Book Five

Virtual Reality. It can take you to Worlds you've never imagined. It can also cause severe seizures, eye and muscle twitches and blackouts. And that's just the TIP of the VR iceberg. Some neuroscientists say it could potentially re-wire the brain. So, why then is Virtual Reality being promoted as the greatest thing since sliced bread? 'Follow the Money' is the primary answer. VR is projected to be a multi-billion dollar industry. Thus, all the big dogs - Google, Apple, Facebook are all over it like a cheap suit. In his last book - Virtual Reality - Robots Rule, Book Four, Investigative Journalist Atherton Cooper introduced you to the sc-fi world of VR. Now, in this book, he takes you behind the scenes to meet the tech magicians, futurists and idealistic academics who are obsessively promoting 'the next big thing.'

Atherton Cooper (Author), Atherton Cooper (Narrator)

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Virtual Reality

There is no common definition for virtual reality. However, scientists have been able to discover common characteristics for virtual reality. It is a field of science that attempts to mimic the real world and it takes the end user beyond the scope of the flat monitor and immerses them into 3D visual world. Virtual reality gives the end user an immersive experience and stereo display, involving depth perception and two miniature screens. Over the years, it has gained popularity and has been involved in various human fields. This script is concerned with the different stages of development in virtual reality and takes a look at the historic aspect of things. We will also venture extensively into the various aspects of human lives that have been transformed via virtual reality, talking about the various applications of virtual reality in real life situation.

Introbooks, Introbooks Team (Author), Andrea Giordani, Introbooks (Narrator)

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Vera Rubin: A Life

The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science. In Vera Rubin: A Life, prolific science writers Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton provide a detailed, accessible overview of Rubin's work, showing how she leveraged immense curiosity, profound intelligence, and novel technologies to help transform our understanding of the cosmos. But Rubin's impact was not limited to her contributions to scientific knowledge. She also helped to transform scientific practice by promoting the careers of women researchers. Not content to be an inspiration, Rubin was a mentor and a champion. She advocated for hiring women faculty, inviting women speakers to major conferences, and honoring women with awards that were historically the exclusive province of men. Rubin's papers and correspondence yield vivid insights into her life and work, as she faced down gender discrimination and met the demands of family and research throughout a long and influential career. Deftly written, with both scientific experts and general readers in mind, Vera Rubin is a portrait of a woman with insatiable curiosity about the universe who never stopped asking questions and encouraging other women to do the same.

Jacqueline Mitton, Simon Mitton (Author), Elizabeth Wiley (Narrator)

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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Fr

"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nudist on the Late Shift and Nurtureshock A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way.Rarely has one economy asserted itself as swiftly--and as aggressively--as the entity we now know as Silicon Valley. Built with a seemingly permanent culture of reinvention, Silicon Valley does not fight change; it embraces it, and now powers the American economy and global innovation. So how did this omnipotent and ever-morphing place come to be? It was not by planning. It was, like many an empire before it, part luck, part timing, and part ambition. And part pure, unbridled genius...Drawing on over two hundred in-depth interviews, VALLEY OF GENIUS takes readers from the dawn of the personal computer and the internet, through the heyday of the web, up to the very moment when our current technological reality was invented. It interweaves accounts of invention and betrayal, overnight success and underground exploits, to tell the story of Silicon Valley like it has never been told before. Read it to discover the stories that Valley insiders tell each other: the tall tales that are all, improbably, true. **Contact Customer Service for Additional Material**

Adam Fisher (Author), Pete Larkin (Narrator)

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Valentino Rossi: The Definitive Biography

'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR 'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, everything becomes extreme and bigger. And then it becomes beautiful.' Valentino Rossi is an icon: the most successful and most loved motorcycle racer of all time, he has transcended MotoGP to become a symbol of courage, risk and daring. To race for twenty-three years at the very highest level of the world's most dangerous sport is unprecedented. But then, there has never been a motorcycle racer like Valentino Rossi. He is a modern-day gladiator, a man who still risks his life every time he throws a leg over a motorcycle. Yet for all his two-wheel talents, it is Rossi's endearing character that has seen him transcend the sport. His popularity is phenomenal. For Rossi, every race is a home race. He turns MotoGP grandstands across the world a sea of yellow - his traditional lucky colour. In more than two decades of Grand Prix racing, Rossi has seen it all. The deaths of rivals and friends, the glory of his unprecedented success, serious injuries, fabulous wealth, the greatest battles ever seen on two wheels, the infamous on and off-track clashes with his fiercest rivals . . . Using exclusive new interviews with those who have been part of Rossi's story from start to finish, critically-acclaimed and bestselling motorsport author Stuart Barker has produced the most in-depth book ever written about the Italian superstar - a tale of speed, love and loss, told in full for the very first time, in all its adrenalin-charged, high-octane glory.

Stuart Barker (Author), Jonathan Guy Lewis (Narrator)

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User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design are Changing the Way We Live, Work & Play

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of User Friendly by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant. USER FRIENDLY is a must-read for anyone who loves well-designed products-and for the innovators aspiring to make them. It seems like magic when some new gadget seems to know what we want before we know ourselves. But why does some design feel intrinsically good, and why do some designs last forever, while others disappear? User Friendly guides readers through the hidden rules governing how design shapes our behaviour, told through fascinating stories such as what the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island reveals about the logic of the smartphone; how the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II created our faith in social progress through better product design; and how a failed vision for Disney World yielded a new paradigm for designed experience.

Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant (Author), Jean Ann Douglass (Narrator)

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Used Car Buying Guide 2023

eBook & Paperback at amazon.com. AUDIOBOOK at BarnesandNoble.com, Nook.com, Audiobooks.com, Audiobooksnow.com, & Kobo.com. In car business 18 years, licensed car dealer with dealership about 16 years. So, are you concerned about being able to pick a good quality used car? Are you worried about being capable of getting a good deal? Are you worried about getting ripped off? Are you unsure about whether you have the knowledge to get a good deal on a used car? Are you tired of being unsure about your ability to go out and seal a good deal on a used vehicle? If so, this book is for you. In this book you will learn how to buy a used car, whether you are paying cash or doing a payment contract; whether you are dealing with a dealer or a private-party seller. This book breeds confidence in any car-buying deal. Here is just a fraction of what you will learn: How to determine if a particular vehicle is a good quality vehicle to buy. • How to get the best price on a vehicle • How to get the best payment terms within the deal • How to get the best interest rates within the deal • How to get the best contract terms within the deal • How to get a great warranty on the vehicle; and, • How to insure you get a good quality used vehicle that will serve you well for a long time! Plus, inside this book, you will learn general buying principles for any buying situation. And if that is not enough, you will learn even more strategies and tactics that will last you a lifetime. For instance... if you implement these principles, they can be used in many types of business deals....which will most likely maximize your discretionary income...which means you can invest in ways you could not before...giving you opportunities and results like never before. Even if you only applied one of the principles covered in this book, it would easily cover the cost of this book 10x over. Click 'Buy Now' and grab your copy today! “HOW TO BUY A USED CAR” and “USED CAR BUYING GUIDE 2023” exact same book.

Dr. Ezekiel Fierce Zeke (Author), Dr. Ezekiel Fierce Zeke (Narrator)

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Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction-commonly known as fracking-is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet-whether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feet-is largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent. The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend 'up to heaven and down to hell,' which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself.

Colin Jerolmack (Author), L.J. Ganser (Narrator)

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Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies

Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose how to spend our time online. It shifts the moral responsibility and accountability for solutions to corporations. Drawing lessons from the tobacco and food industries, the book demonstrates why government regulation is necessary to curb technology addiction. It describes a grassroots movement already in action across courts and legislative halls. Groundbreaking and urgent, Unwired provides a blueprint to develop this movement for change, to one that will allow us to finally gain control.

Gaia Bernstein (Author), Faith Connor (Narrator)

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