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Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
by Harry Bohm

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Image Processing

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by Daniel Weiskopf

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Scientific visualization has become an important tool for visual analysis in many scientific, engineering, and medical disciplines. This book focuses on efficient visualization techniques, which are the prerequisite for the interactive exploration of... (read more)
 
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Fuzzy Logic

Advanced FPGA Design: Architecture, Implementation, and Optimization
by Steve Kilts

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This book provides the advanced issues of FPGA design as the underlying theme of the work. In practice, an engineer needs to be mentored for approximately a year before these principles are understood and utilized. The topics that will be discussed in... (read more)
 
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Artificial Life

Applied Evolutionary Algorithms in Java with CDROM
by Robe Ghanea-hercock

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Genetic algorithms provide a powerful range of methods for solving complex engineering search and optimization algorithms. Their power can also lead to difficulty for new researchers and students who wish to apply such evolution-based methods. "Applied... (read more)
 
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Natural Language

Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing
by Christopher Manning

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Statistical approaches to processing natural language text have become dominant in recent years. This foundational text is the first comprehensive introduction to statistical natural language processing (NLP) to appear. The book contains all the theory... (read more)
 
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Handbook of Visual Communications (Series in Telecommunications)
by Hseuh Ming Hang

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Bionics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-It-Yourself Projects (Evil Genius)
by Newton C Braga

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THE EVIL GENIUS TACKLES BIONICS! Step into the future -- (or the past, if you have a touch of Dr. Frankenstein in your soul) -- with these 25 incredibly cool bionic experiments! Demonstrating how life forms can be enhanced, combined, manipulated, and... (read more)
 
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The Unofficial Lego Mindstorms NXT Inventor's Guide
by David J. Perdue

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The Unofficial Lego Builder's Guide
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