Download or read book Exploring Smart Cities Activity Book for Kids written by Jonathan Reichental and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's first activity book for kids focused on learning about the future of smarter cities!Exploring Smart Cities Activity Book for Kids provides a fun and engaging educational experience for a wide range of kids ages and learning styles. Activities and rhymes will provide endless hours of enjoyment at home and at school, and ample opportunities for topics to inspire a kid's interests now and into the future.Created by Dr. Jonathan Reichental, one of the world's foremost authorities on smart cities, and his co-author, Brett Hoffstadt, the producer of many popular children's activity books on current technologies!There are over 40 engaging learning activities including:- Coloring- Mazes- Drawing- Word searches- Crosswords- Cryptograms- Connect-the-dots- Craft constructionPlus, several multiplayer activities such as:- Scavenger hunt- Discussion topics- Brainstorming- Even a board game!Kids will be gently introduced to important topics such as:- Civil engineering- Public safety- Water management- The Internet of Things (IoT)- Alternative energy- Drones- SustainabilityToday, more than half of the people in the world live in cities. In the years ahead, many more people will join them. Our future belongs to cities!Through fun and interactive activities, woven through an entertaining rhyming storyline, this book gives children a better understanding of the past, the present, and the future of cities.
Download or read book Exploring Cities Bedtime Rhymes For Kids written by Jonathan Reichental and published by Innovation Fountain. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful kids' book full of fun and educational bedtime rhymes!Exploring Cities Bedtime Rhymes is full of enjoyable and easy-to-read rhymes that are ideal at bedtime and other reading moments. The topics explored will ignite and fuel a child's imagination. Through entertaining and enlightening verses, kids will have fun learning about the past, present, and future of cities. Quality of life requires innovation,to make cities great in every nation.With lots of new ideas in the mix,there are plenty of things a city can fix.Along with colorful and educational rhymes, this book includes fun illustrations and a cast of cartoon kids and animals as guides from all over the world. These friendly characters make the book an inclusive and rich experience for both girls and boys.Water is essential for us to all exist,from drinking to cleaning it forms a long list.Old pipes can create waste from leaky holes.A smart city will fix them as one of its goals.This book provides rich insights for kids about the world around them. While lighthearted in nature, the rhymes are nuggets of learning on a wide range of important civic topics. They include areas such as:Public safetyWater managementInternet of Things (IoT)HealthcareTransportationEnergyAlong the way, the book explores a wide variety of contemporary subjects such as:The future of energyNew forms of transportationThe role of healthcare in the communityThe rise of megacitiesThese magical rhymes are taken directly from the popular and 5-star reviewed companion book, Exploring Smart Cities Activity Book for Kids. The rhymes and insights are created by award-winning smart cities expert and author, Dr. Jonathan Reichental, and Brett Hoffstadt, a successful engineer and best-selling children's book author. If you're looking for a fun and smart addition to your child's bedtime or daytime reading routine, this book is a one-of-a-kind addition that will provide years of enjoyment.
Download or read book Data Governance For Dummies written by Reichental and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to build and maintain strong data organizations—the Dummies way Data Governance For Dummies offers an accessible first step for decision makers into understanding how data governance works and how to apply it to an organization in a way that improves results and doesn't disrupt. Prep your organization to handle the data explosion (if you know, you know) and learn how to manage this valuable asset. Take full control of your organization’s data with all the info and how-tos you need. This book walks you through making accurate data readily available and maintaining it in a secure environment. It serves as your step-by-step guide to extracting every ounce of value from your data. Identify the impact and value of data in your business Design governance programs that fit your organization Discover and adopt tools that measure performance and need Address data needs and build a more data-centric business culture This is the perfect handbook for professionals in the world of data analysis and business intelligence, plus the people who interact with data on a daily basis. And, as always, Dummies explains things in terms anyone can understand, making it easy to learn everything you need to know.
Download or read book Cryptocurrency QuickStart Guide written by Jonathan Reichental, PhD and published by ClydeBank Media LLC . This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LEARNING EXACTLY HOW CRYPTOCURRENCY WORKS IN 2023 - INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE CRYPTO PORTFOLIO MANAGER WORKBOOK Cryptocurrency is more than just the future of money. Whether the market is up or down, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. It’s no secret that the crypto landscape can be confusing to the uninitiated. In Cryptocurrency QuickStart Guide, Dr. Jonathan Reichental draws from his decades of experience as a technology and business leader to break down exactly how crypto works and what newcomers to the space need to know. Presented in plain language that is stripped of jargon and unsubstantiated predictions, this thorough and approachable look at the world of cryptocurrency is the perfect starting point for anyone embarking on their own crypto journey. Regardless of whether you want to learn more about cryptocurrency to become a more informed investor, or you feel you might be missing out on the next big thing, or you just want to familiarize yourself with the future of money, there is something in this book for you! CRYPTOCURRENCY QUICKSTART GUIDE IS PERFECT FOR: - New or existing crypto investors who want to better understand cryptocurrencies on a technical level - People who feel overwhelmed by contradictory or inflated information surrounding the crypto space - Crypto investors who want to buy and sell their coins or branch out into mining or altcoins - Crypto newcomers who need a comprehensive overview or feel like they are missing out on the opportunities Bitcoin, Ethereum, and altcoins can offer - Anyone who is interested in learning more about the future of digital currencies! CRYPTOCURRENCY QUICKSTART GUIDE EXPLAINS: - How the history of money has led us to this moment - How blockchain technology works and how it powers popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin - What beginners need to know about the crypto universe including Ethereum, altcoins, and tokens - How to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies along with critical considerations investors need to know - How the recent trend of DeFi interacts with traditional financial institutions, how NFTs fit into the world of crypto, how crypto mining works, international crypto considerations, and more! YOU WILL LEARN: - Crypto Fundamentals – Exactly How Crypto Works and What the Future May Hold for Digital Currency - Bitcoin and Beyond – The Differences Between Leading Coins, the Ethereum Network, and Altcoins, Plus More! - How to Be a Better Investor – How to Invest on Exchanges Using a Secure Crypto Wallet - Crypto Mechanics – How Crypto Mining Works and How to Store, Trade, and Safeguard Your Assets - The Future of Money – Where Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Altcoins Are Headed and What Investors Need to Know *LIFETIME ACCESS TO FREE CRYPTOCURRENCY DIGITAL ASSETS* - Crypto Portfolio Manager Workbook - Crypto Research and Analysis Link Library - Major Cryptocurrencies Library *GIVING BACK* QuickStart Guides proudly supports One Tree Planted as a Reforestation partner. Working with One Tree Planted, we plant trees where they are needed most!
Download or read book Smart Cities For Dummies written by Reichental and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world. The movement to create smarter cities is still in its infancy, but ambitious and creative projects in all types of cities—big and small—around the globe are beginning to make a big difference. New ideas, powered by technology, are positively changing how we move humans and products from one place to another; create and distribute energy; manage waste; combat the climate crisis; build more energy efficient buildings; and improve basic city services through digitalization and the smart use of data. Inside this book you’ll find out: What it really means to create smarter cities How our urban environments are being transformed Big ideas for improving the quality of life for communities Guidance on how to create a smart city strategy The essential role of data in building better cities The major new technologies ready to make a difference in every community Smart Cities For Dummies will give you the knowledge to understand this important topic in depth and be ready to be an agent of change in your community.
Download or read book Making Smart Cities More Playable written by Anton Nijholt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which the broad range of technologies that make up the smart city infrastructure can be harnessed to incorporate more playfulness into the day-to-day activities that take place within smart cities, making them not only more efficient but also more enjoyable for the people who live and work within their confines. The book addresses various topics that will be of interest to playable cities stakeholders, including the human–computer interaction and game designer communities, computer scientists researching sensor and actuator technology in public spaces, urban designers, and (hopefully) urban policymakers. This is a follow-up to another book on Playable Cities edited by Anton Nijholt and published in 2017 in the same book series, Gaming Media and Social Effects.
Download or read book Architecture and the Smart City written by Sergio M. Figueiredo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly the world around us is becoming ‘smart.’ From smart meters to smart production, from smart surfaces to smart grids, from smart phones to smart citizens. ‘Smart’ has become the catch-all term to indicate the advent of a charged technological shift that has been propelled by the promise of safer, more convenient and more efficient forms of living. Most architects, designers, planners and politicians seem to agree that the smart transition of cities and buildings is in full swing and inevitable. However, beyond comfort, safety and efficiency, how can ‘smart design and technologies’ assist to address current and future challenges of architecture and urbanism? Architecture and the Smart City provides an architectural perspective on the emergence of the smart city and offers a wide collection of resources for developing a better understanding of how smart architecture, smart cities and smart systems in the built environment are discussed, designed and materialized. It brings together a range of international thinkers and practitioners to discuss smart systems through four thematic sections: ‘Histories and Futures’, ‘Agency and Control’, ‘Materialities and Spaces’ and ‘Networks and Nodes’. Combined, these four thematic sections provide different perspectives into some of the most pressing issues with smart systems in the built environment. The book tackles questions related to the future of architecture and urbanism, lessons learned from global case studies and challenges related to interdisciplinary research, and critically examines what the future of buildings and cities will look like.
Download or read book The City at Eye Level written by Meredith Glaser and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although rarely explored in academic literature, most inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. Storefronts, first floor apartments, and sidewalks are the most immediate and common experience of a city. These "plinths" are the ground floors that negotiate between inside and outside, the public and private spheres. The City at Eye Level qualitatively evaluates plinths by exploring specific examples from all over the world. Over twenty-five experts investigate the design, land use, and road and foot traffic in rigorously researched essays, case studies, and interviews. These pieces are supplemented by over two hundred beautiful color images and engage not only with issues in design, but also the concerns of urban communities. The editors have put together a comprehensive guide for anyone concerned with improving or building plinths, including planners, building owners, property and shop managers, designers, and architects.
Download or read book Smart cities written by Netexplo and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book STEAM Lab for Kids written by Liz Lee Heinecke and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STEAM Lab for Kids is an art-forward doorway to science, math, technology, and engineering through 52 family-friendly experiments and activities. While many aspiring artists don’t necessarily identify with STEM subjects, and many young inventors don’t see the need for art, one is essential to the other. Revealing this connection and encouraging kids to explore it fills hungry minds with tools essential to problem solving and creative thinking. Each of the projects in this book is designed to demonstrate that the deeper you look into art, the more engineering and math you’ll find. Following clear, photo-illustrated step-by-step instructions, learn about: Angular momentum by creating tie-dyed fidget spinners. Electrical conductors by making a light-up graphite-circuit comic book. Kinetic energy by constructing a rubber-band racer car. Parabolic curves by creating string art with pushpins and a board. Symmetry by making fruit and veggie stamp paintings. And much more! Along with the creative, hands-on activities, you’ll find: Suggestions for taking your projects to the next level with “Creative Enrichment.” Accessible explanations of the “The STEAM Behind the Fun,” including cross-disciplinary related topics. Safety tips and hints. The projects can be used as part of a homeschool curriculum, for family fun, at parties, or as educational activities for groups. Many of the activities are safe enough for children as young as toddlers and exciting enough for older kids, so families can discover the joy of STEAM together. The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus—all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.
Download or read book Smart Cities at Play Technology and Emerging Forms of Playfulness written by Konstantinos Papangelis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how smart cities enable new and playful ways for citizens to experience, inhabit and socialise within urban environments. It examines how the functionality of digital technologies within municipal settings can extend beyond environmental pragmatism and socio-economic concerns, to include playful approaches to urban spaces that co-constitute and reinvigorate the experience of place through location-based applications and games. Chapters highlight the varied ways the city, as both a conceptual and lived space, is changing because of this confluence of technologies. The book also considers the extent to which these transformations form an armature upon which more playful approaches to the urban domain are emerging, while exploring what effect these ludic formations might have on related understandings of sociability. Smart Cities at Play: Technology and Emerging Forms of Playfulness will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of information technology, urban planning and design, games and interactive media, human-centred and user-centred design, human centred interaction, digital geography and sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of Behaviour & Information Technology.
Download or read book Unbored written by Joshua Glenn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbored is the book every modern child needs. Brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but that also get kids standing on their own two feet. If you're a kid, you can: -- Build a tipi or an igloo -- Learn to knit -- Take stuff apart and fix it -- Find out how to be constructively critical -- Film a stop-action movie or edit your own music -- Do parkour like James Bond -- Make a little house for a mouse from lollipop sticks -- Be independent! Catch a bus solo or cook yourself lunch -- Make a fake exhaust for your bike so it sounds like you're revving up a motorcycle -- Design a board game -- Go camping (or glamping) -- Plan a road trip -- Get proactive and support the causes you care about -- Develop your taste and decorate your own room -- Make a rocket from a coke bottle -- Play farting games There are gross facts and fascinating stories, reports on what stuff is like (home schooling, working in an office...), Q&As with inspiring grown-ups, extracts from classic novels, lists of useful resources and best ever lists like the top clean rap songs, stop-motion movies or books about rebellion. Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book that encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things and change the world. And it gets parents to join in. Unbored is fully illustrated, easy to use and appealing to young and old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist spirit and humour. Kids will just think it's brilliant.
Download or read book Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation written by Hyung Min Kim and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation establishes a key theoretical framework to understand the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, in terms of lasting impacts on productivity, livability and sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on empirical analysis of 12 case studies, including pioneer projects from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and more. It explores how successful smart cities initiatives nurture both technological and social innovation using a combination of regulatory governance and private agency. Typologies of smart city-making approaches are explored in depth. Integrative analysis identifies key success factors in establishing innovation relating to the effectiveness of social systems, institutional thickness, governance, the role of human capital, and streamlining funding of urban development projects. Cases from a range of geographies, scales, social and economic contexts Explores how smart cities can promote technological and social innovation in terms of direct impacts on livability, productivity and sustainability Establishes an integrative framework based on empirical evidence to develop more innovative smart city initiatives Investigates the role of governments in coordinating, fostering and guiding innovations resulting from smart city developments Interrogates the policies and governance structures which have been effective in supporting the development and deployment of smart cities
Download or read book Chicago History for Kids written by Owen Hurd and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teachers, and kids will love this comprehensive and exciting history of how Chicago became the third largest city in the U.S. Chicago's spectacular and impressive history comes alive through activities such as building a model of the original Ferris Wheel, taking architectural walking tours of the first skyscrapers and Chicago's oldest landmarks, and making a Chicago-style hotdog. Serving as both a guide to kids and their parents and an engaging tool for teachers, this book details the first Chicagoan Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the Fort Dearborn Massacre, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the building of the world's first skyscraper, and the hosting of two World's Fairs. In addition to uncovering Windy City treasures such as the birth of the vibrant jazz era of Louis Armstrong and the work of Chicago poets, novelists, and songwriters, kids will also learn about Chicago's triumphant and tortured sports history.
Download or read book Seeing Smart Cities Through a Multi Dimensional Lens written by H. Patricia McKenna and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an interdisciplinary lens for exploring, assessing, and coming to new understandings of smart cities and regions, focusing on the six dimensions of sensing, awareness, learning, openness, innovation, and disruption. Using a hybrid case study and correlational approach, people from diverse sectors in a variety of small to medium to large-sized cities in multiple countries (e.g., Canada, United States, Ireland, Greece, Israel, etc.) provide experience-based perspectives on smart cities together with assessments for elements pertaining to each of the six dimensions. The analysis of findings in this work surfaces a rich and interwoven tapestry of patterns from the qualitative data highlighting for example, the importance of emotion/affect, privacy, trust, and data visualizations in influencing and informing the directions of smart cities and regions going forward. Correlational analysis of quantitative data reveals the presence and strength of emerging relationships among elements assessed, shedding light on factors that may serve as starting points for understanding what is contributing to potentials for improving success in smart cities and regions.
Download or read book Solve the Mystery written by A. C. Gordon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging assignments invite young would-be detectives to solve cases involving burglaries, murders, jewel heists, arson, embezzlement, and other criminal activities. Solutions included for cases involving the Attic Arsonist, the Bashful Bullet, the Conked Clerk, and 38 other intriguing puzzles.
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities written by Katharine S. Willis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the question of what it means for a city to be 'smart', raises some of the tensions emerging in smart city developments, and considers the implications for future ways of inhabiting and understanding the urban condition.
