Download or read book Vactrain written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Vactrain A vactrain is a conceptual design for an extremely high-speed rail vehicle that is currently under consideration. It is a maglev line that operates in tubes or tunnels that are only partially evacuated. Because of the decreased air resistance, vactrains may be able to move at very high (hypersonic) speeds with just a little amount of power, reaching speeds of up to 6,400-8,000 km/h (4,000-5,000 mph). This is five to six times the speed of sound in the atmosphere of the Earth as measured at sea level. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Vactrain Chapter 2: Pneumatic tube Chapter 3: Transrapid Chapter 4: List of proposed future transport Chapter 5: Inductrack Chapter 6: Maglev Chapter 7: Atmospheric railway Chapter 8: Transatlantic tunnel Chapter 9: Beach Pneumatic Transit Chapter 10: Gravity-vacuum transit Chapter 11: High-speed rail in India Chapter 12: StarTram Chapter 13: ET3 Global Alliance Chapter 14: Magnetic levitation Chapter 15: Hyperloop Chapter 16: Virgin Hyperloop Chapter 17: Hyperloop pod competition Chapter 18: Keio Alpha Chapter 19: The Boring Company Chapter 20: TransPod Chapter 21: Arrivo (II) Answering the public top questions about vactrain. (III) Real world examples for the usage of vactrain in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of vactrain' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of vactrain.
Download or read book The Backbone of Surprise written by C.S. Ferguson and published by Theogony Books. This book was released on 2024-09-08 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when the criminals are faster than the police? Artificial enhancement of humans is illegal, especially since it makes the criminals smarter, faster, and more capable than those who enforce the laws. Digger Stewart is a Ranger, a member of the law enforcement organization tasked with policing the transhuman trade. Raised on a backwater planet, Digger’s thirst for adventure sends him to the stars. When a mission goes wrong, though, he finds out about CARD—the Combat Applications Research & Development group—the Rangers’ secret, elite commando unit that gets called to save the Rangers when all hope is lost, and Digger gives up everything to join it. On a normal day, the Rangers don’t have any problems taking down Biofate, the powerful interplanetary criminal organization that deals in transhuman affairs, and they can easily shut down Biofate’s illegal labs when they’re found.
Download or read book After the Big Wave written by Cyn S. Sinclair and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 2080, thirty-five years after the world collapsed in a series of catastrophes known as the Big Wave. But the world survived, and new civilizations emerged through great advances in technology, all of it centered in cities. Those who live in outlying towns and villages survive by preparing citizens for city living and trading them against what they need, including the essential security webs that protect them from the threats of the new world. Seventeen-year-old Seelya is one of those citizens. From the small town of K’uuk, located on a devastated Vancouver Island, she is looking forward to selling herself as a high-value asset to New Vancouver. Identified as a Chosen One from birth, she hopes to become a human engineer and develop new technologies that will save humanity, for better or for worst. But before she moves, life in quiet K’uuk gets disrupted when a nearby town collapse and a surge of refugees arrive. On a trip to material collection, Seelya and the mysterious K are captured by ruthless debris pirates, vicious bandits who scour the ruins of the old world. In Seelya and K’s efforts to escape, trauma, love, hurt, and hope emerge setting the stage for a future that is yet to be written.
Download or read book 21st Century Trains written by Vera J. Hurst and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From horse-drawn carts on wheels to flying trains, there is no doubt that trains have become a major force for societal change. Humans have moved goods and themselves from place to place from our earliest times. Creating solutions to these problems have long engaged creative people. This resource explores the remarkable engineering feats that have moved this form of transportation forward into the twenty-first century. Contrasting the past with the present, budding engineers will see how they, too, may use engineering principles to discover, create and engineer the new trains of the future by building upon the past.
Download or read book The Entity written by David A. Collier and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will life be like if global average temperatures increase over 4 degrees Celsius (7.1 degrees Fahrenheit)? What will life be like if sea levels increase 8 meters (26 feet)? What if both happen? The Entity science fiction book series (www.theentity.us) takes the reader on a one-thousand-year struggle of humanity to save Earth as a habitable planet. The series begins with three novels in the years 2147, 2647 and 3147. It takes one-thousand years to see the disastrous effects of climate collapse. Far more is at risk than losing coastal cities and land. The effects of climate change will upend everyone’s life. Will institutions survive? Will governments fail? Will democracy endure? Will capitalism prevail? Will your standard of living perish? Will humankind survive? Does humanity have the political will to solve the climate crisis? Are the adversary’s technology, the universal laws of thermodynamics, or humankind itself? In the science fiction series, one relentless antagonist is climate change with a second antagonist emerging later in the series. Can humanity survive these two powerful adversaries? In David A. Collier’s debut novel, The Entity: 2147, the mysterious entity arrives on Earth offering a solution to an Earth ravaged by heat and flood. But humanity must overcome its greatest obstacle: itself. The burden of salvation falls on the shoulders of the Hickory family as fractured nations, ignorant governments, and ravenous media grapple with the entity’s arrival. In the second novel, The Entity: Climate Change 2647, the entity returns to Earth to find more climate destruction and human chaos. The planet’s climate shifts have triggered mass migration, war, disease, famine, and the collapse of almost seventy governments. The story takes readers on a journey of humanty’s fight for survival through the experiences of the Paris family. The story ends with a unique solution for the Paris family—one of hope and eternal love.
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Vroom written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John will get your motor running with this all-new edition dedicated to cars, trucks, trains, buses, motorcycles, mopeds, roller coasters...and of course, the Wienermobile. Uncle John has the need…for speed! (But he always uses his turn signal.) Hop on in and let the Bathroom Readers’ Institute take you on the ultimate road trip. From the first motorized vehicles to the flying cars of tomorrow, you’ll race around the world to learn about some great sets of wheels and the gear heads who make them go. And not just cars, this book has planes, trains, roller coasters, yachts, and massive machines that literally move mountains. So strap on your seatbelts--it’s going to be a fun ride! Read about... Secrets of Hollywood car chases The original Cannonball Run Taking a ride in the hot-tub limo The drag queen The history of airships The Black Beetle: a New York Central train outfitted with jet engines The yacht that cost more than some countries’ GDP Around the world in 25 ways A car without a driver A look at how a jet engine works Ghost planes and haunted ships Pal Newman buys a Beetle The origin of crash-test dummies And much, much more!
Download or read book Lead and Snow written by Alex P. Berg and published by Batdog Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mars is home. Mars is love. Mars is death. That’s what the locals say, and Ambrose Drake is starting to believe them. Following a gut-wrenching betrayal, Ambrose has switched allegiances, focusing his efforts on freeing his friends from Mars’s corporate overlords. But with defenses crumbling around him, there’s only one hope left: to enroll the aid of the rogue agent who launched the Martian revolution decades ago. Twenty-one years later, the forces behind the latest rebel uprising have been stopped, but as Drake settles into his new job in the counterterrorism task force, a new threat arrises: a mysterious ailment that’s killing diplomats without leaving a trace. As his life unfolds in parallel, young Ambrose must learn what it takes to become a successful undercover operative, while the elder Ambrose chases a bioengineered disease that endangers all of Mars. But even if Ambrose stops the terrorist in his tracks, his own audacious plan to free Mars from its enslavers could tear the planet apart. Don’t miss this electrifying sequel to Magnesium and Ice, a science fiction thriller full of mystery, subterfuge, and political intrigue.
Download or read book Lithium Ion Batteries and Applications A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Lithium Ion Batteries and Arrays from Toys to Towns Volume 2 Applications written by Davide Andrea and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, two-volume resource provides a thorough introduction to lithium ion (Li-ion) technology. Readers get a hands-on understanding of Li-ion technology, are guided through the design and assembly of a battery, through deployment, configuration and testing. The book covers dozens of applications, with solutions for each application provided. Volume Two focuses on small batteries in consumer products and power banks, as well as large low voltage batteries in stationary or mobile house power, telecom, residential, marine and microgrid. Traction batteries, including passenger, industrial, race vehicles, public transit, marine, submarine and aircraft are also discussed. High voltage stationary batteries grid-tied and off-grid are presented, exploring their use in grid quality, arbitrage and back-up, residential, microgrid, industrial, office buildings. Finally, the book explores what happens when accidents occur, so readers may avoid these mistakes. Written by a prominent expert in the field and packed with over 500 illustrations, these volumes contain solutions to practical problems, making it useful for both the novice and experienced practitioners.
Download or read book Hyperloop written by Bibop Gresta and published by Bruno Editore. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'll tell you a secret: a revolution has just begun. The world of transport is about to change forever and, with it, the lives of all of us. The invention to which the credit is attributed is called Hyperloop. This is not yet another super-fast train, but a completely new means of transport: the fastest, most efficient, and sustainable that human beings have ever conceived. An airplane without wings or tail, a pressurized capsule that, whizzing a few meters above the ground, will reach 1,223km/h redefining our concept of travel. Reading this short manual will allow you to have a real glimpse of what awaits us; to find out what Hyperloop is, how it works and all the advantages of this new technology that questions every single dynamic of current urban and suburban movement services. Are you ready to get on board? ABOUT THE AUTHOR With extensive experience in Venture Capital, finance, mergers and acquisitions, transportation and media, Bibop Gresta is internationally considered an expert in advanced mobility and technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. He has been a member of the board of directors of several UK, Germany and Italy stock listed companies and has led international business development for various global companies. As co-founder of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), Gresta led a team of 800 professionals in 40 countries on 6 continents. HTT was the first company to begin developing Hyperloop™ and is the largest company ever built on a collaborative business ecosystem. Under Gresta's leadership, HTT has revolutionized both mobility and traditional business models. In 2018, the World Economic Forum declared him Technology Pioneer. Bibop is today a respected thought leader in ethical entrepreneurship, transhumanism and sustainability. In addition to his entrepreneurial achievements, he is a world-renowned speaker on issues ranging from ethical investing to advanced mobility. Bibop has participated in major events such as the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, TedX, and has appeared in major world media such as CNBC, CNN, Times, Forbes and MTV.
Download or read book The Blueprint written by Daniel Rirdan and published by Daniel Rirdan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From climate change to land degradation to fossil fuel shortages, we are faced with an impending calamity that threatens to bankrupt the planetary ecosystem and with it much of the manmade world. This book offers a plan that truly goes the distance: a highly detailed, planetary-wide blueprint that lays out a new course for our technological and industrial engines. It calls for sweeping adjustments in the way every person thinks and lives.--Inside front cover.
Download or read book Advanced Transport Systems written by Milan Janić and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-11 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic analysis, modeling and evaluation of the performance of advanced transport systems. It offers an innovative approach by presenting a multidimensional examination of the performance of advanced transport systems and transport modes, useful for both theoretical and practical purposes. Advanced transport systems for the twenty-first century are characterized by the superiority of one or several of their infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, environmental, social and policy performances as compared to their conventional counterparts. The advanced transport systems considered include: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems in urban area(s), electric and fuel cell passenger cars, high speed tilting trains, High Speed Rail (HSR), Trans Rapid Maglev (TRM), Evacuated Tube Transport system (ETT), advanced commercial subsonic and Supersonic Transport Aircraft (STA), conventionally- and Liquid Hydrogen (LH2)-fuelled commercial air transportation, advanced Air Traffic Control (ATC) technologies and procedures for increasing the airport runway capacity, Underground Freight Transport (UFT) systems in urban area(s), Long Intermodal Freight Train(s) (LIFTs), road mega trucks, large advanced container ships and freight/cargo aircraft and advanced freight/goods collection distribution networks. This book is intended for postgraduates, researchers, professionals and policy makers working in the transport industry.
Download or read book Iron and Rain written by Alex P. Berg and published by Batdog Press. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mars stands at a crossroads. It can accept the tyrannical rule of the United Space Corporation, or pay for its freedom in blood. After Ambrose Drake’s plan to free the red planet doesn’t deliver the results he’d desired, he still hopes he can liberate Mars with minimal violence—until a brutal act of USC aggression makes it clear: USC will either subjugate Mars, or destroy it. With his forces pushed onto their heels, Ambrose has no choice. To save his home, he must go on the offensive. He must travel to Earth and dismantle USC, once and for all. But USC doesn’t plan on giving him the chance. As they pit their might against Mars, they send someone after Drake: a ruthless assassin known as the Patient Dragon. Now the clock is ticking. As Drake races to undermine the USC forces who oppose him, the Dragon grows closer with every step… Don’t miss this thrilling conclusion to the Tyrants of Mars, a science fiction trilogy full of action, mystery, and political intrigue.
Download or read book The Realities of Reality Part III Impacts of Speed and Time Optimization on Reality written by Fritz Dufour, MBA, DESS and published by Fritz Dufour. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main theme of this book is the impacts of speed and time optimization on reality, or more precisely on our modern society. But first, it sets the background by exploring the physics behind the concepts of speed and time, how they came about, how we became aware of them, and how did the new world of speed emerge, and why does it seem to be inescapable? It explores the speed of light and the speed of sound by linking them to our environment. It introduces the notion of Arrow of time or entropy, which grows from the past to the present, is expected to keep growing in the future, and hypothesizes that this is perhaps why our craving for speed and time optimization is here to stay with no end in sight. An important point discussed is that because of memories and experiences, people may choose to live either in the past, present, or future, which leads to the notions of presentism and eternalism. The book argues that while for presentists only the present is real, for eternalists both the past, present, and future are equally real. The book makes the case about speed and time optimization as a legacy of modernity by laying out the differences between modernism, modernization, and modernity itself. It shows how modernity is all about the now or the present, rather than the past and, how, as such, it’s all about the new. So then, the changes that are now happening in our modern world can be traced back to a segment of history that dates back to the beginning of modernity, that is, which began with the Protestant Reformation and, is now rapidly approaching closure in the world of today’s extreme finance. It argues about the technological implications of speed and time in the 21st century. It shows how technology has become an integral part of human existence and that it is inconceivable one can even think of escaping it. This Part III of the series shows the link between high-speed trading and faster connectivity and faster computers. It shows how, thanks to the Internet, information became freely accessible and is spreading faster and faster. It shows how supercomputers not only allow people to address the biggest and most complex problems, they also allow people to solve problems faster, even those that could fit on servers or clusters of PCs. This rapid time to solution is critical in some aspects of emergency preparedness and national defense, where the solutions produced are only valuable if they can be acted on in a timely manner. Finally, the social and psychological implications of speed and time in the 21st century are also addressed by considering the upside and the downside of moving fast, meaning leading a fast-paced life. The argument presented in the book is based on the analysis and the importance of stress in our daily lives and also explains the notion of chronobiology. Our biological clocks drive our circadian rhythms. An interesting point is that blind people may not perceive time the same way as the non-blind. Furthermore, the book shows how we perceive time differently as we age compared to when we were young. It also makes the case for the perception of time in dreams and in real life. Speed and time optimization may be deceiving, according to this Part III of the series. This can be proven by questions such as, (1) Is going over the speed limit really worth it? and (2) Is the saying “Slow down to go faster” a paradox?
Download or read book Electric Trucks written by Kevin Desmond and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcomed at end of the 19th century as the solution to the severe problem of horse manure in city streets, electric trucks soon became the norm for short-haul commercial deliveries. Though reliable, they were gradually replaced by gasoline-powered trucks for long-haul deliveries--although a fleet of electric milk trucks survived in Great Britain into the 1960s. Industrial electric vehicles never disappeared from factories and ports. During the past decade, with the availability of the lithium-ion battery, the electric truck is back on the road for all payloads and all distances. The fourth in a series covering the history and future of electric transport, this book chronicles the work of the innovative engineers who perfected e-trucks large and small.
Download or read book Autonomous Drones written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Autonomous Drone An autonomous drone can conduct a safe flight without the intervention of a pilot. It does so with the help of artificial intelligence, and many other emerging technologies, enabling it to cope with all kinds of unforeseen and unpredictable emergency situations. How You Will Benefit - Answering the public top 100 questions about autonomous drones with insight, validation, and creativity. - Real world examples for the usage of drones in 38 industries and 21 corporations. - Glossary with 187 terms serves as a complete list of essential drone terms for pilots, professionals, and enthusiasts. - 17 appendices to briefly explain 266 emerging technology in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of drones’ technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of drone.
Download or read book Some Ideas on Futuristic Outcome Based Education and Reforms in Accreditation written by Debaprasad Mukherjee and published by Debaprasad Mukherjee. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some Ideas on Futuristic Outcome Based Education and Reforms in Accreditation: This book is a compilation of the papers written on the topic by the author with assistance from his collaborator. 1. Generic Course Outcomes for Internationally Evolving Futuristic Outcome-Based Technology Education and a Model of their Implementation 2. COFCOE: Continuous Oral Feedback Continuous Oral Evaluation for Continuous Active Learning in Outcome Based Education, Teaching, Learning and Evaluation (OBTLE) 3. Rapid Direct Attainment of Graduate Attributes through integration of Emerging Technologies Startup Business & Project Case Studies, Hackathon viva, Overview Viva and Academic Audit 4. A Minimalist Algorithm for Learning Outcome Attainment Large-scale Computation equivalent to the Canonical Algorithm for Outcome-Based Education Courses & Programs
Download or read book The Stuff Games Are Made Of written by Pippin Barr and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep dive into practical game design through playful philosophy and philosophical play. What are video games made of? And what can that tell us about what they mean? In The Stuff Games Are Made Of, experimental game maker Pippin Barr explores the materials of video game design. Taking the reader on a deep dive into eight case studies of his own games, Barr illuminates the complex nature of video games and video game design, and the possibilities both offer for exploring ideas big and small. Through a variety of engaging and approachable examples, Barr shows how every single aspect of a game—whether it is code, graphics, interface, or even time itself—can be designed with and related to the player experience. Barr’s experimental approach, with its emphasis on highly specific elements of games, will leave readers armed with intriguing design philosophy, conceptual rigor, and diverse insights into the inner life of video games. Upon finishing this book, readers will be ready to think deeply about the nature of games, to dive into expressive and experimental game design themselves, or simply to play with a new and expanded mindset.
