Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc., is offering attendees of the 2004 SIGGRAPH Conference the opportunity to evolve their skills and expand their knowledge on Discreet's 3ds max® animation software, combustion® visual…
SIGGRAPH 2004 - Discreet to hold Master Classes for 3ds max, combustion and character studio software
Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc., is offering attendees of the 2004 SIGGRAPH Conference the opportunity to evolve their skills and expand their knowledge on Discreet's 3ds max® animation software, combustion® visual effects software, and character studio® software through a series of exclusive master classes. Sponsored by ATI, Discreet will hold 12 different classes hosted by Discreet's training specialists and by computer graphics & visual effects industry experts including Chris Harvey of Frantic Films, Matthew Merkovich of Digital Dimension and RT Taylor formerly of Rhythm & Hues.

Autodesk AutoCAD is the world’s most widely used Computer Aided Design (CAD) package. It lets you design, visualize and communicate ideas with ease and efficiency. AutoCAD 2009 has new features that make tasks easier and quicker too. This VTC course provides users with the basic essentials needed to master AutoCAD 2009 with emphasis on how to create, edit and plot AutoCAD drawings. Use AutoCAD to communicate your ideas, concepts or designs to customers, colleagues and peers! Work files are included.

Publisher: Frederiksen Press
Language: English
ISBN: 1406745243
Paperback: 220 pages
Data: Mar 2007
Format: PDF
Description: PLASTIC MOLDING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND METHODS USED IN THE FABRICATION OP PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY LOUIS F. RAHM Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Piinccton Inirersity FIRST EDITION FOURTH IMPRESSION McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK AND LONDON 1933 PREFACE The art of forming objects in molds is ages old, embracing, as it does, the casting of metals, the blowing of glass, and the shaping of clay subsequently finished by baking. Although industries founded on this knowledge have persisted for centuries with little change in method or equipment, the molding of plastics, being dependent upon a machine age, is a relatively new-born industry.

Publisher: CRC
Language: English
ISBN: 1420053086
Paperback: 856 pages
Data: Sep 2008
Format: PDF
Description: In the years since the bestselling first edition, fusion research and applications have adapted to service-oriented architectures and pushed the boundaries of situational modeling in human behavior, expanding into fields such as chemical and biological sensing, crisis management, and intelligent buildings.

Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion: Theory and Practice, Second Edition represents the most current concepts and theory as information fusion expands into the realm of network-centric architectures. It reflects new developments in distributed and detection fusion, situation and impact awareness in complex applications, and human cognitive concepts. With contributions from the world’s leading fusion experts, this second edition expands to 31 chapters covering the fundamental theory and cutting-edge developments that are driving this field.

New to the Second Edition—
* Applications in electromagnetic systems and chemical and biological sensors
* Army command and combat identification techniques
* Techniques for automated reasoning
* Advances in Kalman filtering
* Fusion in a network centric environment
* Service-oriented architecture concepts
* Intelligent agents for improved decision making
* Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software tools

From basic information to state-of-the-art theories, this second edition continues to be a unique, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource for data fusion systems designers.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0521840198
Paperback: 268 pages
Data: Sep 2006
Format: PDF
Description: How were the dead remembered in early medieval Britain? This innovative study demonstrates how perceptions of the past and the dead, and hence social identities, were constructed through mortuary practices and commemoration in the period c. 400-1100AD. Drawing on archaeological evidence from across Britain, including the latest archaeological discoveries, Howard Williams presents a new interpretation of the significance of portable artefacts, the body, structures, monuments and landscapes in early medieval mortuary practices. He argues that materials and spaces were used in ritual performances that served as ‘technologies of remembrance’, practices that created shared ’social’ memories intended to link past, present and future. Through the deployment of material culture, early medieval societies were therefore selectively remembering and forgetting their ancestors and their history. Throwing new light on an important aspect of medieval society, this book is essential reading for archaeologists and historians with an interest in the early medieval period.

 

Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
ISBN: 0415345510
Paperback: 234 pages
Data: May 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Richard Bradley contends that for much of the prehistoric period, ritual was not a distinct sphere of activity. Rather it was the way in which different features of the domestic world were played out until they took on qualities of theatrical performance. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, all of which were ritualized in prehistoric Europe.

Successive chapters discuss the ways in which ritual has been studied, drawing on a series of examples that range from Greece to Norway and from Romania to Portugal. They consider practices that extend from the Mesolithic period to the Early Middle Ages and discuss the ways in which ritual and domestic life were intertwined.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0199295514
Paperback: 144 pages
Data: Aug 2008
Format: PDF
Description: The debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by polemical bestsellers like The God Delusion and, at the other end of the spectrum, high-profile campaigns to teach “Intelligent Design” in schools. Yet there is much more to the debate than the clash of these extremes. As Thomas Dixon shows in this balanced and thought-provoking introduction, a whole range of views, subtle arguments, and fascinating perspectives can be found on this complex and centuries-old subject. He explores the key philosophical questions that underlie the debate, but also highlights the social, political, and ethical contexts that have made the tensions between science and religion such a fraught and interesting topic in the modern world. Dixon emphasizes how the modern conflict between evolution and creationism is quintessentially an American phenomenon, arising from the culture and history of the United States, as exemplified through the ongoing debates about how to interpret the First-Amendment’s separation of church and state. Along the way, he examines landmark historical episodes such as the Galileo affair, Charles Darwin’s own religious and scientific odyssey, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee in 1925, and the Dover Area School Board case of 2005, and includes perspectives from non-Christian religions and examples from across the physical, biological, and social sciences.