New Book Release: Handy AI

The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book by A.G.G. Liu and Aishwary Pawar

What is artificial intelligence? How does it work? Who is behind it? What can we expect from it in the future? Good questions, and we have the answers!

Artificial intelligence is popping up everywhere: in Google searches, calls to customer service, and in healthcare, education, and personal assistants—to name just five. It’s rapidly changing businesses and our lives. Covering the basics, its history, and the science behind it, The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book is the perfect starting point to understanding the emerging AI revolution, what is currently possible, what might be possible in the future—and what’s just hype. Tackling what has been, what is, and what will be—and the “what ifs”—of AI, this informative book answers more than 1,400 questions, such as …

• What does the term "artificial intelligence" actually mean?
• What real-world AI tools do people use daily, like Alexa, Netflix, and facial recognition?
• How do AI algorithms adapt to changes in search trends and user behavior?
• What is AI-based image stabilization in smartphones and cameras?
• How does AI assist in surgical procedures and robotic surgery?
• How does the use of AI in surveillance affect human rights?
• What industries are most vulnerable to automation and AI-driven job loss?
• How can AI recognize human emotions and adapt its responses accordingly?
• What can we learn from other technologies as we consider how AI will shape our world?
• And hundreds more!

Informative, provocative, and intriguing, The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book looks at this emerging technology and what the past might tell us about the future. Ponder the potentials—and the perils—with this enlightening examination of AI!

New Book Release: AutoCAD 2010 3D Modeling Essentials

AutoCAD 2010 3D Modeling Essentials by Munir Hamad

AutoCAD® is a premier PC-based drafting tool that has been used by millions of engineers, draftsmen, project managers, and engineering students since its inception in 1982. AutoCAD 2010 3D Modeling Essentials provides new and seasoned users with simple step-by-step procedures on how to create and modify 3D models, set up cameras and lights, assign materials to objects, render, and print. Use the DVD to set up drawing exercises, view all of the book’s figures in full color, and draw with a trial version of AutoCAD 2010. Forty-five exercises throughout the book simulate the creation of a full real-world project from concept to completion, without overlooking any of the fundamental commands and functions of AutoCAD® 2010.

New Book Release: The Broadband Connection

The Broadband Connection: The Art of Delivering a Winning IT Presentation by Alan Carroll

It’s no secret that many IT professionals hate presenting and are often very bad at it. Focusing on technical details and speaking in monotone, they can quickly lose their audiences’ attention and interest. Effective presentation skills are critical to the careers of IT professionals and the proper utilization of corporate resources.

The Broadband Connection will show IT professionals how to become articulate, effective and persuasive speakers, no matter how difficult the information being disseminated.

In The Broadband Connection, author and expert Alan Carroll, a transpersonal psychologist who has helped thousands of IT professionals worldwide evolve from nervous, insecure speakers into savvy, successful presenters, offers his proven strategies in this fresh and innovative step-by-step guidebook. Utilizing language and principles specific to the IT industry, the author teaches vital presentation skills in a familiar language the reader can identify with and understand. This book provides the tools to unleash the graceful speaker hidden inside every IT professional.

New Book Release: Making Word Work For You

Making Word Work For You by Hilary Powers

Successful freelance editor Hilary Powers explains how to get the most out of Microsoft Word when editing manuscripts on screen. Among the subjects she covers are personalizing the program and the screen to meet your own needs and taste, deploying Word's custom features, domesticating Track Changes, creating and using macros and templates, coping with the snares and pitfalls Word users often encounter, and finding useful resources and program add-ins. With Powers's guidance, editors can increase their page-per-hour throughput―and their income.