Engineering
Subtitle: pushing back the boundaries
Contributors: Braithewaite, Nicholas Prof; Johnson, Jeff; Moffatt, James; Demaid, Adrian; Earl, Chris Prof; Morris, Dick, Dr; Nesaratnam, Suresh Dr; Nixon, Tony Dr; Weidmann, George Dr; Roy, Robin Prof; Open University
Edition: Third edition.
Series: T173, Engineering the future -- block 5, parts 3 and 4; T173, Engineering the future -- block 5, parts 3 and 4.
Publisher: Open University
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Keynes
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780749223571
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Engineering; Study and teaching; History; Engineering design; Design; Industrial design
Other titles: Block 5, parts 3 and 4 :; Engineering : pushing back the boundaries :; Engineering : pushing back the boundaries :; Block five
Notes: "This publication forms part of an Open University course T173, Engineering the future."
Table of contents: title: Part 3, Pacemakers : towards eternal life; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The cardiovascular system; title: 3. Setting a pace; title: 4. Everlasting hearts; title: 5. Learning outcomes; title: Answers to exercises; title: Answers to self-assessment questions.; title: Part 4, Designing intelligent machines; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. An introduction to intelligent machines; title: 3. Perception, cognition and execution in intelligent machines; title: 4. Sensors and perception; title: 5. Information processing and cognition; title: 6. The future?; title: 7. Summary; title: 8. Final words; title: 9. Learning outcomes; title: Answers to exercises; title: Answers to self-assessment questions; title: Acknowledgements.