1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466059803321

Titolo

Commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety : research needs / / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-309-39253-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

613.62

Soggetti

Truck drivers - Health and hygiene - United States

Truck driving - Research - United States - Physiological aspects

Commercial vehicles - Research - United States - Safety measures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793562303321

Autore

Wadhwa Vivek

Titolo

The driver in the driverless car : how your technology choices create the future / / Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, CA : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-5230-8555-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 pages)

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technology - Social aspects

Medical innovations

Artificial intelligence - Social aspects

Technological forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever describe dozens of astonishing technological advances in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, which asks what kind of future lies ahead—Star Trek or Mad Max? Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening future—eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality. Wadhwa says that we need to ask three questions about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence? This edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on quantum computing, which promises vastly increased processing times—and vastly increased security risks. In the end, our future is up to us; our hands may not be on the wheel, but we will decide the driverless car's destination.