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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789915103321

Titolo

Frontiers of engineering [[electronic resource] ] : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2011 symposium / / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012

ISBN

0-309-22146-3

1-280-12336-2

9786613527226

0-309-22144-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

620

Soggetti

Engineering - Research

Engineering - Technological innovations

Manufacturing processes

Semantic networks (Information theory)

Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

Neuroprostheses - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction [Additive manufacturing] -- Additive manufacturing technologies: technology introduction and business implications -- Additive manufacturing in aerospace: examples and research outlook --- Additive manufacturing is changing surgery -- The shape of things to come: frontiers in additive manufacturing -- Introduction [Semantic processing] -- Automatic text understanding of content and text quality -- Advancing natural language understanding with collaboratively generated content -- Large-scale visual semantic extraction -- Searching for statistical diagrams -- Introduction [Engineering-sustainable buildings] -- Challenges and opportunities for low-carbon buildings -- Expanding design spaces -- Opportunities and challenges for multiscale modeling of sustainable buildings -- Accelerating green building market transformation with information technology --  Introduction [Neuroprosthetics] -- Retinal prosthetic



systems for treatment of blindness -- The evolution of brain-computer interfaces -- Ultra low-power biomedical and bio-inspired systems.