Authors:Ming C. Lin, Ming C. Lin, Miguel Otaduy,
Publisher: A K Peters
Keywords: applications, algorithms, foundations, rendering, haptic
Number of Pages: 650
Published: 2008-07-25
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 1568813325
ISBN-13: 9781568813325

For a long time, human beings have dreamed of a virtual world where it is possible to interact with synthetic entities as if they were real. It has been shown that the ability to touch virtual objects increases the sense of presence in virtual environments. This book provides an authoritative overview of state-of-theart haptic rendering algorithms and their applications. The authors examine various approaches and techniques for designing touch-enabled interfaces for a number of applications, including medical training, model design, and maintainability analysis for virtual prototyping, scienti

Authors:Wei-Ming Tu, Tu Wei Ming, Weiming Tu,
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
Keywords: thought, confucian, essays, cultivation, humanity
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0887273173
ISBN-13: 9780887273179

This first paperback edition of a classic text includes a new preface by the author, and a new introductory essay on "Tu Wei-ming`s Confucianism" by Robert Cummings Neville, Dean of the School of Theology at Boston University. The 12 essays in this volume concisely illustrate the inherent "religiousness" of Confucianism, one of the most influential systems of thought on earth. Through an intensive focus on the Confucian process of self-cultivation, noted author and teacher Tu Wei-ming aggressively explores the spiritual dimension of this tradition. These essays soundly establish the significan

Authors:Ming K. Chan, John D. Young, Ming K. Chan,
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Keywords: china, hong, kong, transition, becoming, britain, balance, precarious
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1994-01-31
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9622093337
ISBN-13: 9789622093331

The "Hong Kong Becoming China" multi-volume series is published for an international readership. It aims to provide both expert analysis and the documentary basis for an informed understanding of Hong Kong’s transition as a free society and capitalist economy toward socialist Chinese sovereignty under the "One country, Two systems" formula. This series explores the crucial dimensions of Hong Kong’s current developments in this transitional process, as well as their global implications. This interdisciplinary volume focuses on major developments in Hong Kong during the past 150 year

Authors:Zhang-Yue Zhou, Wei-Ming Tian, Wei-Ming Tian,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: chinese, economy, series, trade, world, china, foodgrain, feedgrain, grains
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2005-05
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0754642801
ISBN-13: 9780754642800

Addresses the dynamics of China’s grain production, consumption and trade with a particular emphasis on China’s demand for feedgrain vis- a-vis its demand for foodgrain and the likely implications of this on the international grain trade given that China is now a member of the WTO. Zhang-Yue Zhou from James Cook University, Qld.

Authors:Ming K. Chan, David J. Clark, Ming K. Chan,
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Keywords: hong, kong, becoming, sovereignty, china, transition, chinese, stability, basic, law, blueprint, prosperity
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1991-04-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9622092969
ISBN-13: 9789622092969

Author: Ming Xie
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: perception, artificial, intelligence, machine, action, linking, fundamentals, robotics
Number of Pages: 716
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9812383352
ISBN-13: 9789812383358

Tomorrow’s robots, which includes the humanoid robot, can perform tasks like tutoring children, working as tour guides, driving humans to and from work, and doing the family shopping. Tomorrow’s robots should enhance lives in ways we never dreamed possible, and are set to be the most exciting and revolutionary things to happen to the world since the invention of the automobile. It will change the way we work, play, think and live. Because of this, nowadays robotics is one of the most dynamic fields of scientific research. These days, robotics is offered in almost every university i

Author: Ming-Ju Sun
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: archives, pictorial, dover, fashions, chinese
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2002-05-21
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 0486420531
ISBN-13: 9780486420530

Over 1,000 years of Chinese fashions for men and women are spotlighted in this exquisitely rendered coloring book — from a strapless high-waisted dress with a transparent outer robe worn during the Tang dynasty (a.d. 618-907) to an elegant, knee-length sheath trimmed with a floral applique (late Republic). 43 full-page black-and-white illustrations.