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Mechanix Illustrated
About this book
In this special edition of Mechanix Illustrated: Shuttle Astronaut Mike Massimino on engineering a path to space with robotics, teleoperation, and innovations in force feedback Special focus on self-driving cars Augmented reality in head-up displays A history of human-machine systems in space Advances in artificial photosynthesis Mining Helium-3 on the moon The fascinating beginnings of unmanned systems The turbine-powered Firebirds Inside the most amazing haptic technologies An introduction to automobile aerodynamics Mechanix Illustrated classics revisited Architecture for the 22ndCentury: asteroid-suspended towers Patents and the path of invention And more!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright Page
- A Brief History of Mechanix Illustrated… and a Personal Note
- SPACE TECH
- ENERGY
- HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
- SPECIAL FOCUS
- HAPTICS
- AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
- HABITAT TECHNOLOGY
- ENGINEERING PRACTICE