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High technology

Here are entered works on specialized and sophisticated technology, such as the technology used in the manufacture of electronic devices, computers, telecommunication systems, aerospace systems, defense systems, etc.

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• Engines of Creation (multiple editions), by K. Eric Drexler (HTML with commentary and Javascript-dependent page images at e-drexler.com and Wowio)

• Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2010-) (full serial archives)

• International Competition in Advanced Technology: Decisions for America (1983), by National Research Council Office of International Affairs (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems III, ed. by Dennis R. Crabtree, R. J. Hanisch, and Jeannette V. Barnes (HTML in Canada)

• Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (prepublication draft, c2010), by Richard Szeliski (PDF with commentary at szeliski.org)

• Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections: Foundations for Technical Standards (second edition, 2006), by Franziska S. Frey and James M. Reilly (PDF at imagepermanenceinstitute.org)
• Introduction to Imaging (revised edition; Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, c2003), by Howard Besser, ed. by Sally Hubbard and Deborah Lenert (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Image Processing in C (second edition; c2000), by Dwayne Phillips (PDF with commentary in the UK)
• Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access (2000), ed. by Maxine K. Sitts (PDF at nedcc.org)
• Document Image Analysis (electronic executive briefing edition, from authors' original files; first published 1997), by Lawrence O'Gorman and Rangachar Kasturi (PDF at usf.edu)
• Moving Theory Into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, c2000), ed. by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger (multiple formats at archive.org)

• International Journal for Digital Art History (2015-) (full serial archives)

• Digital Foundations (electronic "flossified" edition, 2009), by Xtine Burrough and Michael Mandiberg (multiple formats at flossmanuals.net)
• Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite (working version, 2009), by Xtine Burrough and Michael Mandiberg (illustrated HTML at digital-foundations.net)
• SVG Essentials (c2002), by J. David Eisenberg (illustrated HTML with commentary at oreilly.com)
• Grokking the GIMP (2000), by Carey Bunks (illustrated HTML at linuxtopia.org)
• Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Graphics (1984) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s First Book of Atari Graphics (1982) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s First Book of Atari (Greensboro, NC: COMPUTE! Books, c1981) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Computer Graphics Primer (1979), by Mitchell Waite (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• GPU Gems 3 (c2008), ed. by Herbert Nguyen (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)
• GPU Gems 2 (c2005), ed. by Matt Pharr (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)
• GPU Gems (first edition, c2004), ed. by Randima Fernando (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)
• Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book (c1997), by Michael Abrash (PDF files at gamedev.net)
• Atari Graphics and Arcade Game Design (c1984), by Jeffrey Stanton and Dan Pinal (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw (c1994), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• Software Takes Command: Extending the Language of New Media (New York and London: Bloomsbury, c2013), by Lev Manovich (illustrated HTML with commentary at Bloomsbury Collections)
• GNU Image Manipulation Program: User Manual (current version) (illustrated HTML at gimp.org)
• PNG: The Definitive Guide, by Greg Roelofs (HTML at libpng.org)
• The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (free electronic edition, c2004), by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer (PDF files with commentary at algorithmicbotany.org)
• Atari Player-Missile Graphics in BASIC (1984), by Philip C. Seyer (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)

• WebGL Insights (Boca Raton et al: CRC Press, c2016), by Patrick Cozzi (PDF with commentary at webglinsights.com)

• Computer Animation Primer (1984), by David Fox and Mitchell Waite (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)

• GPU Gems 3 (c2008), ed. by Herbert Nguyen (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)
• GPU Gems 2 (c2005), ed. by Matt Pharr (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)
• GPU Gems (first edition, c2004), ed. by Randima Fernando (illustrated HTML with commentary at nvidia.com)

• Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Worlds: Understanding and Designing Expressive Characters (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, 2014), ed. by Joshua Tanenbaum, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Michael Nixon (PDF with commentary at CMU)
• Virtual Body Language: The History and Future of Avatars; How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2011), by Jeffrey Ventrella (PDF with commentary at CMU)

• D3 Tutorials (original version of Interactive Data Visualization for the Web, which is no longer free online), by Scott Murray (illustrated HTML at alignedleft.com)

• Annual Review of Vision Science (partial serial archives)

• Programming Computer Vision with Python (prepublication draft, 2012), by Jan Erik Solem (PDF with commentary at programmingconputervision.com)
• Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (prepublication draft, c2010), by Richard Szeliski (PDF with commentary at szeliski.org)

• What Does the Honeybee See? And How Do We Know? A Critique of Scientific Reason (2009), by G. Adrian Horridge (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone: or, The Picture That Saved a Fortune, by Victor Appleton
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• Transmission Systems for Communications (2 volumes; New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1959), by Bell Telephone Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)

• Implications of Nanotechnology for Environmental Health Research (2005), ed. by Lynn Goldman and Christine Coussens (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
• Nanomedicine: Basic Capabilities (c1999), by Robert A. Freitas (HTML with commentary at nanomedicine.com)
• Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution, by K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, and Gayle Permagit (HTML at foresight.org)
• Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology (1987), by Stuart R. Hameroff (HTML and PDF with commentary at quantumconsciousness.org)
• Engines of Creation (multiple editions), by K. Eric Drexler (HTML with commentary and Javascript-dependent page images at e-drexler.com and Wowio)

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