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2) Drones
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about unmanned aircraft, or drones, including how they were invented and improved over time, what they are used for today, and why they have sometimes caused controversy"--
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nova reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful. From cameras that can capture every detail of an entire city at a glance, to swarming robots that can make decisions on their own, to giant air frames that can stay aloft for days on end, drones are changing our relationship to war, surveillance and each other. Discover the cutting-edge technologies that are propelling us toward a new chapter in aviation history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Explore a complex mechanical system where electronics and mechanical engineers work together as a cross-functional team. Using a working example, this book is a practical "how to" guide to designing a drone system. As system design becomes more and more complicated, systematic, and organized, there is an increasingly large gap in how system design happens in the industry versus what is taught in academia. While the system design basics and fundamentals...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Washington, the Kill Committee gathers in the White House's Situation Room to pick the next targets for the United States drone program. At an airbase just outside Las Vegas, a team of pilots, military personnel and intelligence officers follow through on the committee's orders, finding the men who have been deemed a threat to national security and sentenced to death. On the other side of the world, in the mountains where the drones hunt their...
9) American war
Author
Language
English
Description
"An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle--a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. Through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. Now civilian industries are acquiring drones for everything from monitoring crops to delivering packages. Kreps explains how they and the systems associated with them work, how...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : colored illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helicopters and airplanes aren't the only aircraft launching to the skies anymore. Thousands of recreational drones are launched every day. Whether owners make their own drones or buy them, recreational drone use shows no signs of slowing down. Young readers will learn all about these UAVs and the rules those flying them need to follow.
13) Alebrijes
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime." --
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (365 pages)
Language
English
Description
Learn the five key skills needed to become a quadcopter developer: design, modeling, control, simulation, and implementation. This book provides a crash course on drone development for beginners and can also serve as a comprehensive reference for those who want a detailed guide for future projects. You'll review key features often missed in other books: a deeper review of controls, step by step modeling, and methods for simulating and designing drones....
Author
Language
English
Description
A lawyer survives an attempt on his life, a medical examiner uncovers murders in Napa Valley, and a woman hunts down a killer with her drone in this collection of three pulse-pounding thrillers.
The Lawyer Lifeguard with Doug Allyn: Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard...
The Lawyer Lifeguard with Doug Allyn: Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
At the heart of this book are the mean and women who control weaponized drones. Among them are members of every branch of the U.S. military. This book reveals the repercussions. -- adapted from dust jacket.
18) Rogue strike
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
CIA agent Jake Keller and his partner, Curt Roach, are in Yemen on an important mission. They've been tipped off to a secret meeting of top ISIS leaders. The plan is to interrupt the meeting with a few unexpected visitors -- a pair of Hellfire missiles from an orbiting drone. But the drone stops responding to their signals and soon disappears over the horizon. When next seen, the drone is attacking innocent pilgrims in Mecca. Jake and Curt are staggered....
Author
Series
Publisher
A&D Xtreme, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Readers learn that some pilots fly with their feet on the ground. Flying without a pilot at the helm, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) take to the skies for surveillance, search and rescue, and even artistic displays. The skills needed to pilot these planes and helicopters may already be in the hands of young readers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Militaries use robots and drones in the air, on the ground, and underwater all around the world. Drones spy on targets and robots disable bombs to get the job done!"--
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