It seems too good to be true: a live-in nanny post, with a staggeringly generous salary. When Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious "smart" home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare-- which will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to...

In this thriller from Ezekiel Boone, author of The Hatching series, a family moves into a home equipped with the world's most intelligent, most cutting-edge, and most intuitive computer ever--with terrifying and catastrophic results.

From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy.

In this in-depth book, the authors address the concepts and terminology that are needed to work in the field of process control. The material is presented in a straightforward manner that is independent of the control system manufacturer. It is assumed that the reader may not have worked in a process plant environment and may be unfamiliar with the field devices and control systems. Much of the material on the practical aspects of control design and...

Troubleshooting loops and systems is something all technicians must do, but that few truly master. This edition draws on the author's long experience as an instrument and electrical engineer and his maintenance expertise to provide a detailed look at the skills and knowledge required for troubleshooting. Interspersed with a wealth of practical detail and real-world examples are Mostia's no-nonsense discussions of what a good troubleshooter needs to...

We will primarily concentrate on the Blockchain. It is the most important component of the three, as it is the back-end data persistence layer, i.e., "the truth", while IoT and AI provide convenience and learned machine intelligence for front-end requests. Moreover, the Blockchain development tools have matured in the past year and developers want to know how these tools work. We'll start with a discussion of each technology providing introductory...

Whether you're designing a new instrumentation and control (I&C) system, or migrating an existing control system along an upgrade path, you need to have a well-conceived design package-the engineering deliverables and the design process that creates them. This book describes the ideal design package and delves into the business of design engineering. It provides you with a roadmap to understanding the design process, the elements of a successful project,...

Ideal for users and designers of industrial control and monitoring systems, this book provides an easy-to-use, yet effective, method to configure, design, and validate human-machine interfaces (HMIs). Such systems include distributed control systems (DCSs); supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADAs); and stand-alone units. This book also discusses the overall HMI design process; how that process relates to system design; detailed design...

¿Quiere dominar el arte del control automático? Descubra los secretos de la teoría clásica con este libro imprescindible En un mundo cada vez más automatizado, comprender los principios fundamentales del control automático es esencial. Este libro desentraña los misterios de la teoría clásica de control automático, desde los conceptos básicos hasta las estrategias avanzadas de sintonización, lo que lo convierte en una herramienta clave...

Ideal for classroom use or self-study, this newly revised best-selling book has provided thousands of students, technicians, sales people, and others with a practical introduction to the technologies, systems, and strategies involved in industrial process control. The fourth edition takes the same proven intuitive approach of previous editions. Each chapter begins with basic definitions and mathematical concepts that allow readers to become well versed...