Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1416
Release: 1971
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Fibres to Finished Fabrics

Fibres to Finished Fabrics
Author: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This volume contains the proceedings of the 1998 Fibres to Finished Fabrics Conference, organized by the Fibre Science and Dyeing & Finishing Groups of The Textile Institute. The proceedings include the keynote speech by Professor S. Kawabata on The Influence of Fibre and Process Parameters on Product Performance. Papers include: Chemical Modification of PET to Impart New Physical Properties to Fibres; The Effect of Crosslinking of Acrylic Fibres on Fabric Properties; The Surface Modification of Natural Fibres; Studies on the Physical Properties of Responsive Barrier Materials; A Study of the Influence of Heat and Moisture on the Mechanical Performance of Airbag Fabrics; Alternatives to the Afterchrome Dyeing of Wool; The Measurement of Foam Penetration Time; Certain Aspects Regarding the Finishing of Lyocell; Innovation -The Lifeblood of the Retailer; Development of a Novel Apparatus to Measure the Liquid Water Transport Properties of Fabrics; Shade Depth Problems in the Dyeing of Matt Microfibres - The Development of Tactel Coloursafe; and more.

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Author: Erik Brynjolfsson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-01-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0393239357

The big stories -- The skills of the new machines : technology races ahead -- Moore's law and the second half of the chessboard -- The digitization of just about everything -- Innovation : declining or recombining? -- Artificial and human intelligence in the second machine age -- Computing bounty -- Beyond GDP -- The spread -- The biggest winners : stars and superstars -- Implications of the bounty and the spread -- Learning to race with machines : recommendations for individuals -- Policy recommendations -- Long-term recommendations -- Technology and the future (which is very different from "technology is the future").