Thomas Lindblad – författare

Porslin * Keramik * Industridesign * Textil Stig Lindberg har kallats Sveriges mest folkkäre formgivare. Han skapade serviser som Spisa Ribb, Berså och Birka, ritade Krakel Spektakel, målade färgstarka fajanser och designade allt från tv- apparater och tygmönster till citruspressar och spelkort. Med Stora boken om Stig Lindberg kommer äntligen det översiktsverk över Stig Lindbergs hela produktion som hittills saknats. I boken presenteras tusentals bilder och faktauppgifter. Till avsnitten om servisporslin, konstgods, fajanser, bilderböcker, reklam och industriformgivning hör prisguider med föremålens värde på antikmarknaden. Huvudförfattare och redaktör: Magnus Palm Medförfattare: Viveca Carlsson, Petter Eklund, Linda Larsson-Levin och Thomas Lindblad. Boken ges ut av Scandinavian Retro som är en tidning med fokus på 50-, 60- och 70-talets design och inredning. Tidningen har läsare världen över och ger också ut temanummer, av vilka några har översatts till finska och japanska.

JavaTech is a practical introduction to the Java programming language with an emphasis on the features that benefit technical computing. After presenting the basics of object-oriented programming in Java, it examines introductory topics such as graphical interfaces and thread processes. It goes on to review network programming and develops Web client-server examples for tasks such as monitoring remote devices. The focus then shifts to distributed computing with RMI. Finally, it examines how Java programs can access the local platform and interact with hardware. Topics include combining native code with Java, communication via serial lines, and programming embedded processors. An extensive web site supports the book with additional instructional materials. JavaTech demonstrates the ease with which Java can be used to create powerful network applications and distributed computing applications. It will be used as a textbook for programming courses, and by researchers who need to learn Java for a particular task.

Pulse-coupled neural networks represent a new and exciting advance in image processing research. When exposed to grey scale or colour images they produce a series of binary pulse images which allow the content of the image to be assessed much more accurately than from the original. In this volume Thomas Lindblad and Jason Kinser provide a much needed introduction to the topic of PCNNs. They review the theoretical foundations, and then look at a number of image processing applications including segmentation, edge extraction, texture extraction, object identification, object isolation, motion processing, foveation, noise suppression and image fusion. They also look at the PCNNs ability to process logical arguments and at how to implement it in specialised hardware. It will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners working in image processing, especially those involved with medical, military or industrial applications. It will also be of interest to graduate-level students.

It was stated in the preface to the ?rst edition of this book that image p- cessing by electronic means has been a very active ?eld for decades. This is certainly still true and the goal has been, and still is, to have a machine perform the same image functions which humans do quite easily. In reaching this goal we have learnt about the human mechanisms and how to apply this knowledgetoimageprocessingproblems. Althoughthereisstillalongwayto go, we have learnt a lot during the last ?ve or six years. This new information andsomeideasbaseduponithasbeenaddedtothesecondeditionofourbook The present edition includes the theory and application of two cortical models: the PCNN (pulse coupled neural network) and the ICM (intersecting cortical model). These models are based upon biological models of the visual cortex and it is prudent to review the algorithms that strongly in?uenced the development of the PCNN and ICM. The outline of the book is otherwise very much the same as in the ?rst edition although several new application examples have been added. In Chap. 7 a few of these applications will be reviewed including original ideas by co-workers and colleagues.Special thanks are due to Soonil D. D. V. Rughooputh,thedeanoftheFacultyofScienceattheUniversityofMauritius Guisong,andHarryC. S. Rughooputh,thedeanoftheFacultyofEngineering at the University of Mauritius. We should also like to acknowledge that Guisong Wang, a doctoral c- didate in the School of Computational Sciences at GMU, made a signi?cant contribution to Chap. 5. We would also like to acknowledge the work of several diploma and Ph. D. studentsatKTH,inparticularJennyAtmer,NilsZetterlundandUlfEkblad.

Image processing algorithms based on the mammalian visual cortex are powerful tools for extraction information and manipulating images. This book reviews the neural theory and translates them into digital models. Applications are given in areas of image recognition, foveation, image fusion and information extraction. The third edition reflects renewed international interest in pulse image processing with updated sections presenting several newly developed applications. This edition also introduces a suite of Python scripts that assist readers in replicating results presented in the text and to further develop their own applications.

Image processing algorithms based on the mammalian visual cortex are powerful tools for extraction information and manipulating images. This book reviews the neural theory and translates them into digital models. Applications are given in areas of image recognition, foveation, image fusion and information extraction. The third edition reflects renewed international interest in pulse image processing with updated sections presenting several newly developed applications. This edition also introduces a suite of Python scripts that assist readers in replicating results presented in the text and to further develop their own applications.

Image processing algorithms based on the mammalian visual cortex are powerful tools for extraction information and manipulating images. This book reviews the neural theory and translates them into digital models. Applications are given in areas of image recognition, foveation, image fusion and information extraction. The third edition reflects renewed international interest in pulse image processing with updated sections presenting several newly developed applications. This edition also introduces a suite of Python scripts that assist readers in replicating results presented in the text and to further develop their own applications.

Keramik och porslin i Sverige genom 7 000 år är en populär vetenskaplig översikt som vänder sig till både universitet och allmänhet. Den är en kulturhistorisk och gränsöverskridande historisk skildring där även alla föremålstyper, tillverkning, teknik, användning m.m. under olika perioder presenteras. Boken spänner över tidig neolitikum till moderna tider. Keramiken skildras efter gängse perioder som knyter an till både tekniska och estetiska förändringar och moden, t.ex. tyskt stengods under medeltiden, holländska fajanser under 1600-talet, Wedgwood och annan engelsk påverkan från 1700-talets slut. Det förs även ett resonemang kring vilka andra material keramiken ersatt och ersätts av i vår tid. Illustrerad med över 1 200 bilder. Bengt Nyström (red) är fil. dr och museiman och har skrivit en rad böcker om konsthantverk, senast Rörstrands serviser. Författarna har alla arbetat med keramik och porslin i olika former, som arkeologer, på museer eller som keramiker och är alla experter inom sina områden.