Kevin Chen

In today's increasingly virtual and online world, the metaverse is becoming an ever more real concept. Metaverse, by Kevin Chen, explores this concept in detail, outlining a framework and set of guidelines to help us navigate this new space. In particular, an economic system based on blockchain is proposed, and both the advantages and potential disadvantages of the metaverse are analyzed carefully. The author considers the metaverse to be the web " connecting the dots" in the Internet era, explaining, critiquing, and forecasting what our future metaverse world may look like. With the advancement of virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, and other forms of technology, the real world and the virtual have become increasingly fused; what was once left to the realms of science-fiction is now a genuine possibility for humanity. In some ways, society is at a crossroads, standing on the precipice of a digital age - this is the metaverse. For readers interested in technology, futurism, and the Internet, this book can be an interesting and thought-provoking read.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic around the world, for the remarkable benefits it can bring to mankind, as well as the perceived and real dangers that may be hidden in the technology. In this book, Kevin Chen lays out the many aspects of AI in clear and simple language, detailing how AI can bring about profound changes in the way the world works. AI is bringing these massive changes in transportation, logistics, medicine, scientific research, urban planning, and many more fields. Kevin Chen also outlines a blueprint for cooperation between China and US to produce a win-win situation with the help of AI. This is a must-read book for anyone who wants to understand how AI works, where it can benefit the world, and what the future may look like.

A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR & WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARDKeith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend. Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures.★ "Multidimensional characters, a beautifully realized setting, and an apposite surprise ending... This book is excellent."--Booklist (Starred Review)

WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD "An uncompromising, unsentimental, slyly humorous novel." IRISH TIMES “A haunting drama of a Taiwanese family’s efforts to rise out of poverty.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Keith Chen, the desperately yearned for second son of a traditional Taiwanese family with five daughters, refuses to play the role his parochial parents would cast him in. Instead, he chooses to make a life for himself in cosmopolitan Berlin, where he finally finds acceptance as a young gay man. The novel is set about a decade later, on Ghost Festival, the Day of Deliverance. After Keith’s release from a maximum security prison, he has nowhere to go but home. With his parents gone, his siblings married, mad, on the lam, or dead, there is nothing left for him there, so it seems. As he explores his uncanny home town, we learn what tore his family apart, and, more importantly, the truth behind the terrible crime Keith committed in Germany. Told in a myriad of voices—both living and dead—and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town is a mesmerizing story of family secrets, countryside superstitions, and the search for identity amid a clash of cultures.

Science has always captured the imagination of people throughout the ages. However, technology of the modern era is advancing so rapidly that it can be difficult to stay abreast of all the new inventions and appliances. Learning Through Science covers forty of the most pertinent scientific topics of today, including exploration of Mars, self-driving cars, and nanobots. There are also several sections on health, immunity, and genetics in the second part of the book. Overall, it can help students and youngsters alike in understanding more about the wonders of science and how such discoveries have impacted and enhanced human development. This book was created as a gift by the author for his son. As he foresees the enormous changes and challenges gripping humanity, he feels the necessity to inform his next of kin, and to join him on this exciting new journey. Hence, a forward-looking book on several aspects of contemporary science and technology. Readers will find a wealth of information on the latest scientific discoveries and methods, explained logically and succinctly. Anybody with a passing interest in science may also find this book useful.

As the intelligent carrier of the next stage of the Internet, wearable devices have begun to enter all aspects of people's lives, especially in the field of medical care, which is in need of overall reform and will be the primary place where wearable devices will work most efficiently. There are ten chapters in Wearable Medical Technologies, which introduces wearable devices, medical status quo in the frontline, wearable medical devices status quo, wearable medical market driving force, wearable medical ecosystem, wearable medical cases, personal wearable health devices, wearable medical business model, the development bottleneck of wearable medical technologies, and wearable medical development prospects. The expression and analysis of these aspects and the interpretation trend from macro to micro help the reader grasp the development of wearable medical devices in the frontline and the front market.

As an emerging market in the future, 4D printing has attracted increasing attention. 4D Printing: Transforming the Future Business Ecology combines theory and application with divergent thinking. Examining what 4D printing is, how to do 4D printing, the impact of 4D printing on design, manufacturing, energy utilization, and other aspects, the changes 4D printing will bring to human society, the legal and intellectual property issues involved in 4D printing, and the changes 4D printing will bring to China and even the earth, the book systematically presents a different human society supported by 4D printing technology, serving as an inspiration for future technical researchers and the public to understand 4D printing technology.

Since the concept of wearable devices has exploded on the scene, the business model has been in a state of confusion. Many enterprises in the field of wearable devices have not clearly recognized what kind of business model wearable devices should turn to so that they can transition to the profit stage. Wearable Technology discusses the business model of wearable devices to guide readers to establish a broad, cutting-edge business vision for greater business value.

This book includes an introduction to digital twin, digital twin technology, digital twin and industry 4.0, digital twin city, application of digital twin in other aspects, case studies of digital twin, challenges and development trends of digital twin technology, and the digital economic production policy. It covers many important technical points of digital twin, enumerates many cases to analyze the theory, and puts forward innovative views in various areas. In reading this book, the reader will gain a deep understanding of digital twin, an entirely new discipline.

After crossing the Reed Sea, Moses and the Israelites celebrate Yahweh’s victory over the Egyptians in the «Song of the Sea» (Exod. 15:1-18). Much of the song rejoices over their recent deliverance, but its latter portion anticipates what Yahweh would do for his people in the future. Specifically, he will lead them past enemy nations and «plant» them on a mountain. Also included in this context is a reference to «the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established» (v. 17). Commentators throughout the history of interpretation have understood this «sanctuary» as a reference to Solomon’s temple on Mount Zion. However, since the temple was eventually destroyed, equating it with a divinely «established» sanctuary is questionable. Eschatological Sanctuary in Exodus 15:17 and Related Texts argues that the sanctuary mentioned in Exod. 15:17 does not refer to Solomon’s temple or to any other «man-made» structure but to an eschatological sanctuary distinctively established by divine hands. Such an understanding of this sanctuary impacts the theology of the Pentateuch and provides a reference point for predictions of an eschatological temple in the Prophets and the Writings and for references to unconventional temples in the New Testament.