{"title":"Alex Hills","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the captivating world of Alex Hills, where thrilling adventures and heartwarming stories await. Perfect for fans of character-driven narratives and unexpected twists. Start your next literary journey here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"geeks-on-a-mission-book-alex-hills-9781457521744","title":"Geeks on a Mission","description":"Lucrative employment beckons, but they donate their summer vacations to work in developing nations around the world. They work as professional consultants, peers to the top executives in their client organizations, and, for these organizations, the work is critical. The clients receive top-notch professional assistance, and the students have an experience not available in any classroom. They are a new breed of young professional. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I was the same five-foot five-inch girl that arrived on June 5, barring a tan, a birthday, and maybe a few pounds. But I had grown. So tall. \u003cbr\u003e - Hermona Tamrat, Peru 2012 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Do you believe you really made a difference ... a radio interviewer ... asked me. I responded, Yes, I do ... but I believe it made more of an impact in my life. It gave me confidence and helped me believe in myself. It helped me believe that I could do something big. \u003cbr\u003e - Adrienne White, Ghana 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The volunteering experience has made me realize that, while I may not be able to completely change the world with my actions, I am able to do small things that make a difference. I hope to change the world - one step at a time. \u003cbr\u003e - Yixin Liu, Palau 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I think I'll be volunteering for the rest of my life. I guess you can take the girl out of Peace Corps, but you can't take the Peace Corps out of the girl  \u003cbr\u003e - Kathryn (Kayt) Dickens, Ghana 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I don't take for granted the opportunities I've had in life. I consider myself very fortunate. I benefited from my family, and I am very grateful for the values and culture they passed on to me. So I think that someone like me, privileged to attend some of the best schools in the United States, has an obligation to contribute to the political, social and economic improvement of developing countries in Africa. \u003cbr\u003e - Alimou Bah, Rwanda 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alex Hills is Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He has found ways to teach and encourage a new generation of young professionals to help solve problems of poverty, health and other ills that face the world. Working with his colleague, Professor Joseph Mertz, he advises and mentors students serving as consultants in developing nations. Dr. Hills has also written about the early days of Wi-Fi technology in his book Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027464880401,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027468124433,"sku":"NIN9781457521744","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1457521741.jpg?v=1751404364"},{"product_id":"finding-alaska-s-villages-book-alex-hills-9781457551109","title":"Finding Alaska's Villages","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlex Hills traveled Alaska by bush plane and snow machine, braving extreme weather and rough terrain to bring telephone service to small villages across the big state. Then he developed a new public radio station to serve the people of Alaska's huge northwest region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Finding Alaska's Villages Alex tells the story of how he helped the state's telecom pioneers bring about an innovation that would forever change rural Alaska. It took some innovative technical work - and some convincing of government officials and corporate executives - to make it happen. The innovation was the introduction of the small satellite earth stations that would eventually make needed telecommunication services - two-way medical communication, a phone in every house and business, and radio and live television programs - available in Alaska's villages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading Finding Alaska's Villages told me more about Alex than I'd learned over coffee in the last 20 years and helps me understand the human element behind our phone systems more than any other account of telecommunication in Alaska. Now I'll be sure I don't take for granted that phone call to rural Alaska - ever \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e - Mead Treadwell, Alaska Lt. Governor, 2010-2014\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlex Hills helped everyone who lives in northwest Alaska when he shaped public radio station KOTZ into an invaluable service for the entire region. Then he worked to bring modern telecommunications services to the region and to all of Alaska. 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But where did it come from? \u003cbr\u003e Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio takes us back to when the Internet was first gaining popularity, email took ten minutes to load up, and cell phones were big and unwieldy. But Alex Hills had a vision: people carrying small handheld devices that were always connected. His unwavering purpose was to change the way we use the Internet. \u003cbr\u003e After being a teenage ham operator and bringing radio, TV and telephone service to the Eskimos of northern Alaska, Dr. Hills led a small band of innovators to overcome the bad boys of radio - the devilishly unpredictable behavior of radio waves - and build the network that would become the forerunner to today's Wi-Fi. \u003cbr\u003e I know of no one so capable of telling the Wi-Fi story and explaining so clearly how the technology works. Alex Hills is certain to capture the public imagination with this new book.\u003cbr\u003e Jim Geier, Principal Consultant, Wireless-Nets, Ltd. and Wi-Fi author \u003cbr\u003e Alex Hills has contributed to the developing world and to developing advanced wireless technology at one of the world's most tech-savvy universities. Working on both frontiers, Dr. Hills pioneered wireless Internet and launched a revolution in the way the world communicates. His story of how we cut the cord begins in a place where there were no cords to begin with -- remote Alaska.\u003cbr\u003e Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and former Chair, United States Arctic Research Commission \u003cbr\u003e Alex Hills is Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering \u0026amp; Public Policy and Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Hills is frequently invited to speak at conventions, conferences, university seminars, corporate training sessions, and community events. His talks, with their vivid stories and clear explanations of technology, have been well-received by audiences throughout the United States and in more than twenty foreign countries. An inventor with eleven patents, Dr. Hills can write and speak in technical jargon. But in his writing, as in his talks, he speaks to everyone -- technical specialists and the public alike. People of all backgrounds have been fascinated by his contributions to Scientific American and IE Spectrum magazines -- articles that explain technology in a style that is clear to any reader.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027722895633,"sku":"NIN9781457505607","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51157084078353,"sku":"NGR9781457505607","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1457505606.jpg?v=1750892036"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-alex-hills.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}