# Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Jeff Johnson. The interactives were created by Jane Bromley and Gareth Morgan. It was edited by Anna Edgley-Smith.

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Figures

Course image © The Open University

Figure 2(a): GagliardiImages / www.shutterstock.com.

Figure 2(b): Ted Kinsman / Science Photo Library.

Figure 2(c): James King Holmes / Toshiba Research Europe / Science Photo Library.

Figure 4: © Littlebird Electronics.

Figures 5 and 6: Courtesy of Oxboard BV.

Figure 10: Screenshot from Multisim Live, © 2017 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

Figure 13: © Wellcome Images / https://commons.wikimedia.org. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Figure 15(b): Olli Niemitalo. Used under Creative Commons licence CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Figure 17: Screenshot from Multisim Live, © 2017 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved. Photograph of LDR taken from https://www.kitronik.co.uk/c3515-standard-ldr.html.

Figures 37, 38 and 39: Screenshots from Multisim Live, © 2017 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

Videos

Section 1 video 1: This video contains footage from the following sources. Transistor image: reused with permission of Nokia Corporation. Stargazing Live 2013, Episode 1: © BBC. Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots, Episode 1 ‘Technology’: A Windfall Films Production for BBC and Open University. Windfall is part of the Argonon Group. ‘Atlas’ – Robot Walking Demonstration: © Boston Dynamics. Integrated circuit image: courtsey of Texas Instruments Incorporated. BBC News – Robot Surgeon: © BBC. Stunning Aurora Borealis from Space in Ultra-High Definition: © NASA, https://youtu.be/PBJAR3-UvSQ. Building the Universe (The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide): © BBC. City in the Sky, Episode 2 ‘Airborne’: © BBC. Mini Car Factory B-Roll – Robot Conveyor Belt: © MINI. Stargazing Live, Series 6, Episode 4: © BBC. Inside an integrated circuit foundry (Foxconn): © BBC. Elektro the Robot Demonstration: public domain.

Section 1 video 2: Image of gears © iStock.com / tuchkovo. Wii Fit Plus footage © 2009 Nintendo. Animated binary matrix grid © iStock.com / lutjo1953. All music tracks courtesy of Apple iLife. Note that brands are being used for pedagogical or teaching purposes only and they are not intended to be endorsement.

Section 1.2 video: Used with permission from Oxboard, www.OXBOARD.eu.

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