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Smart Grid: Technology and Applications
Author Nick Jenkins , Akihiko Yokoyama , Jianzhong Wu , Kithsiri Liyanage , Janaka Ekanayak
This book provides discussion on the fundaments of the Smart Grid concept and then describes the technologies that are required for its realisation. It allows the reader to engage with the immediate development of the power system and to take part in the debate over....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 30
Author Mark Frauenfelder
The first magazine devoted entirely to do-it-yourself technology projects presents its 30th quarterly edition for people who like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology.Until recently, home automation was an unfulfilled promise — s....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Meet the iPad (third generation)
Author Jeff Carlson
This invaluable guide to the new, third-generation iPad steers you through how to navigate the home screen; buy, launch, run, and switch between apps; change and lock screen orientation, adjust screen brightness; and conserve battery life. You’ll learn how to maste....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future
Author Paul Brown , Charles Kiefer , Leonard Schlesinger
How to succeed at work and life—in an increasingly unpredictable worldIn a world where you can no longer plan or predict your way to success, how can you achieve your most important goals? It’s a daunting question. But in today’s environment, where change is the onl....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author Matt Parker , Daniel Herrera C. , Florian Echtler , Nicolas Burrus , Jeff Kramer
Hacking the Kinect is the technogeek's guide to developing software and creating projects involving the groundbreaking volumetric sensor known as the Microsoft Kinect. Microsoft's release of the Kinect in the fall of 2010 startled the technology world by providing....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Arduino and Kinect Projects: Design, Build, Blow Their Minds
Author Przemek Jaworski , Ciriaco Castro Díez , Enrique Ramos Melgar
If you've done some Arduino tinkering and wondered how you could incorporate the Kinect—or the other way around—then this book is for you. The authors of Arduino and Kinect Projects will show you how to create 10 amazing, creative projects, from simple to complex. ....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author Tom Igoe
If you want to experiment with radio frequency identification (RFID), this book is the perfect place to start. All you need is some experience with Arduino and Processing, the ability to connect basic circuits on a breadboard with jumper wire—and you’re good to go. ....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Enabling Programmable Self with HealthVault
Author Vaibhav Bhandari
Personal health and fitness has joined the digital revolution. Using Microsoft HealthVault, people interested in monitoring their health have an unprecedented opportunity to research their own data. This concise book explains how HealthVault users can collect and an....
Release Date 2012/03 -
This Means This, This Means That Second Edition
Author Sean Hall
Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of fire, to the symbols buried within art and literature. Semiotic theory can, however, appear mysterious and impenetrabl....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author Dan O’Connor , Tony McGuckin , Maire Kehoe , Martin Donnelly
A Practical Primer for XPages Application Development, Debugging, and PerformanceUsing XPages, Lotus® Notes® and Domino® developers can quickly create state-of-the-art web, mobile, and Notes client business applications using standard technologies like HTML, JavaScr....
Release Date 2012/02 -
The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols
Author Omar Elloumi , David Boswarthick , Olivier Hersent
An all-in-one reference to the major Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols, including 802.15.4 over radio or PLC, 6LowPAN/RPL, ZigBee 1.0 and Smart Energy 2.0, Zwave, LON, BACNet, KNX, ModBus, mBus, C.12 and DLMS/COSEM, and the new ETSI M2M sys....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK
Author James Ashley , Jarrett Webb
Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK gets you up and running developing Kinect applications for your PC using Microsoft tools and the official SDK. You will have a working Kinect program by the end of the first chapter! The following chapters w....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Author Sandy Antunes
Can any hobbyist build a satellite? Our DIY guide steps you through designing and building a base picosatellite platform tough enough to withstand launch and survive in orbit. If you have basic maker skills, you can build a space-ready solar-powered computer-control....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Author Patrick Crowley , Peter Barry
Modern Embedded Computing: Designing Connected, Pervasive, Media-Rich Systems provides a thorough understanding of the platform architecture of modern embedded computing systems that drive mobile devices. The book offers a comprehensive view of developing a framewor....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Author Greg Borenstein
This detailed, hands-on guide provides the technical and conceptual information you need to build cool applications with Microsoft’s Kinect, the amazing motion-sensing device that enables computers to see. Through half a dozen meaty projects, you’ll learn how to cre....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Environmental Monitoring with Arduino
Author Patrick Di Justo , Emily Gertz
Right now, thousands of people worldwide are tracking environmental conditions with monitoring devices they’ve built themselves. You can do it too! This inspiring guide shows you how to use Arduino to create gadgets for measuring noise, weather, electromagnetic inte....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 29
Author Mark Frauenfelder
The first magazine devoted entirely to do-it-yourself technology projects presents its 29th quarterly edition for people who like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology.MAKE Volume 29 takes bio-hacking to a new level. Get introduce....
Release Date 2012/01 -
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3: Upgrader's Guide
Author Scott O'Keefe , Tim Speed , Barry Max Rosen
Upgrade your system and embrace the exciting new features of the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3 platformUpgrade to the latest version of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3Understand the new features of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3 and put them to work in your businessCo....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius: Control Arduino with Your Smartphone or Tablet
Author Simon Monk
TEAM ARDUINO UP WITH ANDROID FOR SOME MISCHIEVOUS FUN!Filled with practical, do-it-yourself gadgets, Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius shows you how to create Arduino devices and control them with Android smartphones and tablets. Easy-to-find equipment....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Envisioning Family: A photographer’s guide to making meaningful portraits of the modern family
Author Tamara Lackey
FAMILY – A small word with powerful meaning. Most of us trace the roots of our own personal identity back to our experience of being part of a family. The definition of what a family is can vary widely, but most family photography is anything but varied. We are use....
Release Date 2011/12 -
High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for Energy Applications
Author Z Melhem
High temperature superconductors (HTS) offer many advantages through their application in electrical systems, including high efficiency performance and high throughput with low-electrical losses. While cryogenic cooling and precision materials manufacture is require....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices
Author Omar Manasreh
An invaluable introduction to nanomaterials and their applicationsOffering the unique approach of applying traditional physics concepts to explain new phenomena, Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices provides readers with a solid foundation on the subject of qua....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Patrick H. Sullivan , Suzanne S. Harrison
A revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking Edison in the Boardroom, highlighting the winning strategies today's biggest companies use to maximize the value of their intellectual propertyNow fully revised and expanded, Edison in the Boardroom, Second Editi....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Arduino Projects to Save the World
Author Emery Premeaux
Arduino Projects to Save the World shows that it takes little more than a few tools, a few wires and sensors, an Arduino board, and a bit of gumption to build devices that lower energy bills, help you grow our own food, monitor pollution in the air and in the ground....
Release Date 2011/12 -
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT: Mars Base Command
Author Christopher Smith , James Floyd Kelly
Congratulations! You're on Mars Base Alpha, the first human outpost on the red planet. Don't relax, though. It's not all roses and unicorns up here. Mars isn't called "The Bringer of War" for nothing! You've just been rained on by a meteor shower and it's up t....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Meet the Kinect: An Introduction to Programming Natural User Interfaces
Author Phoenix Perry , Jonathan C. Hall , Sean Kean
Meet the Kinect introduces the exciting world of volumetric computing using the Microsoft Kinect. You'll learn to write scripts and software enabling the use of the Kinect as an input device. Interact directly with your computer through physical motion. The Kinect ....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Make a Mind-Controlled Arduino Robot
Author Kimmo Karvinen , Tero Karvinen
Think about it - and it moves. Think harder, the robot moves faster. But don't worry; as a robot it knows to avoid the black border so it doesn't fall off the table."Make a Mind Controlled Arduino Robot" shows you how to build your own. You learn to measure attent....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Michael Margolis
Want to create devices that interact with the physical world? This cookbook is perfect for anyone who wants to experiment with the popular Arduino microcontroller and programming environment. You’ll find more than 200 tips and techniques for building a variety of ob....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Sean Lowther , Russ Rogers , Jennifer Jabbusch , Terry Gudaitis , Jack Wiles
Low Tech Hacking teaches your students how to avoid and defend against some of the simplest and most common hacks. Criminals using hacking techniques can cost corporations, governments, and individuals millions of dollars each year. While the media focuses on the gr....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts
Author Thomas Willeford
Unleash Your Inner Mechanical MastermindWelcome to the wondrous world of Thomas Willeford, aka Lord Archibald "Feathers" Featherstone, in which he shares his closely guarded secrets of Steampunkery. Filled with do-it-yourself projects, Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and ....
Release Date 2011/11