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The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn
Author Aaron Graves , Colleen Graves
Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels!This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projec....
Release Date 2016/11 -
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 -
Nano Optoelectronic Sensors and Devices
Author King Lai , Ning Xi
Nanophotonics has emerged as a major technology and applications domain, exploiting the interaction of light-emitting and light-sensing nanostructured materials. These devices are lightweight, highly efficient, low on power consumption, and are cost effective to pro....
Release Date 2011/10 -
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 -
Winning Design!: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Design Patterns for Fun and Competition, Second Edition
Author James Jeffrey Trobaugh
Design that works! It's what you need if you're building and competing with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics. You'll find uses for the new light sensors and gyro sensors in navigation, helping you to follow lines and make turns more consistently. Approach collision ....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Author Jason Kridner , Mark A. Yoder
BeagleBone is an inexpensive web server, Linux desktop, and electronics hub that includes all the tools you need to create your own projects—whether it’s robotics, gaming, drones, or software-defined radio. If you’re new to BeagleBone Black, or want to explore more ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author David B. Saint John
Whether you know them as "rapid prototyping," "additive manufacturing," or some other buzzword, the processes, technologies, and tools of 3D printing are developing at such a rapid pace that it's easy to be overwhelmed or confused by the ever-increasing range of o....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Alasdair Gilchrist
IoT Security Issues looks at the burgeoning growth of devices of all kinds controlled over the Internet of all varieties, where product comes first and security second. In this case, security trails badly. This book examines the issues surrounding these problems, v....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level
Author Isabelle Hurbain , Philippe Philo Hurbain , Michael Gasperi
Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO MIDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level is for intermediate-level users of NXT who would like to advance their capabilities by learning some of the basics of electronics. Plenty of examples are provided, and easy-to-follow instructions are in....
Release Date 2007/03 -
Author Jörg Wolf , Alan Wagner , Manfred Tscheligi , Allison Sauppé , Sandra Okita , Victor
Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author The Editors of Make:
From the pages of Make: magazine comes this collection of dozens of projects you can make in your home or school workshop. You'll learn how to create toys and games from stuff you have lying around, create unusual and inspiring home improvements, and even find som....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Sam Nazarko
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a full-blown media center using Raspbmc. This guide has all the plain language instructions you need to control your TV with a smartphone and create your own media library. No special skills required.Discover how you can stream video, mus....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Jean-Pierre Chamoux
Over 200 years, industry has mastered iron, fire, power and energy. Today, electronics shape our everyday objects with the widespread integration of chips; from computers and telephones to keys, games and white goods. Data, software and computation structure our be....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications
Author Joshua Eichorn
AJAX: fast mastery for experienced Web developers!Already an experienced Web developer? Apply your skills in today’s fastest-growing area of Web development: AJAX!Building on what you already know, this fast-paced guide will show you exactly how to create rich, usab....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Renewable Energy Systems, 2nd Edition
Author Henrik Lund
In this new edition of Renewable Energy Systems, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and professor, Henrik Lund, sets forth a straightforward, comprehensive methodology for comparing different energy systems’ abilities to integrate fluctuating and interm....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Boualem Benatallah , Lina Yao , Yongrui Qin , Michael Sheng
Managing the Web of Things: Linking the Real World to the Web presents a consolidated and holistic coverage of engineering, management, and analytics of the Internet of Things. The web has gone through many transformations, from traditional linking and sharing of c....
Release Date 2017/02 -
The Top 10 Things You Must Know About Saving for the Future
Author Gregory Karp
Skills, facts, strategies, techniques…whatever it takes! FT Press’s quick new Top 10s bring together the 10 most crucial things you MUST know to get great results, right now!Improve your finances forever, through 10 easy steps you can take right now!The wonderful se....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Basic Robot Building With LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0
Author John Baichtal
Basic Robot Building with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!Learn LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 from the ground up, hands-on, in full color! Ever wanted to build a robot? Now’s the time, LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 is the technology, and this is the....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author Tim Daly
There are very few books published on digital printing, but this is a topic that photographers of all levels have difficulty with. In this concise and accessible guide from digital printing expert Tim Daly, the reader is presented with a collection of easy-to-follow....
Release Date 2008/12 -
DSP Software Development Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Author Robert Oshana
Today's embedded and real-time systems contain a mix of processor types: off-the-shelf microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), and custom processors. The decreasing cost of DSPs has made these sophisticated chips very attractive for a number of em....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Demystifying Embedded Systems Middleware
Author Tammy Noergaard
This practical technical guide to embedded middleware implementation offers a coherent framework that guides readers through all the key concepts necessary to gain an understanding of this broad topic. It integrates big picture theoretical discussion with dow....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Free Marketing: 101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off
Author Jim Cockrum
Simple, powerful marketing strategies every business can afford to implementThere's never been a better time to be a marketer or entrepreneur than right now. Thanks to the Internet, a new world of free and inexpensive tactics can help get the word out to the prospe....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Author Shaun Rein
"REIN MASTERFULLY CAPTURES WHERE [CONSUMERS] HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THEY DREAM OF GOING." —FORTUNEPRAISE FOR THE END OF CHEAP CHINA"Brilliantly written." —Financial Times"Rein combines elegant writing and methodical research. Years of working in China have given him ac....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux
Author Derek Molloy
In-depth instruction and practical techniques for building with the BeagleBone embedded Linux platformExploring BeagleBone is a hands-on guide to bringing gadgets, gizmos, and robots to life using the popular BeagleBone embedded Linux platform. Comprehensive content....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition
Author Gareth Halfacree , Eben Upton
Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts! Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straight to the source to bring you the ultimate Rasp....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Behnam Salemi
Robotics--the design and creation of robots--is one of the most exciting and fast-growing areas of technology today. Robots are essentially computers with physical bodies; they can sense their environment, make decisions, and perform actions. They come in all shapes....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Dale Wheat
Arduino Internals guides you to the heart of the Arduino board. Author Dale Wheat shares his intimate knowledge of the Arduino board—its secrets, its strengths and possible alternatives to its constituent parts are laid open to scrutiny in this book. You'll learn t....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Eyewitness Travel Family Guide to Italy: Florence & Central Italy
Author DK Publishing
DK Eyewitness Family Guide Florence and Central Italy epub, from the groundbreaking family travel series, is written by parents and guarantees the entire family will enjoy their trip. With child-friendly sleeping and eating options, detailed maps of main sightseeing....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Design, Launch, and Scale IoT Services: A Practical Business Approach
Author Barry Haughian
The Internet of Things is causing major industry disruption, so companies need to plan and manage their “IoT journey” to maximize all business opportunities. In this book companies can learn how to successfully create, launch and manage Internet of Things services.....
Release Date 2018/10