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Make: Planes, Gliders and Paper Rockets
Author James Floyd Kelly , Rick Schertle
You don't need kids to tell you that Making is Fun. Just get them in a room with simple projects, common household tools and utensils, inexpensive supplies, and their imagination. All young people need is an interest in how the world works, the right tools to expl....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author Darrin Perez
Beginning RPG Maker VX Ace takes you through the process of using the RPG Maker VX Ace game development engine to create your very own role playing game. The book has been designed with the complete beginner in mind who has little to no experience with the engine. T....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Data, Technology, and the Future of Play
Author Meghan Athavale
Toys are becoming increasingly smarter. Once merely objects of play, today’s toys often act as agents of play, guiding kids toward learning through interactivity and feedback. As this O’Reilly report explains, smart toys not only employ sophisticated algorithms, bu....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Foundational Elements of an IoT Solution
Author Jonathan Follett , Joe Biron
If you want to make the most of the IoT for your business, but don’t quite know where to start, then you’ve come to the right place. This short guide introduces you to the high-level concepts, components, and patterns for any type of IoT solution. Authors Joe Biron....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Author Joe Sibilia , David Mager
You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process—from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and mea....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Author Richard O. Hanson
This book describes the role of the controller in a nonpublic company (small business), and provides a detailed 'how to' guidance of the various duties and responsibilities the controller of a nonpublic company may be required to assume. It describes the functions....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Author Bernard Liebowitz
Family businesses are a breed unto themselves. Though they share many features in common with other business models, they possess unique traits that clearly differentiate them. Similarly, though consultation to family buisnesses is in many respects what other bu....
Release Date 2011/09 -
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 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 17
Author Mark Frauenfelder
In Volume 17, MAKE Magazine goes really old school with a special section on steampunk, featuring projects that blend Victorian era technology with the cutting edge. Build your own marble adding machine or geared candleholder, and make music with a random music gen....
Release Date 2009/02 -
Robot Operating System Cookbook
Author Kumar Bipin
Leverage the power of ROS to build exciting collaborative robots.About This BookDelve into an open source, meta-operating system for your robotGet acquainted with tools and libraries for building and running code on multiple platformsUse Gazebo to model your robot ....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints
Author Pradeeka Seneviratne
Develop interactive Arduino-based Internet projects with Ethernet and WiFiAbout This BookBuild Internet-based Arduino devices to make your home feel more secureLearn how to connect various sensors and actuators to the Arduino and access data from InternetA project-b....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Home Automation with Intel Galileo
Author Onur Dundar
Create thrilling and intricate home automation projects using Intel GalileoIn DetailThis book provides you with a rapid introduction to Intel Galileo and home automation. You will start by setting up the Intel Galileo Board and its software development environment a....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Wearable-Tech Projects with the Raspberry Pi Zero
Author Jon Witts
Leverage the cheapest and smallest computer to build exciting wearable-tech projects.About This BookA practical and imaginative guide that exposes you to amazing wearable-tech projectsCreate our own heart-rate monitor device and cool projects such as a Tweet-activat....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Enterprise Internet of Things Handbook
Author Arvind Ravulavaru
Get familiar with the building blocks of IoT solutions using off?the-shelf IoT platforms.About This BookWork with various trending IoT platforms such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoTGain hands-on knowledge working with Cloud-based IoT ....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook
Author Rick Golden
Computer expert or enthusiast, this cookbook will help you use your Raspberry Pi to enhance your existing network. From sharing media across devices to deploying your own web portal, you’ll be amazed at what can be achieved.Learn how to install, administer, and main....
Release Date 2013/03 -
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 -
Embedded Linux®: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing
Author Ph.D. Craig Hollabaugh
Embedded Linux will help the user: select an Embedded Linux platform based on hardware requirements; build and boot a custom Linux kernel for the platform; remote debug programs running on the platform using GNU tools; connect data acquisition and control electronic....
Release Date 2002/03 -
Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, 2nd Edition
Author Geoffrey M Bellman
You are not in charge and you want to make a difference: that is the dilemma. You may not know who is in charge in today's changing, temporary, and virtual organizations, but you know you are not! You are searching for ways to contribute through the work you d....
Release Date 2001/09 -
Author Brian F. Towler
Using the principle that extracting energy from the environment always involves some type of impact on the environment, The Future of Energy discusses the sources, technologies, and tradeoffs involved in meeting the world's energy needs. A historical, scienti....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid
Author David Wenzhong Gao
Energy Storage for Sustainable Microgrid addresses the issues related to modelling, operation and control, steady-state and dynamic analysis of microgrids with ESS. This book discusses major electricity storage technologies in depth along with their efficiency, lif....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Do You Love Shrimp?: Learn All About Them
Author Anne Rudloe , Jack Rudloe
This is an excerpt from Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold (ISBN: 9780137009725) by Jack and Anne Rudloe. Available in print and digital formats.Don’t just eat shrimp: discover their amazing story!People love to eat shrimp, fishermen roam the seas catching them....
Release Date 2010/02 -
TCP/IP Embedded Internet Applications
Author Edward Insam
Introducing the technology from square one through real-world design applications, this book will significantly reduce R&D time - and spend. Eddie Insam's approach to the internet protocols TCP/IP is to explore their potential as a practical tool for desi....
Release Date 2003/09 -
Author Brock Craft
Discover all the amazing things you can do with ArduinoArduino is a programmable circuit board that is being used by everyone from scientists, programmers, and hardware hackers to artists, designers, hobbyists, and engineers in order to add interactivity to objects ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
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 -
Practical LEGO Technics: Bring Your LEGO Creations to Life
Author Mark Rollins
You already know you can create amazing things with LEGO, but did you know you can also make planes, trains, automobiles actually fly, roll, and run? You can even make functional robots without getting into Mindstorms and programming. In Practical LEGO Technics, Mar....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Biologically Inspired Robotics
Author Dong Sun , Yunhui Liu
Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosis, and artificial muscles can replace damaged muscles to recover th....
Release Date 2017/12 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Moods
Author John Preston
Anger. Depression. Anxiety. Low self-esteem. With the help of this guide, millions of Americans can stop suffering from these difficult emotions. Written by a prominent psychologist, this book is chock-full of the many strategies and approaches that have proven eff....
Release Date 2006/11 -
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