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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition
Author Charles Petzold
Computers are everywhere --- most obviously in our laptops and smartphones, but also our cars, televisions, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, robot vacuum cleaners, and other smart appliances. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside these devices to make our lives easier but occasionally more infuri....
Release Date 2022/08 -
Mastering 3D Printing: A Guide to Modeling, Printing, and Prototyping
Author Joan Horvath , Rich Cameron
Get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and integrate 3D printing with traditional prototyping to make techniques like sand casting more efficient.This book is for new 3D printer owners, makers of a....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Author Lydia Sloan Cline
Learn how to use Autodesk Fusion 360 to digitally model your own original projects for a 3D printer or a CNC device. Fusion 360 software lets you design, analyze, and print your ideas. Free to students and small businesses alike, it offers solid, surface, organic, ....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Author Mike Senese
The Covid-19 crisis has been a defining moment for the maker movement. Groups and individuals are designing and producing personal protective equipment like face shields and masks, forming grassroots organizations to deliver equipment to medical professionals, and engagin....
Release Date 2020/06 -
Make: Tips and Tales from the Workshop
Author Gareth Branwyn
The hard-earned tips and tricks gained by experience are the hidden currency of makers -- passed along in workshops and makerspaces by example and by retelling -- shared wisdom that will help you work smarter, easier, and more efficiently. Who doesn't remember wit....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab
Author Rich Cameron , Joan Horvath
Learn how to manage and integrate the technology of 3D printers in the classroom, library, and lab. With this book, the authors give practical, lessons-learned advice about the nuts and bolts of what happens when you mix 3D printers, teachers, students, and the gene....
Release Date 2018/10 -
3D Printing and CNC Fabrication with SketchUp
Author Lydia Sloan Cline
Model and print your own 3D creations using SketchUp! Get up and running fast in the consumer design and fabrication world using the hands-on information in this guide. 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication with SketchUp features step-by-step tutorials of fun and easy D....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Caleb Cotter , Steven Bolin , Nick Ernst , Brian Roe , John Baichtal , John Edgar Par
Even if you've never touched a 3D printer, these projects will excite and empower you to learn new skills, extend your current abilities, and awaken your creative impulses. Each project uses a unique combination of electronics, hand assembly techniques, custom 3D-....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 18
Author Mark Frauenfelder
Volume 18 of MAKE Magazine features projects on how to make food and energy, using the untapped resources around the house, yard, and community. This DIY Energy issue shows readers how to measure their energy use and maximize their efficiency, with projects such as....
Release Date 2009/05 -
3D Printing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Kalani Kirk Hausman , Richard Horne
The bestselling book on 3D printing3D printing is one of the coolest inventions we've seen in our lifetime, and now you can join the ranks of businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who use it to do everything from printing foods and candles to replacement par....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Getting Started with 3D Printing, 2nd Edition
The book is written in a casual, conversational style. It is easily accessible to those who have no prior knowledge in 3D printing, yet the book's message is solidly practical, technically accurate, and consumer-relevant. The chapters include contemporary, real-life learning exercises and insights .... -
3D Printing with MatterControl
Author Rich Cameron , Joan Horvath
In 3D Printing With MatterControl, Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron, the team behind Mastering 3D Printing, explain step-by-step how to use the MatterControl program, which allows you to control many common types of 3D printers (including both cartesian and delta styl....
Release Date 2015/09 -
3D Printing Basics for Entertainment Design
Author Anne E. McMills
Affordable 3D printers are rapidly becoming everyday additions to the desktops and worktables of entertainment design practitioners – whether working in theatre, theme parks, television and film, museum design, window displays, animatronics, or… you name it! We are....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author Anne Filson , Anna Kaziunas France , Gary Rohrbacher
Design, DIY, and computer-controlled fabrication are a powerful combination for making high-quality customized things. Written by the founders of the architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher, this book takes you through the basics of CNC fabric....
Release Date 2017/10 -
3D Printing: Build Your Own 3D Printer and Print Your Own 3D Objects
Author James Floyd Kelly
Want something? Print it–with your own 3D printer!Right now, you can print practically any 3D object you can imagine–from toys to gadgets to replacement parts, and beyond! All you need is a 3D printer…and they’re simpler and cheaper than you ever imagined. This full....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Dale Dougherty
In this issue’s cover story, we go inside how an FX team built a workingR/C prop of the famous disembodied hand “Thing” from Netflix’s Wednesday,and how you can bring your own props and robots to life with channelmixing, telemetry, and on-the-fly programming using OpenTX for your R/Ctransmitter.Then....
Release Date 2023/05 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 14
Author Mark Frauenfelder
Keep an eye out for MAKE Volume 14, which has a special section on optics. You'll learn how to make an inexpensive but powerful digital microscope that allows you to display bacteria colonies on a video monitor, a vintage-looking opaque projector that can display ....
Release Date 2008/05 -
Author Dale Dougherty
It's been another tumultuous year in the world of embedded electronics: Supply chain snags have scarcely relented, while new chips jostle for position as the go-to for makers. In this issue of Make:, we look at how scarcity is affecting the industry and impacting new and stalwart boards alike. We e....
Release Date 2022/11 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 09
Author Mark Frauenfelder
If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE our quarterly publication for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer. Every issue is packed with projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life....
Release Date 2007/02 -
Author Simon Monk
The BBC micro:bit is a tiny, inexpensive, and surprisingly powerful computer that you can use to build cool things and experiment with code. The 30 simple projects and experiments in this book will show you how to use the micro:bit to build a secret science lab—com....
Release Date 2019/09 -
3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder
Author Joe Larson
Learn to design and 3D print organic and functional designs using BlenderAbout This BookLearn how to make complex shapes by editing basic onesMake printable objects from multiple shapes and partsLearn how to design from scratch, without a reference to physical objec....
Release Date 2016/02 -
3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot
Author Lydia Sloan Cline
Master the art of 3D printing with step-by-step tutorials and DIY projectsAre you ready to join the new industrial revolution?3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot reveals how to turn your ideas into physical products that you can use or sell! You....
Release Date 2014/12 -
The New Shop Class: Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech
Author Joan Horvath , Rich Cameron
The New Shop Class connects the worlds of the maker and hacker with that of the scientist and engineer. If you are a parent or educator or a budding maker yourself, and you feel overwhelmed with all of the possible technologies, this book will get you started with c....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Marcia Kadanoff , Dale Dougherty , Peter Hirshberg
The Maker City Playbook is a comprehensive case studies and how-to information useful for city leaders, civic innovators, nonprofits, and others engaged in urban economic development. The Maker City Playbook is committed to going beyond stories to find patterns and....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Author The Editors of Make:
After ten years, Make: has become one of most celebrated magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the Maker Movement and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best projects and articles fro....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Author Christian Rattat
Until fairly recently, machining has been a high-cost manufacturing technique available only to large corporations and specialist machine shops. With today’s cheaper and more powerful computers, CNC milling and 3D printing technology has become practical, aff....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Getting Past the Hype About 3-D Printing
Author Tucker Marion , Letizia Mortara , Martin Baumers , Anastasios John Hart , Tim Minsha
Although additive manufacturing — also known as 3-D printing — was developed back in the 1980s, lately it has become increasingly talked about as managers look for ways to improve efficiency and reduce production costs. The appeal of additive manufactur....
Release Date 2017/04