Take This Stuff and Hack It!

Transform Everyday Electronics into Modern Techno-Wonders

Dave Prochnow

480 pages, parution le 19/09/2006

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Résumé

Transform common household items into really cool stuff

You don't need to be an electronics genius to start turning everyday items into high-performing wonders. With how-to guru Dave Prochnow's step-by-step directions and fully illustrated plans, even beginners can hack their way to a high-tech home, cooler toys, and less yard work.

More than 30 fascinating, fun-to-build projects

Transform a vacuum cleaner into a home security system - or a toy. Hack an electric line trimmer that will mow your lawn for you. Computerize colored lights for seasonal decorations that will make your neighbor's jaw drop. These are but a few of the more than 30 inventive and imaginative projects inside.

Build skills and creativity

Certain to fire your imagination - and start you plotting new, original, and even more creative wonders you can make from ordinary household items - Take This Stuff and Hack It! is the perfect tool to unleash the inner inventor in you.

HACK THIS

Apple iPod
Bicycle
Digital and film cameras
Discarded cell phones, PDAs, etc.
Electric power from the sun
Furniture
Lawn mower
Robosapien
Roomba
Sony PSP
VW Beetle
And much more!

L'auteur - Dave Prochnow

Dave Prochnow is a frequent contributor to MacAddict, MAKE, Nuts and Volts, and SERVO Magazine, as well as the award-winning author of 25 nonfiction books including the best-selling Experiments with EPROMs. Dave also won the 2001 Maggie Award for the best how-to article in a consumer magazine. In collaboration with Mark Tilden, Dave has assembled the enormous selection of robot tips, programs, and hacks that are contained in The Official Robosapien Hacker's Guide. You can learn more about this book and other robotics/electronics projects at Dave's website, www.pco2go.com.

Sommaire

Disclaimer
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
The Fine Art of Hacks, Mods, and Expansions
Cas Studies
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Dave Prochnow
Parution	19/09/2006
Nb. de pages	480
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	729g
Intérieur	2 couleurs
EAN13	9780071477376
ISBN13	978-0-07-147737-6