Experiments category: 574 books
Adventures from the Technology Underground
Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish...
by Simon Monk
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
So Many Fiendishly Fun Ways to Use the Latest Arduino Boards!
Fully updated throughout, this do-it-yourself guide shows you how to program and build fascinating projects with the Arduino Uno and Leonardo boards and the Arduino 1.0 development environment. 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius, Second...
by Harprit Singh Sandhu
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Program PIC microcontrollers to drive small motors
Get your motors running in no time using this easy-to-follow guide. Detailed circuit diagrams and hands-on tutorials show you, step by step, how to program PIC microcontrollers to power a wide variety of small motors. You'll learn how to configure...
by Dhananjay Gadre, Nehul Malhotra
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
CREATE FIENDISHLY FUN tinyAVR MICROCONTROLLER PROJECTS This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to conceptualize, build, and program 34 tinyAVR microcontroller devices that you can use for either entertainment or practical purposes. After covering the development process, tools, and power supply...
by Ron Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2010
WHIP UP SOME FIENDISHLY FUN PICAXE MICROCONTROLLER DEVICES
"Ron has worked hard to explain how the PICAXE system operates through simple examples, and I'm sure his easy-to-read style will help many people progress with their PICAXE projects." --From the Foreword by Clive Seager, Revolution...
by Christopher Rush
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Fiendishly Fun Ways to Use the BeagleBone Black!
This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build fun and fascinating projects with the BeagleBone Black. You’ll learn how to connect the BeagleBone Black to your computer and program it, quickly mastering BoneScript and other programming...
How to Make a Zombie
The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey's army to the famous voodoo potions of Haiti. But recently, science has taken up the quest. Science punk Frank Swain digs into the reality...
by James Mahaffey
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The latest investigation from acclaimed nuclear engineer and author James Mahaffey unearths forgotten nuclear endeavors throughout history that were sometimes hair-brained, often risky, and always fascinating.
Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent, conspiracy...
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things
How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change Milk into Plastic...
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation.
Do you know how to make something that can tell whether the $20 bill in...
by Rudy Rucker
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
This is the definitive popular exploration of what the fourth dimension means, both physically and spiritually. Mathematician and science-fiction novelist Rudy Rucker takes readers on a guided tour of a higher reality that explores what the fourth dimension is and what it has meant to generations...
by Philip Rossoni
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Go way beyond paper airplanes--with gliders you can control!
Paper airplanes are designed to be built and tossed. The walkalong gliders in this book are designed to let you actually pilot them as you push them along on a wave of air. Become an accomplished glider designer and aviator with this do-it-yourself...
Building Bots
Designing and Building Warrior Robots
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots like those seen on BattleBots, Robotica, and Robot Wars. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process, enabling them to create any number of customized warrior robots. With a strong...
by Robert Hogg
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on setting up and managing an orchard, with information on growing apples and pears, harvesting the fruit, producing for commercial gain, fertilisation, and much more. Including a wealth of useful information and handy tips, this is a volume that will...
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2
Build a Secret Agent Arsenal
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Culling common household items to create an uncommon arsenal of miniature gadgets and sidearms, this guidebook provides do-it-yourself spy enthusiasts with 35 different surveillance tools and weapons. From a mini-catapult in a breath-mint tin to milk-jug cap blow-dart wristwatches, this handbook details...