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Extremetech Ser.: PC Toys : 14 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment by Marcia Press and Barry Press (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10076454229X
ISBN-139780764542299
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038760845
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePC Toys : 14 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment
SubjectHardware / Personal Computers / Pcs, Hardware / General, General, Networking / Local Area Networks (Lans), Equipment, Appliances & Supplies
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorMarcia Press, Barry Press
Subject AreaComputers, House & Home
SeriesExtremetech Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-017922
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number7
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004.16
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: ENTERTAINMENT.Chapter 1: Create Your Own TiVo-Like Digital Video Recorder.Chapter 2: Build a Jukebox for Your Home Stereo.PART TWO: HOME.Chapter 3: Have Hot, Fresh Coffee Whenever You Get Up.Chapter 4: Build a Telescope Tracking Station.Chapter 5: Monitor Your Workout.PART THREE: SECURITY.Chapter 6: Home Surveillance with Internet Remote Access.Chapter 7: Monitor Your Refrigerator and Freezer.Chapter 8: Monitor Your Fish Tank.PART FOUR: OUT AND ABOUT.Chapter 9: Do Your Own Automotive Diagnostics.Chapter 10: Build Your Own In-Car Navigation System.Chapter 11: Build a Weather Station.PART FIVE: PURE FUN.Chapter 12: Create and Control Your Own Robots.Chapter 13: Throw a Networked Head-To Head Video-Gaming Party.Chapter 14: Set Up a Computerized Control Center for Model Trains.Chapter 15: Inventing Your Own PC Toys.Appendix A: Working With Your PC -Software.Appendix B: Working With Your PC-Hardware.Appendix C: What's on the CD-ROM.Index.End-User License Agreements.
SynopsisPacked with hands-on instruction and fourteen ultra-cool projects, this book enables readers to transform their boring, number-crunching, Web surfing PC into a variety of cool, high-tech devices that will leave their old spreadsheets in the dust., Come on out and play You can only surf the Net so long. You can only play so much video poker. So if you're a PC addict who's ready for some new fun, this book is your toybox. Each of the 14 projects inside includes a parts list, suggestions for finding the needed equipment, clues to the cost, helpful Web links, and complete directions. What's that? You have a few ideas of your own? Check out the suggestions in the final chapter, and start inventing your own PC toys. The Toys Each with a complete materials list and detailed, illustrated instructions TiVo-like video recorder MP3 or CD jukebox Coffeepot controller Telescope tracking station Workout monitor Home surveillance with Internet remote access Fridge and freezer monitor Fish tank monitor Auto diagnostic center In-car navigation system Weather station Robots Networked video games Model train controller CD-ROM includes Trial version of Pinnacle Studio Visual GPS, freeware, and SocketWatch, shareware version Demo versions of GoldWave and Nero Burning ROM Unreal Tournament 2003 demo, Come on out and play You can only surf the Net so long. You can only play so much video poker. So if you're a PC addict who's ready for some new fun, this book is your toybox. Each of the 14 projects inside includes a parts list, suggestions for finding the needed equipment, clues to the cost, helpful Web links, and complete directions. What's that? You have a few ideas of your own? Check out the suggestions in the final chapter, and start inventing your own PC toys. The Toys Each with a complete materials list and detailed, illustrated instructions * TiVo-like video recorder * MP3 or CD jukebox * Coffeepot controller * Telescope tracking station * Workout monitor * Home surveillance with Internet remote access * Fridge and freezer monitor * Fish tank monitor * Auto diagnostic center * In-car navigation system * Weather station * Robots * Networked video games * Model train controller CD-ROM includes * Trial version of Pinnacle Studio * Visual GPS, freeware, and SocketWatch, shareware version * Demo versions of GoldWave and Nero Burning ROM * Unreal Tournament 2003 demo
LC Classification NumberTK9965
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