Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 479 pages
- Published by: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
- Edition: 1st Edition August 23, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0071477373
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071477376
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Back Cover Copy
TAKE THIS BOOK AND HACK IT! Transform common household items into really cool stuff You don't need to be an electronics genius to get started 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 thirty 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 make your neighbors' jaws drop. These are but a few of the more than thirty 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 gift for your inner inventor.
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!
About The Author
Dave Prochnow is an award-winning professional writer, editor, and contributor to numerous technical publications and is the Contributing Editor for
Nuts and Volts and
SERVO Magazine. He is the author of 27 nonfiction books, including the bestselling books
The Official Robosapien Hacker's Guide and
PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions, both published by McGraw-Hill. In 2001, Dave won the Maggie Award for writing the best how-to article in a consumer magazine. To learn more about Dave's books and other projects, visit his web site: www.pco2go.com.
Reader ReviewsI waited for this book after seeing his remote controlled weed-eater in Popular Science. I was extremely dissapointed with the content of this book. There are a lot of good ideas, but the best ones are not doucumented enough for the novice to pull off the hack. Buy Home Hacking Projects For Geeks instead, it details some good hacks from start to finish, not this book's stupid infantile projects.