Maker Media Inc: 119 books
Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket
15 Projects with the Low-Cost AVR ATtiny85 Board
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Arduino's ubiquity and simplicity has led to a gigantic surge in the use of microcontrollers to build programmable electronics project. Despite the low cost of Arduino, you're still committing about $30 worth of hardware every time you build a project that has an Arduino inside. This is where Adafruit's...
by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Most computer users think that fiddling with the insides of their PC is taboo. They fear that by removing the screws that hold the case on, they're crossing into forbidden territory. And even for those who know they can open the box and fix or upgrade their PC, analysis paralysis often stops them...
Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments
All Lab, No Lecture
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Have you ever wondered whether the forensic science you’ve seen on TV is anything like the real thing? There’s no better way to find out than to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. This full-color book offers advice for setting up an inexpensive home lab, and includes more than 50 hands-on...
Forrest Mims' Science Experiments
DIY Projects from the Pages of Make:
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Forrest M. Mims is a revered contributor to Make: magazine, where his popular columns about science-related topics and projects for Makers are evergreen treasures. Collected together here for the first time, these columns range from such simple projects as building an LED tracker for hand-launched...
DIY Satellite Platforms
Building a Space-Ready General Base Picosatellite for Any Mission
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Want to build your own satellite and launch it into space? It’s easier than you may think. The first in a series of four books, this do-it-yourself guide shows you the essential steps needed to design a base picosatellite platform—complete with a solar-powered computer-controlled assembly—tough...
The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory
Build Over 200 Pieces of Science Equipment!
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Raymond E. Barrett's Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory is a classic book that took on an audacious task: to show young readers in the 1960s how to build a complete working science lab for chemistry, biology, and physics--and how to perform experiments with those tools. The experiments in this book...
Making Simple Robots
Exploring Cutting-Edge Robotics with Everyday Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, school teachers, parents, and non-engineers. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot glue gun, you can learn to solder basic...
Make: Rockets
Down-to-Earth Rocket Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
This book teaches the reader to build rockets--powered by compressed air, water, and solid propellant--with the maximum possible fun, safety, and educational experience.Make: Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in...
Inventing a Better Mousetrap
200 Years of American History in the Amazing World of Patent Models
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Learn about the role that patent models played in American history--and even learn to build your own replica!Patent models, working models required for US patent filings from 1790 to 1880, offer insight into--and inspiration from--a period of intense technological advancement, the Industrial...
Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments
All Lab, No Lecture
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Experience the magic of biology in your own home lab. This hands-on introduction includes more than 30 educational (and fun) experiments that help you explore this fascinating field on your own. Perfect for middle- and high-school students and DIY enthusiasts, this full-color guide teaches you the...
by Kelly, Leckart
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Cool tools really work. A cool tool can be any tried-and-true book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website. The reviews in this book were written by those of us who have actually used the tool and others like it. We only review things--old or new--that we like and ignore the...
by Wolfram Donat
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Get up and running quickly with the Jumpstarting series!Jumpstarting books provide an avenue for makers to quickly master topical knowledge.
Each book starts with instructions on how to install or initialize the hardware or software needed to reach the all-important "Hello, World"...
by Akkana Peck
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Get up and running quickly with the new Jumpstarting ebook series from Make:. The super-small $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W includes wireless LAN and Bluetooth connectivity and is 40% faster than the original Raspberry Pi.
Getting Started with MakerBot
A Hands-On Introduction to Affordable 3D Printing
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Ready to join the personal fabrication movement? This hands-on book shows you how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the amazing MakerBot 3D printer.
It’s handy when you need a replacement for something lost, broken, or no longer made—like a knob on your stove. You can make...