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Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement(English)

Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement(English)

          
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Join today’s new revolution in creativity and community: hackerspaces. Stop letting other people build everything for you: Do it yourself. Explore, grab the tools, get hands-on, get dirty…and create things you never imagined you could. Hack This is your glorious, full-color passport to the world of hackerspaces: your invitation to share knowledge, master tools, work together, build amazing stuff–and have a flat-out blast doing it.   Twin Cities Maker co-founder John Baichtal explains it all: what hackerspaces are, how they work, who runs them, what they’re building—and how you can join (or start!) one. Next, he walks you through 24 of today’s best hackerspace projects…everything from robotic grilled-cheese sandwich-makers to devices that make music with zaps of electricity. Every project’s packed with color photos, explanations, lists of resources and tools, and instructions for getting started on your own similar project so you can DIY!   JUST SOME OF THE PROJECTS YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT INCLUDE… • Kung-fu fighting robots • Home-brewed Geiger counter • TransAtlantic balloon • Twitter-monitoring Christmas tree • Sandwich-making robot • Interactive Space Invaders mural • CNC mill that carves designs into wood, plastic and metal • Telepresence robot that runs an Internet classroom • Toy cars that are ridden by people • Bronze-melting blast furnace • Laptop-controlled robot fashioned from a wheelchair • DIY book scanner   JOHN BAICHTAL is a founding member of Twin Cities Maker, a hackerspace organization that has been collaborating for almost two years. Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Twin  ities Maker has its own rented warehouse complete with a welding station, woodshop, classroom, and ham radio transmitter. Baichtal has written dozens of articles, including pieces for AKE, the D&D publication Kobold Quarterly, and 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. He has contributed to Wired.com’s GeekDad blog for four years and blogged at Make: Online for two, publishing more than 1,500 posts during that time. He is now writing a book about Lego.  

Table of Contents:
Foreword  1 Introduction: The Bleeding Edge of the DIY Movement  3 It’s All About the Community  3 Hackerspace U  5 The First Wave of Hackerspaces  7 Hackers on a Plane  8 The First Hackers  9 Hackers and Crime  10 Pranks  11 A Love of Community  12 Project 1: Karate Champ Game  15 Hackerspace Profile: The Hack Factory  16 The Hack Factory Space Details  16 The Project  17 Project 2: Sudo Make Me a Sandwich Robot  29 Hackerspace Profile: NYC Resistor  30 Space Details  30 The Project  31 Basic Building Steps  36 Further Reading  37 Project 3: Networked Geiger Counter  39 Hackerspace Profile: Tokyo Hackerspace  40 Tokyo Hackerspace Details  40 The Project  41 Further Reading  48 Project 4: Glass Block LED Matrix  49 Hackerspace Profile: Hive13  50 Space Details  50 The Project  51 Project 5: Bronze-Melting Blast Furnace  57 Hackerspace Profile: Quad City Co-Lab  58 The Project  59 Project 6: Milkymist VJ Console  65 Hackerspace Profile: /tmp/lab  66 Space Details  66 The Project  67 Further Reading  74 Project 7: White Star Trans-Atlantic Balloon  75 Hackerspace Profile: LVL1  76 Space Details  76 The Project  77 Further Reading  87 Project 8: Twitter-Monitoring Christmas Tree  89 Hackerspace Profile: Alpha One Labs  90 Space Details  91 The Project  91 Project 9: Live Wire Go Game  99 Hackerspace Profile: BrmLab (Hackerspace Prague)  100 Notable Equipment  100 Space Details  100 The Project  102 Project 10: Hack Signal  109 Hackerspace Profile: Hack Pittsburgh  110 Space Details  110 The Project  111 Proeject 11: TARDIS Photobooth  119 Hackerspace Profile: Pumping Station: One  120 Space Details  121 The Project  121 Project 12: Interactive Space Invaders Mural  129 Hackerspace Profile: Metalab  130 Space Details  130 The Project  131 Further Reading  138 Project 13: Telepresence Robot  139 Hackerspace Profile: XinCheJian  140 Space Details  140 The Project  141 Further Reading and Viewing  149 Project 14: The Polyplasmic Arcophone  ..151 Hackerspace Profile: The Perth Artifactory  152 The Project  153 Project 15: DIY CNC Router  159 Hackerspace Profile: Harford Hackerspace  160 Space Details  161 The Project  161 Building the Model  166 Converting the Model to Toolpaths  166 Further Reading  168 Project 16: LED Matrix Gaming System  169 Hackerspace Profile: Forsknings-avdelningen  170 Space Details  170 The Project  171 Additional Resources  178 Project 17: MAME Cabinet  179 Hackerspace Profile: theTransistor  180     Space Details  180 The Project  182 Project 18: Book Scanner  189 Hackerspace Profile: Ace Monster Toys  190 Space Details  190 The Project  191 Further Reading  198 Project 19: OpenDuino  199 Hackerspace Profile: syn2cat  200 Space Details  200 The Project  202 Further Reading  208 Project 20: Project-a-Sketch  209 Hackerspace Profile: HAC:Manchester  210 Space Details  210 The Project  211 Porject 21: Power Racing Car  217 Hackerspace Profile: Milwaukee Makerspace  218 Space Details  218 The Project  219 Project 22: Party Land Pinball Game  227 Hackerspace Profile: Garoa Hacker Clube  228 Space Details  228 The Project  229 Further Reading  234 Project 23: Store Front Music  235 Hackerspace Profile: Collaborative Research Association of Social Hacktivity  236 Notable Equipment  236 Space Details  236 The Project  238 Further Reading  245 Project 24: Wheelchair Robot  247 Hackerspace Profile: Noisebridge  248 Space Details  248 The Project  250 Conway’s Game of Life  255 Additional Resources  257 Do It Yourself  259 Spread the Word  260 Decide on an Organization Type  261 Name Your Group  262 Hold Meetings  263 Create Bylaws and Rules  264 Choose Leaders  265 Raise Money 266 Find a Space  268 Equip the Space  270 Make Improvements  273 Keep It Clean  273 Secure the Space  274 Be Safe  274 Resolve Conflicts  275 Share Everything  275 Recruit New Members  .276 Teach Classes  277 Help the Community  277 Now What?  278 Hackerspeak  281  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789748973
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Que Corporation,U.S.
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement
  • Width: 180 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0789748975
  • Publisher Date: 09 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 586 gr


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