PC Toys 14 Cool Projects for Home,Office& Entertainment

By: Press, BarryContributor(s): Press, MarciaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis: Wiley Publications, 2004Description: xxv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN: 9780764542299; 076454229XDDC classification: 794.8
Contents:
Build a jukebox for your home stereo -- Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up -- Build a telescope tracking station -- Monitor your workout -- Home surveillance with Internet remote access -- Monitor your refrigerator and freezer -- Monitor your fish tank -- Do your own automotive diagnostics -- Build your own in-car navigation system -- Build a weather station -- Create and control your own robots -- Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party -- Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo -- Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up -- Build a telescope tracking station -- Monitor your workout -- Home surveillance with Internet remote access -- Monitor your refrigerator and freezer -- Monitor your fish tank -- Do your own automotive diagnostics -- Build your own in-car navigation system -- Build a weather station -- Create and control your own robots -- Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party -- Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo -- Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up -- Build a telescope tracking station -- Monitor your workout -- Home surveillance with Internet remote access -- Monitor your refrigerator and freezer -- Monitor your fish tank -- Do your own automotive diagnostics -- Build your own in-car navigation system -- Build a weather station -- Create and control your own robots -- Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party -- Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo -- Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up -- Build a telescope tracking station -- Monitor your workout -- Home surveillance with Internet remote access -- Monitor your refrigerator and freezer -- Monitor your fish tank -- Do your own automotive diagnostics -- Build your own in-car navigation system -- Build a weather station -- Create and control your own robots -- Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party -- Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo -- Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up -- Build a telescope tracking station -- Monitor your workout -- Home surveillance with Internet remote access -- Monitor your refrigerator and freezer -- Monitor your fish tank -- Do your own automotive diagnostics -- Build your own in-car navigation system -- Build a weather station -- Create and control your own robots -- Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party -- Set up a computerized control center for model trains --
Summary: 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.
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Build a jukebox for your home stereo --
Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up --
Build a telescope tracking station --
Monitor your workout --
Home surveillance with Internet remote access --
Monitor your refrigerator and freezer --
Monitor your fish tank --
Do your own automotive diagnostics --
Build your own in-car navigation system --
Build a weather station --
Create and control your own robots --
Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party --
Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo --
Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up --
Build a telescope tracking station --
Monitor your workout --
Home surveillance with Internet remote access --
Monitor your refrigerator and freezer --
Monitor your fish tank --
Do your own automotive diagnostics --
Build your own in-car navigation system --
Build a weather station --
Create and control your own robots --
Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party --
Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo --
Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up --
Build a telescope tracking station --
Monitor your workout --
Home surveillance with Internet remote access --
Monitor your refrigerator and freezer --
Monitor your fish tank --
Do your own automotive diagnostics --
Build your own in-car navigation system --
Build a weather station --
Create and control your own robots --
Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party --
Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo --
Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up --
Build a telescope tracking station --
Monitor your workout --
Home surveillance with Internet remote access --
Monitor your refrigerator and freezer --
Monitor your fish tank --
Do your own automotive diagnostics --
Build your own in-car navigation system --
Build a weather station --
Create and control your own robots --
Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party --
Set up a computerized control center for model trains --Build a jukebox for your home stereo --
Have hot, fresh coffee whenever you get up --
Build a telescope tracking station --
Monitor your workout --
Home surveillance with Internet remote access --
Monitor your refrigerator and freezer --
Monitor your fish tank --
Do your own automotive diagnostics --
Build your own in-car navigation system --
Build a weather station --
Create and control your own robots --
Throw a networked head-to-head video gaming party --
Set up a computerized control center for model trains --

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.

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