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15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius *****
Simon Monk
UNLEASH YOUR INNER MAD SCIENTIST!This wickedly inventive guide explains how to design and build 15 fiendishly fun electronics projects. Filled with photos and illustrations, 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius includes step-by-step direct...

Arduino Cookbook ****
Michael Margolis
Create your own toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, robots, and many other projects with the Arduino device. This simple microcontroller board lets artists and designers build a variety of amazing objects and prototypes that interact with th...

Arduino Robotics ****
John-david Warren and Josh Adams and Harald Molle
This book will show you how to use yourĀ Arduino to control a variety of different robots, while providing step-by-step instructions on the entire robot building process. You'll learn Arduino basics as well as the characteristics of different types o...

Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet With Open Source Tools ****
Gary E. Sherman
"Desktop GIS" explores the world of Open Source GIS software and provides a guide to navigate the many options available. Discover what kind of GIS user you are and lay the foundation to evaluate the options and decide what software is best for you. ...

Display and Interface Design: Subtle Science, Exact Art
Kevin B. Bennett and John M. Flach
"Technological advances in hardware and software provide powerful tools with the potential to design interfaces that are powerful and easy to use. Yet, the frustrations and convoluted "work-arounds" often encountered make it clear that there is subst...

GIS for Web Developers: Adding Where to Your Web Applications ****
Scott Davis
There is a hidden revolution going on: geography is moving from niche to the mainstream. News reports routinely include maps and satellite images. More and more pieces of equipment cell phones, cars, computers now contain Global Positioning System (G...

Map Scripting 101: An Example-Driven Guide to Building Interactive Maps With Bing, Yahoo!, and Google Maps ****
Adam DuVander
Websites like MapQuest and Google Maps have transformed the way we think about maps. But these services do more than offer driving directionsthey provide APIs that web developers can use to build highly customized map-based applications. In Map Scrip...

OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner's Guide ****
Erik Hazzard
Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating, and delivering maps on the World Wide Web and its products. OpenLayers is a powerful, community driven, open source, pure JavaScript web mapping library. With it, you can easily creat...

Pro IOS 5 Augmented Reality
Kyle Roche
Augmented reality takes the real world and through the use of graphics, sound and other effects allows you to enhance the environment.Ā It makes a game more real. Your social media app puts you where want to be or go. Pro iOS 5 Augmented Realitywalks...