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This book features a series of fun electronics projects that range from easy to more difficult, but none require too complex or expensive components. Many of the components are reusable from project to project. Step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations guide the reader as they create racing machines, ‘robots’, LED ‘throwies’, alongside simple, core electronics skills such as creating a circuit and practising on a breadboard. This is a hands-on book aimed at teaching accessible projects, perfect for firing up children’s imagination and building their skills.
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'This book is an excellent way to help children understand how the science behind their favourite gadgets actually works.’ --Parents In Touch (Parents In Touch 2017-04-09)
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'This is exactly the sort of book we wish we'd had growing up. If your child is an Einstein-in-waiting, then without doubt this is the book for them.' --How It Works
(How It Works)Mike Warren is a designer and inventor based in San Francisco. His work combines electronics, woodworking, and reuse. His open-source work is carefully documented to inspire and encourage others to remix his projects and share the results. Warren won The New York Times Innovation Whiteboard in 2012 for his umbrella light (an illumination device retrofitted into the shaft of an umbrella to indicate location to others in the dark) and was the favorite selected by James Dyson. Warren is also the author of a maker book for young adults, 23 Things to Do Before You are 11 1/2, and served as the technical editor for the young adult fiction Dewey Mac, Kid Detective. His work has been featured in Popular Science, The New York Times, Wired, BoingBoing, Vsauce, and elsewhere. He is currently a designer for Instructables and Autodesk, where he shares DIY tutorials.
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- PublisherQED Publishing
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1784937819
- ISBN 13 9781784937812
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages64
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Opening with an introduction that explains core electronics skills such as stripping wires, soldering and building a simple circuit board, plus a list of essential components, Mike Warren goes on to present fourteen step-by-step projects for aspiring inventors. Graded easy, intermediate or advanced, the designs include a mini vibrating robot, potato clock, LED bookmark and pocket torch. Age 7+. Seller Inventory # 512894
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