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Tech Upgrades Guide Build Your Own Laser Cutter + 74 Other Way-Cool Gadget Hacks

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ISBN-10: 1616285311

ISBN-13: 9781616285319

Edition: N/A

Authors: Popular Science

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Used to be, whenever you had a computer problem or techie glitch, you went and found the nearest geek to help fix it. But now, there’s a new movement afoot—a band of inventive and self-reliant geeks who hack computer and software to solve problems (and, in some cases, just to have fun). From building your own computer out of a cereal box to modifying safety goggles to see infrared rays, from skinning your laptop with steampunk trimmings to divising a foxhole radio, and from setting up a projector for your iPhone to working out with a dumbbell of old CDs, this book makes being a nerd, well. Cool.Activities include:Rig a DIY PolygraphListen in on a Foxhole RadioTack Up a Dipole AntennaCraft a…    
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Book details

List price: $12.99
Publisher: Weldon Owen, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Founded in 1872,Popular Scienceis the world’s largest science and technology magazine, with 6.7 million readers. Each month,Popular Sciencereports on the intersection of science and everyday life, delivering a new look at the future now. It’s the ultimate guide to what’s new and what’s next.Popular Scienceis one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States, and is published in five languages and nine countries. Its web site, popsci.com, has been readers’ first stop for up-to-the-minute science news since the site first went live in 1999.