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Take This Stuff and Hack It! Dave Prochnow

Take This Stuff and Hack It! By Dave Prochnow

Take This Stuff and Hack It! by Dave Prochnow


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A hacker's guide which shows how 30 common household items can be hacked and tweaked into products totally different than what the manufacturer intended. This book provides garage and basement tinkerers with illustrated step-by-step coverage of which products are "hackable," how to hack them, and how to convert them into different stuff.

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Take This Stuff and Hack It! Summary

Take This Stuff and Hack It! by Dave Prochnow

Hack into common household productsand convert them into really cool stuff!

This true hacker's guide shows how 30 commonhousehold items can be hacked and tweaked intoproducts totally different than what the manufacturerintended. Garage and basement tinkerers will getfully illustrated step-by-step coverage of exactly whichproducts are "hackable," how to hack them, and howto convert them into some unique, fun stuff. Youwill learn how to hack a telephone solicitor zapperthat hangs up on phone spammers, create a robotthat's a digital plaything for Fido, and hack theirhome into an abode that would make a securityexpert envious.

About Dave Prochnow

Dave Prochnow (Hattiesburg, MS) is an award-winning professional writer, editor, and contributor to numerous technical publications including MAKE, Nuts & Volts, and SERVO Magazine. He is the author of 27 nonfiction book titles for Addison-Wesley, F&W Publications, McGraw-Hill, and TAB Books; including the bestselling PSP Hacks, Mods, and Expansions (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and The Official Robosapien Hackers Guide (McGraw- Hill, 2006) and the upcoming Take This Stuff and Hack It! Currently, Dave serves as the Contributing Editor for Nuts & Volts and SERVO Magazine. In 2001, Dave won the Maggie Award for writing the best how-to article in a consumer magazine.

Table of Contents

DisclaimerDedicationForewordIntroductionPart 1. The Fine Art of Hacks, Mods, and ExpansionsChapter 1: Baby You Can Mod My RodChapter 2: Twist Dem NutsChapter 3: Power to the PeopleChapter 4: Shuttered But Not ShackledChapter 5: Smile, Say 43-68-65-65-73-65Chapter 6: Eat to the BeetChapter 7: Put Your Finger on This PulseChapter 8: You Stud MuffinChapter 9: High Five, Wi-FiChapter 10: You Are Mow Wonderful, To MeChapter 11: Wanna Play House, Doll?Chapter 12: Recycle, Reuse, ReduxChapter 13: Knit WitChapter 14: Google(plex)Chapter 15: Some Heavy PettingChapter 16: Harem Scare 'emChapter 17: Beat Your BeatChapter 18: One Way, Feng ShuiChapter 19: Courage! I'd Rather NotChapter 20: 'Tis the SeasonChapter 21: Tail-e-EssenChapter 22: Perk Me UpChapter 23: Call MeChapter 24: Get da Case on Deez GoodsChapter 25: Red Flag, Top GunChapter 26: Tattoo You; and Me, TooPart 2. Case StudiesCase Study 1: iRobot Roomba -- A Clean Room Makes a Dirty Mind (Especially with Mind Control)Case Study 2: WowWee Robotics Robosapien and Friends (The WowWee Factor)Case Study 3: Apple Computer iPod -- Hack to a Different DrummerCase Study 4: Sony PSP -- Make Your PSP Happy, Hack it into a Sony Mac OS PSP and LocationFree, LocationFree, LocationFree TVEpilogueAppendix A: Things to Know, Places to Go (Text and Links supporting the text)Appendix B: DIY Death (An examination of how manufacturers are designing not to be hacked)Index

Additional information

CIN0071477373G
9780071477376
0071477373
Take This Stuff and Hack It! by Dave Prochnow
Used - Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2006-09-01
496
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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