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Always wanted to build a robot but didn't know where to start? This user-friendly guide shows what robots can do, how they work, and more Ready to enter the world of robotics? Then this book is for you! If you don't know much about electronics, high-tech tools, or computer programming, that’s okay. If you can work with some basic tools (such as pliers, a screwdriver, and a cutting knife), have a computer and know your way around it, and want to make a robot, you’re in the right place. Robot Building For Dummies walks you through building your very own little metal assistant from a kit, dressing it up, giving it a brain, programming it to do things, and even making it talk. In this hands-...
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If you feel unsatisfied with your current situation and have a great idea, but lack the courage to go forward, then this book is for you. You don't need a million dollars in the bank. if you are creative and passionate about what you are doing, there really are no limits to where you can go. Book jacket.
Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. As author, veteran synthesizer instructor Brian K. Shepard draws on his years of experience in synthesizer pedagogy in order to peel back the often-mysterious layers of sound synthesis one-by-one. The result is a book which allows readers to familiarize themselves with each individual step in the synthesis process, in turn empowering them in their own creative or experimental work. The book follows the stages of synthesis in chronological progression, starting readers at the raw materials of sound creation and ultimately bringing them to the final "polishing" stage. Each chapter focuses on a ...
Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, what we now know of as the Theremin. The past century has seen remarkable developments in synthesizers, documented in the first chapter of this book by a historical look at the most important instruments and how they advanced methods of a musician's control, of sound generation, of improved capabilities for live performance, of interfaces that improved the musician's interaction with the instrument, and of groundbreaking ways to compose music. Chapter two covers the basics of acoustics and synthesis, including ...
* Follow up to his very successful Robot Building for Beginners, it will appeal not only to those who bought the first book, but to others interested in Robotics that are interested in a more advanced book. * Robotics remains a hot topic, with ongoing success of robotic battling shows on Television, the spread of robot clubs in schools, and likely increased interest in robotics resulting from Nasa’s Mars robot rover program (January 2004). * David Cook is the webmaster of two popular robot sites: www.robotroom.com and www.chibots.org * Includes complete instructions and part sources to build a fully functional, interesting robot, with plenty of photographs. * Simple explanations and directions easily understood without intimidation &*Light-hearted
A wide range of activities that focus on essential grade-level skills and strategies. These activities are shaped and influenced by current research findings in literacy instruction grounded in the Reading First Initiative.
A genealogical work covering the origins of one Texas family; Clois Miles Rainwater and Nancy Jane McIlhaney. Includes genealogical research, historical photos, personal anecdotes, and register reports.