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PC Toys: 14 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment (ExtremeTech) View Larger Image | Barry Press, Marcia Press
Wiley, Paperback, Bk&CD edition, Published October 2003, 336 pages, ISBN 076454229X | List Price: $29.99
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- Two professional PC toy-builders present step-by-step, hands-on instructions
for more than a dozen ultra-cool, free, or low-cost projects that readers
can build with their PCs
- Includes directions for building projects like an MP3 or CD jukebox, a TiVo-like
digital video recorder, a weather station, a home surveillance system with
Internet remote access, an in-car navigation system, and more
- Shows readers how they can use their PCs to perform automotive diagnostics,
throw a head-to-head video gaming party, or convert home movies to DVD
- Includes a complete list of parts needed and sources of supply for all projects
- Appeals to the growing number of tinkerers and do-it-yourselfers who want
to do more with their PCs than office work and Web surfing
- One of the first of Digital Lifestyle Media’s books focused on high-tech
projects for the serious technophile
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: ENTERTAINMENT.
Chapter 1: Create Your Own TiVo-Like Digital Video Recorder.
Chapter 2: Build a Jukebox for Your Home Stereo.
PART TWO: HOME.
Chapter 3: Have Hot, Fresh Coffee Whenever You Get Up.
Chapter 4: Build a Telescope Tracking Station.
Chapter 5: Monitor Your Workout.
PART THREE: SECURITY.
Chapter 6: Home Surveillance with Internet Remote Access.
Chapter 7: Monitor Your Refrigerator and Freezer.
Chapter 8: Monitor Your Fish Tank.
PART FOUR: OUT AND ABOUT.
Chapter 9: Do Your Own Automotive Diagnostics.
Chapter 10: Build Your Own In-Car Navigation System.
Chapter 11: Build a Weather Station.
PART FIVE: PURE FUN.
Chapter 12: Create and Control Your Own Robots.
Chapter 13: Throw a Networked Head-To Head Video-Gaming Party.
Chapter 14: Set Up a Computerized Control Center for Model Trains.
Chapter 15: Inventing Your Own PC Toys.
Appendix A: Working With Your PC—Software.
Appendix B: Working With Your PC—Hardware.
Appendix C: What’s on the CD-ROM.
Index.
License Agreements.
CD Installation Instructions.
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