Making Things See

Author : Greg Borenstein
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449307078
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things See written by Greg Borenstein and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to creating computer applications using Microsoft Kinect features instructions on using the device with different operating systems, using 3D scanning technology, and building robot arms, all using open source programming language.

Author : Greg Borenstein
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449327788
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things See written by Greg Borenstein and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed, hands-on guide provides the technical and conceptual information you need to build cool applications with Microsoft’s Kinect, the amazing motion-sensing device that enables computers to see. Through half a dozen meaty projects, you’ll learn how to create gestural interfaces for software, use motion capture for easy 3D character animation, 3D scanning for custom fabrication, and many other applications. Perfect for hobbyists, makers, artists, and gamers, Making Things See shows you how to build every project with inexpensive off-the-shelf components, including the open source Processing programming language and the Arduino microcontroller. You’ll learn basic skills that will enable you to pursue your own creative applications with Kinect. Create Kinect applications on Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux Track people with pose detection and skeletonization, and use blob tracking to detect objects Analyze and manipulate point clouds Make models for design and fabrication, using 3D scanning technology Use MakerBot, RepRap, or Shapeways to print 3D objects Delve into motion tracking for animation and games Build a simple robot arm that can imitate your arm movements Discover how skilled artists have used Kinect to build fascinating projects

Author : Greg Borenstein
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1449327788
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things See written by Greg Borenstein and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed, hands-on guide provides the technical and conceptual information you need to build cool applications with Microsoft’s Kinect, the amazing motion-sensing device that enables computers to see. Through half a dozen meaty projects, you’ll learn how to create gestural interfaces for software, use motion capture for easy 3D character animation, 3D scanning for custom fabrication, and many other applications. Perfect for hobbyists, makers, artists, and gamers, Making Things See shows you how to build every project with inexpensive off-the-shelf components, including the open source Processing programming language and the Arduino microcontroller. You’ll learn basic skills that will enable you to pursue your own creative applications with Kinect. Create Kinect applications on Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux Track people with pose detection and skeletonization, and use blob tracking to detect objects Analyze and manipulate point clouds Make models for design and fabrication, using 3D scanning technology Use MakerBot, RepRap, or Shapeways to print 3D objects Delve into motion tracking for animation and games Build a simple robot arm that can imitate your arm movements Discover how skilled artists have used Kinect to build fascinating projects

Author : Dustyn Roberts
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071741682
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists written by Dustyn Roberts and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Your Move On! In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creative toys to energy-harvesting devices. Photographs, illustrations, screen shots, and images of 3D models are included for each project. This unique resource emphasizes using off-the-shelf components, readily available materials, and accessible fabrication techniques. Simple projects give you hands-on practice applying the skills covered in each chapter, and more complex projects at the end of the book incorporate topics from multiple chapters. Turn your imaginative ideas into reality with help from this practical, inventive guide. Discover how to: Find and select materials Fasten and join parts Measure force, friction, and torque Understand mechanical and electrical power, work, and energy Create and control motion Work with bearings, couplers, gears, screws, and springs Combine simple machines for work and fun Projects include: Rube Goldberg breakfast machine Mousetrap powered car DIY motor with magnet wire Motor direction and speed control Designing and fabricating spur gears Animated creations in paper An interactive rotating platform Small vertical axis wind turbine SADbot: the seasonally affected drawing robot Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Author : Scott Berkun
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596517718
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things Happen written by Scott Berkun and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a collection of essays on philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. This book explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project. It does not cite specific methods, but focuses on philosophy and strategy.

Author : Ann Sayre Wiseman
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780316947565
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things written by Ann Sayre Wiseman and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents art, craft, and needlework activities to develop children's learning skills through creative self-expression

Author : Gordon F. Williams
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1680451855
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things Smart written by Gordon F. Williams and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Things Smart teaches the fundamentals of the powerful ARM microcontroller by walking beginners and experienced users alike through easily assembled projects comprised of inexpensive, hardware-store parts. Current ARM programming books take a bland, textbook approach focused on complex, beginner-unfriendly languages like C or ARM Assembler. Making Things Smart uses Espruino (JavaScript for Hardware), flattening the learning curve.

Author : Cindy Glovinsky
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312284886
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Peace with the Things in Your Life written by Cindy Glovinsky and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you spend much of your time struggling against the growing ranks of papers, books, clothes, housewares, mementos, and other possessions that seem to multiply when you're not looking? Do these inanimate objects, the hallmarks of busy modern life, conspire to fill up every inch of your space, no matter how hard you try to get rid of some of them and organize the rest? Do you feel frustrated, thwarted, and powerless in the face of this ever-renewing mountain of stuff? Help is on the way. Cindy Glovinsky, practicing psychotherapist and personal organizer, is uniquely qualified to explain this nagging, even debilitating problem -- and to provide solutions that really work. Writing in a supportive, nonjudmental tone, Glovinsky uses humorous examples, questionnaires, and exercises to shed light on the real reasons why we feel so overwhelmed by papers and possessions and offers individualized suggestions tailored to specific organizing problems. Whether you're drowning in clutter or just looking for a new way to deal with the perennial challenge of organizing and managing material things, this fresh and reassuring approach is sure to help. Making Peace with the Things in Your Life will help you cut down on your clutter and cut down on your stress!

Author : Tom Igoe
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449392431
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Things Talk written by Tom Igoe and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now fully updated, this book contains a series of projects that teaches readers what they need to know to get their creations talking to each other, connecting to the Web, and forming networks of smart devices.

Author : Keith Peters
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430203846
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation written by Keith Peters and published by Apress. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first definitive and authoritative book available on ActionScript 3 animation techniques. ActionScript animation is a very popular discipline for Flash developers to learn. The essential skill set has been learned by many Flash developers through the first edition of this book. This has now been updated to ActionScript 3, Adobe's new and improved scripting language. All of the code has been updated, and some new techniques have been added to take advantage of ActionScript 3's new features, including the display list and new event architecture. The code can be used with the Flash 9 IDE, Flex Builder 2, or the free Flex 2 SDK.