Family Projects for Smart Objects: Tabletop Projects That Respond to Your World

By John Keefe

Book Overview

"The Internet of Things" is the new buzzphrase, but what is it? A toaster that texts? The fitness band on your wrist? The camera in an infant's room? Sure, it's all of those things. But it's also your phone: an ultra-sophisticated sensor and communications system in your pocket or purse--capable of tracking your steps, capturing an image, or calling an Uber. And it is actually not hard or expensive to make a sensing, communicating object yourself. Doing so can be rewarding, fun, and even useful. This book teaches the basics of building sensors and communicating objects through a series of practical, demonstrative, and fun activities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680451235
• ISBN13: 9781680451238
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Make Community, LLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.2"