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Haywired By Mike Rigsby

Haywired

Pointless (Yet Awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined

by Mike Rigsby

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Pub. Ed. $16.95

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Haywired

Unless you live in a haunted house, the eyes on your paintings probably don’t follow you around. Yet with a couple of motion sensors, two motors, a few transistors, resistors, diodes and wires, you can convert a Van Gogh print into a masterpiece with a mind of its own.

In Haywired, Mike Rigsby shows how to create a Mona Lisa that smiles wider as you approach it, build and record a talking alarm, craft a talking greeting card and construct a no-battery flashlight that can be charged in minutes and then shines for 24 hours. Rigsby offers hints on soldering, wire wrapping and multimeter use; each project is described in step-by-step detail with photographs and circuit diagrams.

Move over, Dr. Frankenstein—Haywired is here!

Softcover: 160 pages

Publisher: Chicago Review Press ( March 01, 2009 )

Item #: 65-7292

ISBN: 9781556527791

Product Dimensions: 7.0 x 10.0 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 13.0 ounces

A Major Disappointment
March 30, 2009

Having just received this book today, not more than 5 minutes perusal was required to determine that it should be returned as unsatisfactory. The projects for the most part are silly and crudely handled. The bulk of the book is made up of unnecessarily large, poorly photographed step-by-step pictures where a handful of clear illustrations would be more appropriate (but would reduce the page count from 187 to about 60.) At half the price it would still be a weak offering.

Reviewer: James H

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