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1.		The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology from Viking Adult Price: $45.00 Customer Review: There are some really good numbers behind some of what Ray Kirzweil predicts for the future of computing and computer intelligence and that is very exciting reading. I have used some of this material for my lectures to my university freshman business students. On the other hand some of the material... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Getting Started with Arduino (Make: Projects) from Make Price: $7.34 Customer Review: As a complete n00b to physical computing, Massimo Banzi's Getting Started with Arduino was the perfect introduction to this exciting field. I read the book while I waited for my Arduino to arrive and it allowed me to hit the ground running when it did. Why you want this book: You want to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		MAKE: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery from Make Price: $20.08 Customer Review: Make: Electronics, learning by discovery, by Charles Platt Charles Platt does a great job of exploring electronics through hands-on simple experiments. It is very well written and easy to understand especially for beginners. Students from 10 to 99 years would benefit from this book. He has... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century from Penguin (Non-Classics) Price: $9.82 Customer Review: He's a stylish and amusing writer with nothing to say. The book is a collection of anecdotes and opinions about the direction of robotics and war. Even a person with moderate literacy who regular reads the news would already know 98% of what he puts in the book. Worse, his book is full of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Psycho-Cybernetics from Wilshire Book Co Price: $8.00 Customer Review: Down to earth, easy to understand, clear directions on how to feel good. I love abraham hicks type material, and this is that same message from a different angle. Its excellent can do stuff that will cause you to feel better and get on with your life. I appreciate how normal and grounded it reads as... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean from Harvard Business Press Price: $20.60 Customer Review: If you have never read design book or not a part of design community but wanting to know some aspect of it, this is the book for you. Otherwise, meh~~ Go for The Design of Everyday Things, A Fine Line, Emotional Design, About Face if you want some in-depth design insight.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Robot Building for Beginners (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $21.75 Customer Review: I looked around quite a bit trying to find a robot building book that would take my 14 yr old through the process in a way he could understand. David Cook delivered perfectly. Every other book I looked at seemed either too childish, or alternately, assumed a solid background in electronics. Robot... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Salesforce.com Secrets of Success: Best Practices for Growth and Profitability from Prentice Hall Price: $19.99 Customer Review: I am a Sales Manager by trade so being in charge of my company's CRM database is not my first choice. This book is an excellent read for people like me who are trying to squeeze the potential out of using SalesForce as a profit engine for my small company. The lessons Dave teaches clarify the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Build Your Own CNC Machine (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $24.94 Customer Review: The previous reviews are accurate, so I will add in my two cents. First, you need this book if you're going to get into CNC. I just finished reading through "Build Your Own CNC Machine" and I was very impressed with how much information was covered. It took really about 3 - 30 minute sessions to get... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide from No Starch Press Price: $22.99 Customer Review: This is not a book on ideas for how to build, but details on what Lego's are all about. You will find history and part number and many details that you wouldn't find just anywhere. A must have the the true Lego junkie!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide from No Starch Press Price: $18.76 Customer Review: Very good book, helps getting started with Mindstorms. Easy to use for my 11 year old.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever from Plume Price: $3.13 Customer Review: I have only read a quarter of the book, but need read no more to review it! However I have indeed looked at a few parts later in the book that interested me, one of which is the small matter of alcohol. (A little is good for you; you will live longer; too much is bad - most of us know that.)more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library from O'Reilly Media Price: $37.86 Customer Review: The OpenCV library provides an amazing opportunity to those interested in computer vision to begin exploring the field. The only problem with OpenCV is that it is considerably lacking in straightforward, easy-to-use documentation. Luckily, that's where this book comes in. The... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $9.78 Customer Review: I am a beginner with Mindstorms NXT so I usually stay away from "advanced" books. But when I've seen this book in a local bookstore I decided I had to get it - the way theory aspects are presented and explained, the building instructions, the code, everything seemed really accessible. And now... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Robot Builder's Bonanza, Third Edition from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Price: $18.78 Customer Review: This was a very good read but it requires knowledge in electronics. I know some basic electronics but some concepts were a little over my head. But I still enjoyed reading it.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0: The King's Treasure (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $18.71 Customer Review: We purchased this book for my 15 and 9 year old boys who received a Mindstorms NXT 2.0 robot for Christmas. This book is intended for further instruction AFTER the tutorials that came with Mindstorms are completed. It is a great way to keep your robot builders interested and challenged. The... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change from Wiley Price: $48.49 Customer Review: This textbook offers a wide-range of contemporary and relevant information with regards to "Innovation" in the 21st century. We in the Caribbean (Arthur Lok Jack - Graduate School of Business) have found this book as an excellent resource that generates many discussion and insight. Personally,... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology from McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Price: $10.97 Customer Review: i say this is the beginners guide for the robotics world and is very easy to understand i study hi def electronics and the schematics is very easy to understand and no need to understand the schematics because the author take pictures of all of the proses step by step and that make this book great... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Lighting for Digital Video & Television from CMP Books Price: $26.56 Customer Review: As a filmmaking beginning to learn the craft, I found this book very helpful. It lays out all the information anyone needs to know to get started or to improve lighting techniques. It covers everything from the basics to more complex theories and methods. The information is laid out very well, not... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $6.00 Customer Review: I was VERY disappointed in this book. I have three examples, all of which arise from questions from an FLL team. This book answers none of them: 1. What does the "control motor power" toggle do in the Motor block? -- You will never know, because inexplicably, this most basic block is never... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine from The MIT Press Price: $17.42 Customer Review: Norbert Wiener was interested in the means by which feedback could be communicated to help correct the problems that develop in an organism. In investigating this matter, Weiner investigates a number of topics that differentiate between mere computation and intelligence and the importance that... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders: Ten Inventions to Spark Your Imagination from No Starch Press Price: $11.14 Customer Review: I bought this book for my seven year old son. He finds it difficult to understand the images. I have to constantly help him to build the models. I think if the images were colored he might have had a better chance of understanding. I very well understand that would have increased the price of the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: The Mayan Adventure (Technology in Action) from Apress Price: $2.92 Customer Review: At 43 years old I too was wondering if this was just for kids, but it definitely is not. It opens your mind to move beyond the following the step by step instructions in most all the other books out there. One must remember the kit was called Mindstorms for a reason, so you can develop your own... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		CNC Programming Handbook from Industrial Press, Inc. Price: $76.36 Customer Review: This is a worthwhile book with a ton of information. No matter what type of CNC work you do, this is a good basic reference and resource. My only criticism is that it should have been edited more carefully - lots of typos and misspellings.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots from No Starch Press Price: $19.77	Click here for more information


26.		Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems (Schaum's) from McGraw-Hill Price: $7.74 Customer Review: I purchased this and two other Schaum's outlines during this purchase. The product arrived as described. I purchased this as a supplement for the text Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, by Gene Franklin and it has some good information in it, but it does not flow well with textbook I have. The... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Price: $9.97 Customer Review: I bought this book for my fiance, who is a senior in electrical engineering. He liked the different projects, but it requires one to have things that aren't around the house. So, we are constantly running to Radio Shack or ordering things off-line.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Debugging from Amacom Price: $11.99 Customer Review: I highly recommend this book to engineers involved in debugging systems. It really is a great way to remind us of common sense debug techniques which may sometimes get forgotten. If you are interested in increasing your effectiveness, then this book will enhance your skills and probably career. The... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		The CNC Cookbook: An Introduction to the Creation and Operation of Computer Controlled Mills, Router Tables, Lathes, and More from Scited Publications Price: $28.08 Customer Review: This is an excellent introduction to CNC and DIY CNC projects. The text is well written, the explanations are clear, and the quality of the information is outstanding. If you want an introduction to CNC with an emphasis on building your own machines, this is a great first step.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real from Disney Editions Price: $37.80	Click here for more information

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