15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius

UNLEASH YOUR INNER MAD SCIENTIST!

This wickedly inventive guide explains how to design and build 15 fiendishly fun electronics projects.

Filled with photos and illustrations, 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius includes step-by-step directions, as well as a construction primer for those who are new to electronics projects.

Using easy-to-find components and equipment, this do-it-yourself book shows you how to create a variety of mischievous gadgets, such as a remote-controlled laser, motorized multicolored LEDs that write in the air, and a surveillance robot.

You'll also learn to use the highly popular Arduino microcontroller board with three of the projects.
 

Chapter 1 Coil Gun

Chapter 2 Trebuchet

Chapter 3 Ping Pong Ball Minigun

Chapter 4 Mini Laser Turret

Chapter 5 Balloon-popping Laser Gun

Chapter 6 Touch Activated Laser Sight

Chapter 7 Laser-grid Intruder Alarm

Chapter 8 Persistence of Vision Display

Chapter 9 Covert Radio Bug

Chapter 10 Laser Voice Transmitter

Chapter 11 Flash Bomb

Chapter 12 High Brightness LED Strobe

Chapter 13 Levitation Machine

Chapter 14 Light Seeking Microbot

Chapter 15 Surveillance Robot

Appendix A Electronics Construction Primer

About the Author:

Dr. Simon Monk has a degree in Cybernetics and Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. He spent several years as an academic before he returned to industry, co-founding the mobile software company Momote Ltd.

He has been an active electronics hobbyist since his early teens and is an occasional author in hobby electronics magazines. Simon is author of 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius.

Softcover
242 Pages