design and construction

The author describes how he first lived in a yurt in the New Mexico desert as a young man, and years later how he and his wife built an off-the-grid, energy-efficient, straw bale house in Vermont.

Describes the fundamentals of robot building, and offers projects with step-by-step directions for building a traveling robot, a robot floor sweeper, and an intruder alarm robot among other types of robots. Features the Arduino platform, black-and-white photographs, and online resources.

This photo-illustrated book for early readers explains the things on a school bus that help keep students safe as they travel to and from school.

Discover the Japanese art of paper folding. Create origami cars, boats, airplanes, and more with easy-to-follow instructions. Also learn more about how these modes of transportation work. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Describes how catapults and rockets how, and how to make your own using pre-fabricated parts and household objects. Includes detailed do-it-yourself projects and further information suitable for young people.

A look at research into how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was built.

Eli the mouse is a dreamer, and most of the time his dreams are too big to actually accomplish--but when he gets it in his head to build a car from scratch, his friends Phoebe the bird and Hank the toad actually agree to help. As the three animal friends learn how to create a car, readers can learn along with them with diagrams of each part and process.

The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is the manual you need to survive in the land of the walking dead. In this guide, expert hardware hacker and zombie aficionado Simon Monk starts by teaching you to generate electricity with solar and pedal power. From there, you'll craft essential electronic survival tools from scavenged components, an Arduino, and a Raspberry Pi.