Duct Tape Engineer
Duct Tape Engineer

Author: Lance Akiyama

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1631593862

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Learn to create furniture, bags, outdoor items, and more using duct tape and simple tools and materials, with no special engineering skills needed. Start with duct tape basics that will aid in assembly: Learn cutting and tearing methods and taping techniques (yes, there's more to it than slapping it down). Discover how to make sturdy duct tape sheets that can be cut and shaped. Using easily accessible tools and supplies like a utility knife and heavy-duty cardboard boxes, try your hand at making a desk and desk chair. Grab some foam and make a backpack, or create a custom hammock. Build a geodesic dome, and go truly epic with a giant pyramid catapult. Every project includes step-by-step instructions and clear diagrams and photos. Don't miss Lance Akiyama's tips and suggestions for supplies, project variations, and material substitutions. Follow the solid construction techniques and you'll ensure that these DIY projects will become favorite classroom activities and family projects. Among the projects are: A lightweight bed frame and full-size dresser with working drawers Outdoor pieces like a hammock and garden swing A heavy-duty toolbox with pockets galore, and a stylish two-color messenger bag Ballistics, including a slingshot A kayak! These projects are real, they work, and are super fun. Roll up your sleeves and let the engineering begin!

Coders at Work
Coders at Work

Author: Peter Seibel

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2009-12-21

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 1430219491

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Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting. Hundreds of people have suggested names of programmers to interview on the Coders at Work web site: www.codersatwork.com. The complete list was 284 names. Having digested everyone’s feedback, we selected 15 folks who’ve been kind enough to agree to be interviewed: Frances Allen: Pioneer in optimizing compilers, first woman to win the Turing Award (2006) and first female IBM fellow Joe Armstrong: Inventor of Erlang Joshua Bloch: Author of the Java collections framework, now at Google Bernie Cosell: One of the main software guys behind the original ARPANET IMPs and a master debugger Douglas Crockford: JSON founder, JavaScript architect at Yahoo! L. Peter Deutsch: Author of Ghostscript, implementer of Smalltalk-80 at Xerox PARC and Lisp 1.5 on PDP-1 Brendan Eich: Inventor of JavaScript, CTO of the Mozilla Corporation Brad Fitzpatrick: Writer of LiveJournal, OpenID, memcached, and Perlbal Dan Ingalls: Smalltalk implementor and designer Simon Peyton Jones: Coinventor of Haskell and lead designer of Glasgow Haskell Compiler Donald Knuth: Author of The Art of Computer Programming and creator of TeX Peter Norvig: Director of Research at Google and author of the standard text on AI Guy Steele: Coinventor of Scheme and part of the Common Lisp Gang of Five, currently working on Fortress Ken Thompson: Inventor of UNIX Jamie Zawinski: Author of XEmacs and early Netscape/Mozilla hacker

101 Uses of Duct Tape - Even Duct tape can't fix stupid But it can muffle the sound!
101 Uses of Duct Tape - Even Duct tape can't fix stupid But it can muffle the sound!

Author: Muhammad Naveed

Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books

Published: 2015-02-27

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1310085692

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Table of Contents Introduction Babysitting Your Little Sister Replacement of Shoe Laces Secure Your Car Keys Hanging Pictures Can Be Used As a Bookmark As A Vinyl Patch Fix a Car Light Duct Tape as an Art Medium Holding Wigs in Place Patching Shoes Can Be Used As a Waist Band or Belt Patching Up a Pool Puncture Holding the Bumper in Place Fixing Books As a Line Marker Muting a Person Makeshift Money Wallet Tying Hands Together Repairing Spilt Soles in Shoes As a Bumper Sticker Clothing Line Bicycle Streamers Utility Pockets Costume for Halloween or a Fancy Dress Party Repairing Hoses Sticking Stuff on Lockers Biore Strip Locking the Door Seat Cover Repairs Sticking Up of Basketball Hoop Tent Holes Repair Fixing Blinds Muzzle Waterproof Protection Repairing A PVC Pipe De-Cluttering Wires As A Bandage Repairing Door Hinges Repairing Holes in Clothing Fixing a Vacuum Cleaner Sticking Boots with Skis Repairing Work Gloves Wristband Cd Case Repairing Broken Windows Realistic Props Mouse Trap Make a Wallet Chain Sticking a Guitar Strap Headband Suspenders Broken Leg Sealing Snack Bags Repairing of Ski Gloves Repair a Boat or Canoe Spike and Cleats Keeping the Car Door Closed Fly Catcher Creating Vinyl Floors Small Patch for Fish Tanks Gift Wrapping Blister Repairs Writing on Vehicles Holding In a Battery Tool Belts Covering a Book Use It As a Rope Securing Vehicle Bumper Hold Pens and Pencils Together Napkin Rings Window Covering Reaching Small Objects Picture Framing Making a Hat Repairing Car Trims Repairing Furniture or Upholstery Lint Removal Repair Small Toys Velcro Replacement Repairing Holes in a Convertible Roof Broken Kitchen Bowls Laptop Protector for Laptop Purse Strap Repairing Socks Making a Ball Toilet Seat Repairs Repairing of a Shower Curtain Piñata Duct Joints Repairing File Covers Mend a Carpet Fixing Broken Decoration Pieces Holding Up Socks Create Disk Labels Sealing Letters and Envelopes Make a Leash Making Footwear Waterproof Wire Taping Repairing Tires and Tubes Lighting Broken Mirrors Shutting Up Your Mother-In-Law Author Bio Publisher Introduction A very commonly used adhesive or sticky medium used for several purposes is called duct tape. It is often referred to as duck-tape as well. In many instances, this tape is coated with polyethylene material and has a cloth or scrim backing. Duct tape is easily available in the market at very cheap rates. There are various duct tape varieties that you can choose from. It is mostly available in grey and black shades but other colors can also be made to order. It is a multipurpose tool that can come handy in many different types of situations and scenarios.

A Kid's Guide to Awesome Duct Tape Projects
A Kid's Guide to Awesome Duct Tape Projects

Author: Instructables.com

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 1629148105

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It is a known fact of the universe that duct tape can fix anything. If it’s broken, just add duct tape! For generations this has been the case, and now thanks to Instructables.com, there’s one more thing duct tape can fix—boredom! Duct tape has come a long way since being a simple metallic roll that you’d find in your grandparent’s basement. Walk into any craft or DIY store and you’ll have your senses bombarded with all sorts of colors and patterns, like argyle, zebra print, and even penguins! And unlike fancy origami paper or glitter, duct tape is inexpensive and lasts forever. Only in this all-in-one Instructables collection can you find some of the most unique duct tape projects that will make you the coolest person you know. Everybody will be talking about your duct tape art, with projects including: The classic duct tape wallet A dapper duct tape bow tie A fabulous duct tape clutch Duct tape lilies for your valentine And so many more! Making paper snowflakes and beaded bracelets are so twentieth century; the future is here and it’s made from duct tape. Impress your friends, entertain guests, keep your creative juices flowing, and save tons of money on Christmas presents all at the same time! With A Kid’s Guide to Awesome Duct Tape Projects, you’ll be the talk of the town before you even know it.

Tape it & Make it
Tape it & Make it

Author: Richela Fabian Morgan

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781438001357

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Offers step-by-step directions for crafting over one hundred projects using duct tape, including cushions, pillows, bags, wallets, toys, costumes, and seasonal items.

How Engineers Create the World
How Engineers Create the World

Author: William S. Hammack

Publisher: Bill Hammack

Published: 2011-09-06

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0983966109

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In over 200 delightful short essays Bill captures the creativity and impact of engineers. He talks of their spectacular achievements - jets, satellites, skyscrapers, and fiber optics - but draws his deepest insights from the everyday, the quotidian. He finds beauty, elegance and meaning in Ferris wheels, Tupperware, Slinkys, mood rings, waterless urinals and Velcro. Delivered originally on public radio between 1999 and 2006, each essay is a small slice of the world created by engineers. The essays also illuminate and inform about the important topics of our day by showing how intertwined engineering and technology are with terrorism, security, intellectual property and our cultural legacy.

The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook
The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook

Author: Lance Akiyama

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1631596101

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Rockport Publishing's creative engineering extraordinaire, Lance Akiyama, returns again with The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook, featuring 18 STEAM projects to get kids doing, thinking, and building! There is new emphasis in education to introduce STEM and STEAM to children earlier in life, often in elementary school. Just take a look atschools' shifting curricula, the explosion of maker spaces around the country, and demand by parents to have their children engaged with STEAM acitivities. The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook gives parents and kids ages 6 to 10 a selection of 18 engaging projects to build together. And when they're finished, they'll have personalized creations that fly, race, and blast off! Make an automaton, a pneumatic machine, a suspension bridge, a flexible hand, a crash-test car, a (working) vacuum cleaner, and a dozen more ingenious, kid-tested projects. This project book is the latest title by Rockport's creative-engineering rockstar, Lance Akiyama, (who you may remember from Rubber Band Engineer, Duct Tape Engineer, and Launchers, Lobbers, and Rockets Engineer) and was made in cooperation with Galileo Learning. Galileo Learning operates over 70 innovation camps in Chicagoland and California, where Lance proudly works as a curriculum developer. Galileo's curriculum is rigorously developed by a small team of project-based learning experts, including former classroom teachers, Stanford University grads, entrepreneurs, artists, and makers. Each project idea is created to support Galileo's mission of developing innovators who envision and create a better world.

Trapped Under the Sea
Trapped Under the Sea

Author: Neil Swidey

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2014-02-18

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0307886743

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The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job—with deadly results A quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of “black mayonnaise.” Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as “beach whistles.” In the 1990s, work began on a state-of-the-art treatment plant and a 10-mile-long tunnel—its endpoint stretching farther from civilization than the earth’s deepest ocean trench—to carry waste out of the harbor. With this impressive feat of engineering, Boston was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. But when bad decisions and clashing corporations endangered the project, a team of commercial divers was sent on a perilous mission to rescue the stymied cleanup effort. Five divers went in; not all of them came out alive. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents collected over five years of reporting, award-winning writer Neil Swidey takes us deep into the lives of the divers, engineers, politicians, lawyers, and investigators involved in the tragedy and its aftermath, creating a taut, action-packed narrative. The climax comes just after the hard-partying DJ Gillis and his friend Billy Juse trade assignments as they head into the tunnel, sentencing one of them to death. An intimate portrait of the wreckage left in the wake of lives lost, the book—which Dennis Lehane calls "extraordinary" and compares with The Perfect Storm—is also a morality tale. What is the true cost of these large-scale construction projects, as designers and builders, emboldened by new technology and pressured to address a growing population’s rapacious needs, push the limits of the possible? This is a story about human risk—how it is calculated, discounted, and transferred—and the institutional failures that can lead to catastrophe. Suspenseful yet humane, Trapped Under the Sea reminds us that behind every bridge, tower, and tunnel—behind the infrastructure that makes modern life possible—lies unsung bravery and extraordinary sacrifice.

Rubber Band Engineer: All-Ballistic Pocket Edition
Rubber Band Engineer: All-Ballistic Pocket Edition

Author: Lance Akiyama

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1631597388

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In its new pocket-size format with a rubber-band closure, Rubber Band Engineer: All-Ballistic Pocket Edition is a fun-filled book of backyard projects that's perfect for gifting. Shooting far, flying high, and delivering way more exciting results than expected are the goals of the gadgets in Rubber Band Engineer: All-Ballistic Pocket Edition. Discover unexpected ways to turn common materials into crafty contraptions that range from surprisingly simple to curiously complex. Through vivid color photos, you'll be guided to create slingshot rockets, unique catapults, improvised darts, and a clever crossbow. Whether you build one or all 10 of these designs, you'll feel like an ingenious engineer when you're through. Best of all, you don't need to be an experienced tinkerer to make any of the projects! All you need are household tools and materials, such as paper clips, pencils, paint stirrers, and ice pop sticks. Oh, and rubber bands. Lots of rubber bands. Grab your glue gun, pull out your pliers, track down your tape, and get started on the challenging, fun, and rewarding journey toward becoming a rubber band engineer.

Duct Tape Engineer
Duct Tape Engineer

Author: Engineers Notebooks

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781692728762

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You are looking for a great notebook? Lucky you found us! This fashionable themed notebook leaves you all freedom in creating every content you need and is a faithful companion in your everyday life. This individual design is rounded off by 120 pages of cream-white colored paper and a beautiful matt premium cover. The notebook has been designed by independent designers who you will support with every purchase. A great gift idea for the birthday of friends or as a gift for a special person. Also check out our other journals, maybe you'll find another one that you like as well.