The fast and easy way to pick out, set up, and learn to fly your droneReady to soar into the world of unmanned aircraft? Drones For Dummies introduces you to the fascinating world of UAVs. Written in plain English and brimming with friendly instruction, Drones For Dummies provides you with the information you need to find and purchase the right drone for your needs, examples of ways to use a drone, and even drone etiquette and the laws and regulat...

The world of charcuterie is at your fingertipsEven if you’ve never cooked a slab of bacon in your life, you can prepare sausage and cured meats at home! In Charcuterie for Dummies, you’ll learn everything you could possibly need to get started, from choosing the right gear and finding quality raw ingredients, all the way through taking your parties to the next level with epic charcuterie boards.Salami, bacon, prosciutto, and good-old-fashioned saus...

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.Windows 7 fixes many of Vista's most painful shortcomings. It's speedier, has fewer int...

Mobile devices outnumber desktop and laptop computers three to one worldwide, yet little information is available for designing and developing mobile applications. Mobile Design and Development fills that void with practical guidelines, standards, techniques, and best practices for building mobile products from start to finish. With this book, you'll learn basic design and development principles for all mobile devices and platforms. You'll also explore the more advanced capabiliti...

Motorola Xoom is the first tablet to rival the iPad, and no wonder with all of the great features packed into this device. But learning how to use everything can be tricky—and Xoom doesn't come with a printed guide. That's where this Missing Manual comes in. Gadget expert Preston Gralla helps you master your Xoom with step-by-step instructions and clear explanations. As with all Missing Manuals, this book offers refreshing, jargon-free prose and informative illustrations.Use ...

Linux is a powerful open-source operating system that has been around for many years and is widely used for running servers and websites. But most students and Makers encounter it for the first time when they are working on projects with their Raspberry Pi or similar single-board computers (SBCs) such as BeagleBone Black or Intel Galileo. Linux for Makers is the first book that explains the Linux operating system specifically for Makers, as opposed to programmers and administrators. By gai...

Distributed computing is at the heart of many applications. It arises as soon as one has to solve a problem in terms of entities -- such as processes, peers, processors, nodes, or agents -- that individually have only a partial knowledge of the many input parameters associated with the problem. In particular each entity cooperating towards the common goal cannot have an instantaneous knowledge of the current state of the other entities. Whereas parallel computing is mainly concerned with '...

Explore Raspberry Pi\\'s architecture through innovative and fun projectsKey Features\[\*\] Explore Raspberry Pi 2’s hardware through the Assembly, C/C++, and Python programming languages\[\*\] Experiment with connecting electronics up to your Raspberry Pi 2 and interacting with them through software\[\*\] Learn about the Raspberry Pi 2 architecture and Raspbian operating system through innovative projectsBook DescriptionWith...

Build revolutionary and incredibly useful home automation projects with the all-new Pi ZeroKey FeaturesCreate and program home automation projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero boardConnect your Raspberry Pi Zero to a cloud API, and then build a cloud dashboard to control your devicesIntegrate all the projects into a complex project to automate key aspects of your home: data monitoring, devices control, and securityBook Description

Transform your Raspberry Pi into a multi-purpose web server that supports your entire multimedia world with this practical and accessible tutorial!Key Features\[\*\] Host websites, games, and even stream HD videos with the impressive power of Raspberry Pi 2\[\*\] Get to grips with embedded programming by turning your Pi into the cloud server that can be used to power Internet of Things projects\[\*\] Make the Raspberry Pi 2 the center of your l...

Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This bookshows you how to create projects like an arcade game, disco lights, and infrared transmitter, and an LCD di...

Information technology and its convergence issue is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm with user-centric environment to provide computing and communication services.This area will be the most comprehensive topics with various aspects of advances in information technology and its convergence services.This book covers all topics as computational science and applications, electronics engineering, manufacturing technology, services, technical skill to control the robo...