Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels!This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn offers practical tips for beginners and open-ended challenges for advanced makers. Each project features non-technical, step-by-step instruct...

A comprehensive overview of robotics principles, systems, and applicationsThis hands-on TAB guide is filled with DIY projects that show readers, step-by-step, how to start creating and making cool inventions with the Makey Makey invention kit. Each project features easy-to-follow, fully-illustrated instructions and detailed photographs of the finished gadget. You will see how to apply these skills and start building your own Makey Makey projects.20 Make...

An invaluable how-to text that details the workshop model, addresses the design challenges, and explains the best avenues for curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace.A successful school makerspace needs an enthusiastic maker community, school-wide participation, and staff support. How do you build this type of learning at your school? The innovative team behind Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace addresses common qu...

Even if you've never touched a 3D printer, these projects will excite and empower you to learn new skills, extend your current abilities, and awaken your creative impulses. Each project uses a unique combination of electronics, hand assembly techniques, custom 3D-printed parts, and software, while teaching you how to think through and execute your own ideas.Written by the founder of Printrbot, his staff, and veteran DIY authors, this book of projects exemplifies the broad range of ...

Since the release of Doug Stephens’ first book, The Retail Revival, change in the global retail sector has accelerated beyond even the boldest forecasts. As predicted, online giants like Amazon and Alibaba.com are growing at a dizzying pace. Hundreds of well-known brick and mortar retailers have closed their doors, and brands and retailers across categories are struggling to understand the shifting needs and expectations of a new consumer.Picking up where The Retail Re...

Make amazing robots and gadgets with two of today’s hottest DIY technologies. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to build devices with Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0, the Arduino prototyping platform, and some add-on components to bridge the two. Mindstorms alone lets you create incredible gadgets. Bring in Arduino for some jaw-dropping functionality—and open a whole new world of possibilities.Build a drink dispenser, music synthesizer, wireless lamp, and more

A powerful guide to building a data-centric corporate culture that unleashes talent and improves engagement Amazon delights customers with recommendations that are spot on. Google amazes us by generating answers before we've even finished asking a question. These companies know who we are and what we want.The key to their magic is Big Data. Personalizing the consumer experience with the collection and analysis of consumer data is widely recognized as one of the biggest business opp...

Welcome to a new era of business in which your brand is defined by those who experience it.Do you know how your customers experience your brand today?Do you know how they really feel?Do you know what they say when you re not around?In an always-on world where everyone is connected to information and also one another, customer experience is your brand. And, without defining experiences, brands become victim to whatever people feel and share....

With 75 percent of screen time being spent on connected devices, digital strategies have moved front and center of marketing plans. Getting a message through to customers, and not just in front of them for a second before being thrown away, requires radical rethinking.What if that’s not enough? How often does consumer engagement go further than the “like” button? With the average American receiving close to 50 phone notifications a day, do the company messages get ...

If career success is important to you, then apply this global rule: your technical skills – no matter how good they are – will only take you so far in an organization. Your ability to rise into leadership positions will be directly related to how well you manage, motivate, inspire and collaborate with the people around you. Your communication skills are the altimeter of how high your career will fly.In The One Minute Presenter Warwick John Fahy shows you how to develop bulletproof ...

Facebook, Twitter, Google...today's tech-savvy students are always plugged in. However, all too often their teachers and administrators aren't experienced in the use of these familiar digital tools. If schools are to prepare students for the future, administrators and educators must harness the power of digital technologies and social media.With contributions from authorities on the topic of educational technology, What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and...

Events, conferences and meetings are necessary and yet very underutilized way to engage and communicate. Using a proven model for thinking about how to approach them so they create a chance for people to network and really engage with the content will make them not only more productive but a lot more fun!