JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way. Experience with JavaScript is a prerequisite.

What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?What have been the main barriers to progress?What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to trans rights activists and complementary therapists.Contributors ...

In "Chair Backs," the American Thread Company intricately weaves a narrative that intertwines the practical and the artistic aspects of chair design, exploring how these everyday objects reflect cultural and historical contexts. The book showcases an array of chair back designs, illustrating their evolution through detailed illustrations and insightful descriptions. Emphasizing both craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal, the text serves as a valuable resource for designers, historians, and en...

Khalid ibn Hamid and the Great Berber Revolt of 740 ADIn 740 AD, a Zenata Berber chieftain named Khalid ibn Hamid al-Zanati led a coalition of North African tribes in one of the most consequential military campaigns of the medieval world, and then vanished from history as completely as he had entered it.The Great Berber Revolt began in Tangier, where decades of systematic abuse by the Umayyad Caliphate had pushed the Berber Muslim population to the breaking...

Arsenic and Devotion: The Crimes and Execution of Velma BarfieldOn November 2, 1984, Velma Barfield became the first woman in American history to be executed by lethal injection, and the first woman executed in the United States in twenty-two years. She had poisoned at least seven people across nearly a decade, including her own mother, two elderly patients in her professional care, and the man she lived with, using arsenic-based rat poison she administered in food...

The Republic That History Forgot: The Zanj RebellionIn 869 CE, enslaved workers in the salt marshes of southern Iraq put down their tools and picked up weapons. What followed was not merely a rebellion — it was a revolution. For fourteen years, the men and women of the Zanj Rebellion defied the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the medieval world's most powerful empires, building a functioning state complete with a minted currency, a judiciary, a navy, and a capital city c...

Imagine going back in time and befriending The Beatles at the height of their fame. Imagine seeing “the boys” interact onstage and off, hanging out with them in the dance clubs of London, visiting John & Paul at Paul’s house across from Abbey Road Studios. Imagine all the questions when they learn you’re from the future: How are records made? Will their music last? Will anyone remember The Beatles? And then John Lennon asks the biggest question of them all – “What will become of me?” That ...