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Micro:bit for mad scientists : 30 clever coding and electronics projects for kids / by Monk, Simon,author.(CARDINAL)357194;
Getting started -- Super sonic -- Luminous light -- Magical magnetism -- Amazing acceleration -- Mad movement -- Time travel -- Mad scientist mind games -- Environmental madness -- Radio activity."A beginner-friendly collection of electronics projects for the Micro:bit. Teaches how to code in MicroPython and JavaScript Blocks, as well as how to build specific mad scientist themed projects such as a magnetic door alarm, a lie detector, and an irregular wall clock"--1010L
Subjects: Micro:bit; Single-board computers; Electronics; Python (Computer program language); JavaScript (Computer program language);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Must know high school computer programming / by Sway, Julie Schacht,author.(CARDINAL)833583;
Hardware and software -- A computer's favorite language - binary! -- Getting started -- Designing a programming solution: algorithms -- Pseudocode and flowcharts -- Writing and commenting out first program -- Debugging and testing -- Variables and assignment statements -- Data types -- Math symbols -- Strings -- Input -- Three types of statements -- Selection statements -- Logical operators -- Lists -- Repetitive statements: while loops -- Repetitive statements: for loops -- Functions -- Libraries and APIs -- Projects -- Micro:bit.Every school subject has must know ideas, or essential concepts, that lie behind it. This book will use that fact to help you learn in a unique way. Most study guides start a chapter with a set of goals, often leaving the starting point unclear. In Must Know High School Computer Programming, however, each chapter will immediately introduce you to the must know idea, or ideas, that lie behind the new programming topic. As you learn these must know ideas, the book will show you how to apply that knowledge to solving computer programming problems. Focused on the essential concepts of computer programming, this accessible guide will help you develop a solid understanding of the subject quickly and painlessly. Clear explanations are accompanied by numerous examples and followed with more challenging aspects of computer programming. Practical exercises close each chapter and will instill you with confidence in your growing programming skills.
Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Computer programming;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Robot builder's bonanza / by McComb, Gordon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1: Art and science of robot making. 1. Become a robot master -- 2. Anatomy of a robot -- 3. The safe and sane guide to robot building -- Part 2: Building robots. 4. Getting parts -- 5. Robot building 101 -- 6. Robots from household stuff -- 7. Robots of wood -- 8. Robots of plastic -- 9. Robots of metal -- 10. Building bots with digital fabrication -- 11. Putting things together -- Part 3: Making your robot move. 12. Batteries and power -- 13. How to move your robot -- 14. Using DC motors -- 15. Using servo motors -- 16. Mounting motors and wheels -- Part 4: Make your first robot. 17. Build robots with wheels -- 18. Build robots with tracks -- 19. Build robots with legs -- 20. Build robotic arms and grippers -- Part 5: Robot electronics. 21. Robot electronics - the basics -- 22. Common electronic components for robotics -- 23. Making circuits -- Part 6: Robot brains. 24. All about robot gray matter -- 25. Using the Arduino -- 26. Using the BBC Micro:bit -- 27. Using the Raspberry Pi -- 28. More microcontrollers for robots -- 29. Interfacing hardware with your microcontroller -- Part 7: Robot sensors. 30. Touch -- 31. Proximity and distance -- 32. Navigation -- 33. Environment -- Part 8: Interacting with your robot. 34. Operating your bot via remote control -- 35. Producing sound -- 36. Visual feedback from your robot -- Part 9: Online robot projects. 37. Make light-seeking robots -- 38. Mark R/C toys into robots -- 39. Make line-following robots -- 40. Make robot arms -- Appendix: RBB support site."The book clearly explains the essential hardware, circuits, and brains and contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans for low-cost, cool robotics projects ..."--Provided by publisher. microcontrollers, and remote control systems.
Subjects: Robotics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The island of tiny aunts / by Matthews, Andy(Comedian),author.(CARDINAL)862062; Thomas, Peader,illustrator.(CARDINAL)857642;
Gustav, Lost Pig -- Gustav, Micro-pig -- Detective Gustav and the Great-aunt hunt."Gustav and Henri; (short for Henrietta) are two best friends who are complete opposites. who face wild fantastical adventures together and somehow the friendship endures. These latest adventure, Tiny Aunt Island, is a bit about friendship and a whole lot about food (especially ice-cream and waffle cones). Gustav and Henri love doing sensible things like paddling a boat INTO THE HEART OF A SUPERSTORM! or rescuing a lost puzzle piece - BY SHRINKING! or visiting an aunt - WHO HAS DISAPPEARED! You know, completely SENSIBLE things. Gustav and Henri are the world's most trusted suppliers of premium-grade, high-octane 'adventuretainment!' " --publisher's website.500L
Subjects: Action and adventure comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Humorous fiction.; Aunts; Dogs; Swine;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Enemy [videorecording] / by Bensi, Danny.composer (expression); Bolduc, Nicolas,1973-director of photography.; Faura, Miguel A.,film producer; Fichman, Niv,film producer.; Gadon, Sarah,1987-actor.; Gullón, Javier,screenwriter.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.(CARDINAL)537580; Hannam, Matthew,1981-editor of moving image work.; Jurriaans, Saunder,composer (expression); Laurent, Mélanie,1983-actor.; Rossellini, Isabella,actor.(CARDINAL)352616; Saramago, José,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)747030; Villeneuve, Denis,1967-film director.(CARDINAL)845201; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Saramago, José.Homem duplicado.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)film distributor.(CARDINAL)340342; Rhombus Media (Firm),production company.; Roxbury Pictures,production company.(CARDINAL)343709;
Director of photography, Nicolas Bolduc; editor, Matthew Hannam ; original music by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans.Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini.Adam Bell, a glum, disheveled history professor who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double; a bit-part actor named Anthony St. Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined.MPAA rating: R; for some strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1); 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Saramago, José; Actors; History teachers; Lookalikes;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 12
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From the other side of the world : extraordinary entrepreneurs, unlikely places / by Bayrasli, Elmira,author.(CARDINAL)410773;
"Elmira Bayrasli's worldview was turned upside down when a woman in Bosnia told her, "thanks for the help. But we need work and jobs, not foreign aid." That prompted Bayrasli to embark on a worldwide quest to find how talented people have overcome insurmountable obstacles to build high-growth businesses that are driving wealth and building communities, regions and countries. Through seven remarkable stories, Elmira Bayrasli shows why the next Steve Jobs and the next Apple, Google or Facebook is as likely to come from Nigeria, Pakistan or Mexico as Silicon Valley. She discovers that what distinguishes techies in Silicon Valley from women selling bamboo stools in Bangladesh isn't their sophistication but simply the conditions that are necessary to sustain and scale business ideas. In the absence of these obstacles, global entrepreneurship can flourish. Bayrasli paints compelling stories of extraordinary entrepreneurs creatively battling corruption, lack of infrastructure, capital shortages and underdeveloped supplier and customer networks. She offers solutions that can be utilized by entrepreneurs everywhere, and shows why micro-finance, social entrepreneurship, and foreign aid are not enough. Most importantly, she shows how the key to building successful entrepreneurial ecosystems is to provide the framework that enables start-ups to scale. "--Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index.
Subjects: New business enterprises.; Creative ability in business.; Success in business.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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It's Saturday morning! : celebrating the golden era of cartoons : 1960s-1990s / by Garner, Joe,author.(CARDINAL)650129; Ashley, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)708807; Mandel, Howie,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)361133;
"It's Saturday Morning! celebrates the shows, characters, songs, and commercials that made Saturday mornings a pop culture event. Broadcasting into family living rooms from the 1960s to the 1990s, this wildly creative art form wrought a beloved rite of passage. From the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., parents could sleep in while their children plopped on the couch to consume cartoons galore. From Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, and Jonny Quest to The Smurfs, He-Man, and Animaniacs, this window of time promised pure entertainment and an experience that united generations. With concept art, archival images, and all-new interviews, this collection is a celebration and exploration of the shows, characters, songs, and TV commercials that made Saturday morning cartoons a pop culture event. This highly produced package is perfect for artists and illustrators, pop culture fanatics, or anyone who loves a heaping portion of nostalgia"--murdochbooks.com.au.
Subjects: Animated television programs; Children's television programs; Television and children;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Working with routers /
Subjects: Routers (Tools); Woodwork.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The boy who dreamed of infinity [audio-enabled device] : a tale of the genius Ramanujan / by Alznauer, Amy,author.(CARDINAL)832228; Miyares, Daniel,illustrator.(CARDINAL)354811; Nankani, Soneela,narrator.(CARDINAL)603243; Findaway World, LLC.publisher.(CARDINAL)345268;
Read by Soneela Nankani."A mango . . . is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep on chopping, I get more and more bits, on and on, endlessly, to an infinity I could never ever reach. In 1887 in India, a boy named Ramanujan is born with a passion for numbers. He sees numbers in the squares of light pricking his thatched roof and in the beasts dancing on the temple tower. He writes mathematics with his finger in the sand, across the pages of his notebooks, and with chalk on the temple floor. "What is small?" he wonders. "What is big?" Head in the clouds, Ramanujan struggles in school -- but his mother knows that her son and his ideas have a purpose. As he grows up, Ramanujan reinvents much of modern mathematics, but where in the world could he find someone to understand what he has conceived?"--Grades K-3.
Subjects: Biographies.; Children's audiobooks.; Picture books.; Sound recordings.; Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920; Infinite; Mathematicians; Mathematics;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Yes I can say that : when they come for the comedians, we're all in trouble / by Gold, Judy,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Judy Gold, a concise, funny, and thoughtful polemic on the current assault on comedy, that explores how it is undermining free speech and a fundamental attack against the integrity of the art. From Mae West and Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor and Howard Stern to Kathy Griffith and Kevin Hart, comedians have long been under fire for using provocative, often taboo subjects to challenge mores and get a laugh. But in the age of social media, comedians are at greater risk of being silenced, enduring shaming, threats, and damaged careers because of angry, censorious electronic mobs. But while comedians' work has often been used to rile up detractors, a new threat has emerged from the left: identity politics and notions like "safetyism" and trigger warnings that are now creating a cultural and political standard that runs perilously close to censorship. From college campuses to the Oscars, comics are being censured for old jokes, long-standing comedy traditions, unfinished bits and old material that instead of being forgotten, go viral. For comics like Judy Gold, today's attacks on comics would have Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce "rolling in their graves." "No one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about. Do you tell artists what they can or cannot paint?" she asks. Freedom of speech is fundamental for great stand-up comedy. Humor is the most palatable way to discuss a subversive or taboo topic, but it better be funny. A comic's observations are deliberately delivered to entertain, provoke, and lead to an exchange of ideas. "We are truth tellers." More important, the tolerance of free speech is essential for a healthy democracy. In addition to offering readers a quick study on the history of comedy and the arts (noting such historical reference points as The Hays Code) and the threats to them., Gold takes readers on a hilarious ride with chapters such as "Thank God Don Rickles is Dead," as well as her singular take on "micro-aggressions," such as: Person: "OMG! You're a lesbian? I had no idea. I mean you wear make-up. When did you become a lesbian?" Judy Gold: "Coincidently, right after I met you!" (micro-assault!) In this era of "fake news," partisan politics, and heated rhetoric, the need to protect free speech has never been greater, especially for comics, who often serve as the canaries in the coalmine, monitoring the health of our democracy. Yes I Can Say That is a funny and provocative look at how safe spaces are the very antithesis of comedy as an art form-and an urgent call to arms to protect our most fundamental Constitutional right. There's a good reason it was the FIRST amendment"--
Subjects: Comedy; Censorship; Freedom of speech; Political correctness; Censorship.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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