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Raspberry Pi projects for kids : create an MP3 player, mod Minecraft, hack radio waves, and more! / by Aldred, Dan.;
Getting started with the Raspberry Pi -- Python programming -- Hot glue night-light -- The Pi camera : selfie snapper -- Pi spy part 1 : hacking webcams for secret surveillance -- Manipulating Minecraft -- Radio invasion -- The automatic texting machine -- Pi spy part 2 : Wi-Fi and Bluetooth tracking -- Magic music box -- Nature box: motion-sensing camera -- Smart plugs for smart home hacks -- Mirror, mirror : the social media status mirror -- Computer games with the sense hat."A beginner-friendly collection of projects using the Raspberry Pi, including a motion-triggered camera, a way to turn on lights using Minecraft, and using Bluetooth signal devices to see who is in the area. Each project provides step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, and the complete code"--Provided by publisher.Ages 11+.LSC
Subjects: Raspberry Pi (Computer); Python (Computer program language); Microcomputers.; Computer programming.;
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The quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence / by Kurczy, Stephen,author.;
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It's home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town's general store, attended church services, went target shooting with a seven-year-old, square-danced with the locals, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; "electrosensitives" who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff's department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? The Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism--at once a stirring ode to place, a tautly-wound tale of mystery, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives.
Subjects: Kurczy, Stephen; Technology; Telecommunication; Radio waves.;
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World in my eyes : Richard Blade the autobiography / by Blade, Richard,author.;
The author recounts his life story from the 1960s on, including his experiences at Oxford, in Europe's clubs and on morning radio in L.A., as well as his personal connections to some of the most notable names in New wave music.
Subjects: Biographies.; Blade, Richard.; Disc jockeys; Radio broadcasters; New wave music;
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Castles in the sky [videorecording] / by Fraser, Laura,1976-actor.; Hayman, David,1950-actor.; Izzard, Eddie,actor.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Kershaw, Ian,screenwriter.; MacKinnon, Gillies,television director.; Rhind-Tutt, Julian,1968-actor.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Eddie Izzard, Laura Fraser, Alex Jennings, David Hayman, Julian Rhind-Tutt.A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940; Engineers; Made-for-TV movies.; Radar; World War, 1939-1945;
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Up in the air! / by Tillworth, Mary.; Johnston, Charles(Screenwriter); Moore, Harry(Illustrator); Backshall, James R.; Sweeney, Jeff(Screenwriter); Lovett, Nate.;
Preschool--grade 1.LSC
Subjects: Radio and television novels.; PAW Patrol (Fictitious characters); Puppies; Rescue dogs;
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The contact paradox : challenging our assumptions in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / by Cooper, Keith(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-326) and index.What will happen if humanity makes contact with another civilization on a different planet? In The Contact Paradox, space journalist Keith Cooper tackles some of the myths and assumptions that underlie SETI-- the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. In 1974 a message was beamed towards the stars by the giant Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a brief blast of radio waves designed to alert extraterrestrial civilizations to our existence. Of course, we don't know if such civilizations really exist. But for the past six decades a small cadre of researchers have been on a quest to find out, as part of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The silence from the stars is prompting some researchers, inspired by the Arecibo transmission, to transmit more messages into space, in an effort to provoke a response from any civilizations out there that might otherwise be staying quiet. However, the act of transmitting raises troubling questions about the process of contact. We look for qualities such as altruism and intelligence in extraterrestrial life, but what do these mean to humankind? Can we learn something about our own history when we explore what happens when two civilizations come into contact? Finally, do the answers tell us that it is safe to transmit, even though we know nothing about extraterrestrial life, or as Stephen Hawking argued, are we placing humanity in jeopardy by doing so? In The Contact Paradox, author Keith Cooper looks at how far SETI has come since its modest beginnings, and where it is going, by speaking to the leading names in the field and beyond. SETI forces us to confront our nature in a way that we seldom have before-- where did we come from, where are we going, and who are we in the cosmic context of things? This book considers the assumptions that we make in our search for extraterrestrial life, and explores how those assumptions can teach us about ourselves.
Subjects: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Study group : U.S.); Life on other planets.;
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