Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius : 28 Build-It-Yourself Projects

Evil Genius

by Bob Iannini

The do-it-yourself hobbyist market, particularly in the area of electronics, is hotter than ever. This books gives the “evil genius” loads of projects to delve into, from an ultrasonic microphone, to a body heat detector, and all the way to a Star Wars Light Saber. This book makes creating these devices fun, inexpensive, and easy.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, How To, Reference, Technology

302 pages, Paperback

First published March 8, 2004

Reviews

[Michael Roop · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a fantastic book. so much mischievous fun to be had in this book. Quick read? Bet your bottom dollar it is. Flip this book open to a project that sounds cool and get to reading. This book suffers from a few problems though. First: there is no definitive parts list, but if your creative you you got this one. Second: (and this one is personal)I SUCK AT SOLDERING!!! Finally: no definitive parts list coupled with schematics creates a brain melt down for the logic, but for a redneck like myself; it's sheer creative heaven. I can't wait to play with some these toys. Hello Mr. Tesla coil!

[Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating pulsed power projects for the home player. Carefully written, practical instructions, some inventive ideas, and some approaches I had not considered to make "mad science in your own lab" much more practical. Now you can build a small Marx bank in your garage -- but still high potential to blow up the garage. Not for beginners (and definitely not for unsupervised youngsters. But if you've always wanted to electromechanically launch a projectile, this is the book you've been waiting for.

[Danelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book, although I have yet to build something from it (but I did do some soldering on a different project earlier today!). It was on the coffee table when we had some friends over and it was a GREAT conversation starter! LOL!

[Tor Paulin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of interesting projects.

[Mikael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kivoja käikäleitä kirja täynnä.. mm. Tesla coileja.

[Richard Dahm · Rating 1 out of 5]

Useless book, projects aren't feasible fantasy engineering.

[Bkspidey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun, but has a few errors and inaccuracies in the instructions.

[Morgan Summerfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes I must play the part of 'evil genius' and this helps.