About this item
"The Internet of Things" is the new buzzphrase, but what is it? A toaster that texts? The fitness band on your wrist? The camera in an infant's room? Sure, it's all of those things. But it's also your phone: an ultra-sophisticated sensor and communications system in your pocket or purse--capable of tracking your steps, capturing an image, or calling an Uber. And it is actually not hard or expensive to make a sensing, communicating object yourself. Doing so can be rewarding, fun, and even useful. This book teaches the basics of building sensors and communicating objects through a series of practical, demonstrative, and fun activities.
About the Author
John Keefe is a journalist, tinkerer and professional beginner based in New York City. He's been playing with circuits and new technologies since he was a child, and loves helping other beginners explore their digital and physical words. He once tried to make -- and write about -- something new every week for a year, and that effort led to his first book, "Family Projects for Smart Objects." John works in public media, helps journalists navigate new technologies, teaches college students at New York-area journalism schools and runs hands-on "blinky" workshops for children.
