High-Tech Lego Projects: 16 Rule-Breaking Inventions, Paperback

High Tech LEGO(R) hijacks the MINDSTORMS(R) EV3 revolution, showing you how to build creative technical inventions with practical applications. You'll learn to build a dynamic array of working devices for outdoor research, home security, spycraft, and more.

Among the book's 16 fascinating projects you'll find a motion-activated animal cam, a Morse code transmitter, a laser security fence, a motion-sensing radar detector, an automated insect trapper, and a heat-seeking infrared cannon. Welcome to a whole new world of building

Every project brings together science, mechanics, electronics, optics, and software to create complex instruments for studying and measuring the world around you, all while maintaining the playfulness of LEGO. Each easy-to-follow model combines illustrated instructions with step-by-step guidance on the engineering methods at play.

As you build, you'll learn:
- Illegal modding techniques (that may include drilling, cutting and soldering -- Shh )
- Different ways to work with diode laser modules
- Tricks for modifying EV3 sensors and motors
- The joy of hacking LEGO light bricks to make a flickering fireplace
- How to use MINDSTORMS to build your own contraptions

Experiment on your own, and expand on your finished creations. Make a few adjustments so the Critter Cam triggers an alarm to scare away pests, or modify the Doppler radar to detect flammable gases. The possibilities are endless

REQUIREMENTS: LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(R) EV3 Home Edition Windows Vista or higher macOS 10.14 or earlier

About author(s):Grady Koch is the creator of hightechlego.com. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, 30 years of experience as a research engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, and three patents in the field of LiDAR for studying the atmosphere. He has written or contributed to over 175 conference and seminar papers, including 13 peer-reviewed journal papers as first author. Throughout his career, Koch has worked with student interns and learned how to bridge the gap between a student's academic instruction and laboratory practice.