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Discover easy ways to control your home with the powerful new
Raspberry Pi hardware. Program short Python scripts that will
detect changes in your home and react with the instructions you
code. Use new add-on accessories to monitor a variety of
measurements, from light intensity and temperature to motion
detection and water leakage. Expand the base projects with your own
custom additions to perfectly match your own home setup. Most
projects in the book can be completed in under an hour, giving you
more time to enjoy and tweak your autonomous creations. No
breadboard or electronics knowledge required! Get to know the
latest Raspberry Pi hardware, and create awesome automation
solutions for home or work that don't require an electronics
degree, cumbersome add-ons, or expensive third-party subscription
services. Create easy to run Python scripts on your own that make
your Pi do things that would have required a team of automation
experts to build only a few years ago. Connect to and control
popular home automation lighting systems from a Raspberry Pi.
Trigger autonomous actions based on movement, temperature, and
timer events. Power on your own computer and appliances using your
voice. Remotely control infrared-enabled consumer electronics,
create chatbots to retrieve personalized items of interest, and
implement a temperature-monitoring room fan. These are just some of
the projects that the book will show you how to make. Most projects
can be completed and operational in under an hour, and do not
require any messy schematics or a spaghetti bowl of wires and
breadboard-attached circuits to operate. Control your home or
office exactly the way you want instead of relying on an expensive
mysterious box of third-party technology to do it for you. What You
Need: Raspberry Pi (Pi 4 Model B or higher recommended) running
Raspberry Pi OS
The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates
pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This
text seeks to capture some of the key issues of technology and
practice in the areas of building design, refurbishment,
construction and facilities management in tropical regions. Using a
consistent chapter structure throughout, and incorporating the
latest research findings, this book outlines: the functional
requirements of buildings in tropical climates; the challenges
associated with the sustainability of the built environment,
building form and whole life performance in the context of a
tropical setting; the impact of potentially hostile tropical
conditions upon building pathology and the durability of
components, structure and fabric; the tasks which face those
responsible for appraising the design, condition, maintenance and
conservation of built heritage in tropical regions; the facilities
management issues faced in tropical climates; and the
refurbishment, upgrade and renewal of the tropical built
environment. The book is ideal as a course text for students of
Architecture, Construction, Surveying and FM as well as providing a
sound reference for practitioners working in these regions.
The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates
pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This
text seeks to capture some of the key issues of technology and
practice in the areas of building design, refurbishment,
construction and facilities management in tropical regions. Using a
consistent chapter structure throughout, and incorporating the
latest research findings, this book outlines: the functional
requirements of buildings in tropical climates; the challenges
associated with the sustainability of the built environment,
building form and whole life performance in the context of a
tropical setting; the impact of potentially hostile tropical
conditions upon building pathology and the durability of
components, structure and fabric; the tasks which face those
responsible for appraising the design, condition, maintenance and
conservation of built heritage in tropical regions; the facilities
management issues faced in tropical climates; and the
refurbishment, upgrade and renewal of the tropical built
environment. The book is ideal as a course text for students of
Architecture, Construction, Surveying and FM as well as providing a
sound reference for practitioners working in these regions.
Custom-build your own dream PC, have fun doing it, and save
yourself a lot of money in the process. This book will give you the
confidence to buy the best-of-class components and assemble them
with clear, step-by-step instructions. You'll build your own PC
capable of effortlessly running the most graphic and CPU-intensive
games, graphics software, and programming compilers available
today. And because it's a PC that you built yourself, you'll be
able to keep it up to date with the latest hardware
innovations.Build your own high-end personal computer capable of
running the latest cutting-edge software. Easy-to-follow
instructions and plenty of photos show you how to assemble your
computer from start to finish, carefully pointing out areas of
interest and best practices for each major component used.All PC
parts from power supplies, graphics cards, RAM, CPUs, cooling fans,
and cases are covered, along with a number of PC peripherals. The
book will give you the confidence and freedom to build your PC just
the way you want it. Each chapter focuses on a major PC function,
shows you the best parts to buy, and illustrates how they fit
within the build. Start with a well ventilated case and energy
efficient power supply. Then install a state-of-the-art motherboard
and blazingly fast CPU. Add ultra-fast memory along with solid
state and traditional disk-based storage. Connect the power and
data cables to this cutting-edge collection of hardware. Finish up
with a multi-functional keyboard, mouse, and other high-end
peripherals.With each step, you'll discover how the computer
technologies recommended in the book work together to deliver the
ultimate PC hardware experience. And once you're finished building
your new PC, you'll learn additional techniques that will
future-proof it for years to come.What You Need: A variety of PC
parts and operating system software (Windows or Linux).
Women are complicated. They really, truly are. Ask any guy, he will
tell you. However, us men can influence women. We can turn them
into great lovers. We can turn them into nymphomaniacs This book
shows you how. Part of the reason women are complicated is they are
ruled by their hormones at least half of the hours of their lives.
These hormones influence their behavior so strongly that at times
men would swear they act like at least two different girls in one
body. By using the techniques in this book, you, Dear Reader, will
be able change their hormone cascade to make them a caring mother
and wife at one time and then a raging sex goddess at another. Guys
rule With this book in your back pocket, your life will be perfect
And your girl will be smiling every hour of every day. Sorry to
tell you this, guy, but women need sex far more than men do. It is
like a big secret. If men knew how easy it was to turn women into
mindless sex machines, women would be at the mercy of any man they
met. That is the last thing they want. Girls want to be in the
drivers seat. They want men to love them when they want to be
loved, not the other way around Buy this book right now, men. Time
is a wasting. There are so many women in the world who are dying to
meet you. Dying to meet a man in the know. Dying to meet a man who
can make them happy, if only for a few hours, a couple of days or
for a life time of devotion. The choice is yours. You lucky man,
you
Construction Technology 1: House Construction offers a highly
accessible introduction to the key stages of domestic house
construction from planning to internal finishes. Its
student-friendly layout uses detailed figures, photos and case
studies from real-life building sites to aid a practical
understanding of construction techniques, providing clear
step-by-step guidance in learning the basic principles of low-rise
residential construction. This textbook is a vital resource for
students in construction, property and architecture, BSc and MSc,
including any student taking courses in building surveying,
quantity surveying, real estate and construction management, as
well as those studying at the HNC/HND level.
Designed in a structured, directed format to help develop
understanding, rather than just providing a simple source of
information, this popular undergraduate textbook offers
comprehensive coverage of industrial and commercial building
technology. It builds on material in the first volume in the series
Construction Technology 1: House Construction but it is also
valuable as a standalone text. The most student-friendly textbook
in the area, it uses a wealth of features to reinforce
understanding and test knowledge, including case studies and
comparative studies. Case studies include photographs and
commentary on specific aspects of the technology of framed
buildings, while comparative studies allow the reader to make a
critical evaluation, comparing and contrasting design details and
solutions. This textbook is aimed at undergraduates in Construction
Management, Quantity Surveying and Building Surveying, and HNC/D
students in the same areas. It is also ideal for associated Built
Environment courses e.g. Land Management, Civil Engineering, where
the basic technologies need to be understood. New to this Edition:
- Thoroughly revised throughout - New material on sustainable
construction incorporated as a key theme in each aspect of
technology - A new chapter on building services installations - A
new section of the highly topical subject of Building Information
Modelling (BIM) Accompanying online resources for this title can be
found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/construction-technology-2-3e. These
resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using
this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
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