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Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change Milk into Plastic, Extract Water and Electricity ... a TV with Your Ring, and Other Amazing Feats
Product Description Do you know how to make something that can tell whether the $20 bill in your wallet is a fake? Or how to generate battery power with simple household items? Or how to create your own home security system? Science-savvy author cy Tymony does. And now you can learn how to create these things - and more than 40 other handy gadgets and gizmos - in Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things. More than a simple do-it-yourself guide, this quirky collection is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation. Included are survival, security, self-defense, and silly applications that are just plain fun. You'll be seen as a superhero as you amaze your friends by: Transforming a simple FM radio into a device that enables you to eavesdrop on tower-to-air conversations; Creating your own personalized electronic greeting cards; Making a compact fire extinguisher from items typically found in a kitchen pantry; Thwarting intruders with a single rubber band. By using run-of-the-mill household items and the easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams within, you'll be able to complete most projects in just a few minutes. Whether you use Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things as a practical tool to build useful devices, a fun little fantasy escape, or as a trivia guide to impress friends and family, this book is sure to be a reference favorite for years to come.
It's not so much the content as the lack of value for moneyJanuary 10, 2010 Brian Connors(Cape Cod, MA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first thing to know is that these applications aren't so much sneaky per se as clever or unexpected. The second is that they're invariably remarkably simple. This isn't a bad thing per se, but...
I should disclose that my copy is not just this book, but an omnibus edition of all three that I got for about seven bucks on the bargain table at B&N. Since it was a special publication for them, you won't find it here on Amazon. Given the very simple nature of most of the applications in these books, you'd be justified in feeling a bit cheated by buying them individually -- other reviewers who describe them as kid's books really aren't far off. What these books really provide is less designs for their own sake as study hooks for further inquiry into various branches of science and engineering; the book isn't explicitly marketed for kids, so an adult with very little background can get into it with no embarrassment or condescension, but it is still very basic for what it offers.
I wish I could recommend it, and if you can find the omnibus edition, I do. But unless you get a steep discount on the regular edition, you may be rather disappointed with what you get. If you're well past this basic level, you'd be better served with some of the stuff from Make Magazine and the like instead.
The Sneaky, Sneakier and Sneakiest uses Trilogy.December 30, 2009 W. T. Wilkinson(Kingsland, GA) This review is for all three books in this series. The first note is they are clearly written for the 13 year old and under crowd. For them, it should stimulate the creative scientific gene in them, and open their imaginations to harmless scientific experimentation. So if there is a young burgeonoing, tinkering youngster in your life, these books could be the spark to spur them into some educational fun.
Not The Best BookNovember 23, 2009 B. Archer(Amarillo, TX USA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I personally thought it was okay but some of these things aren't everyday things. I would not recommend this book if you are a MacGyver fan (which I faithfully am) because you don't just find a X-10 Universal Powerflash Interface lying around in any ordinary house.
(P.S. the battery trick made out of coins was pretty cool but the drawings look like they're from a 3-year old.)
Macgyver's source bookSeptember 19, 2009 Ward3(Deep South - USA) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great value book - highly recomended for science teachers.
Will have to get the other books. Solving problems and working with what you have can realy help you jury rig your way out of problem.
Sneaky Uses for Everyday ThingsFebruary 14, 2009 Ed(NY) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nothing great...was hoping for some totally unique things. Good for your middle school aged child who might want to do something other than play video games on a Saturday morning.
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