PC Toys: 14 Cool Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment

Introduction.

PART ONE: ENTERTAINMENT.

Chapter 1: Create Your Own TiVo-Like Digital Video Recorder.

Chapter 2: Build a Jukebox for Your Home Stereo.

PART TWO: HOME.

Chapter 3: Have Hot, Fresh Coffee Whenever You Get Up.

Chapter 4: Build a Telescope Tracking Station.

Chapter 5: Monitor Your Workout.

PART THREE: SECURITY.

Chapter 6: Home Surveillance with Internet Remote Access.

Chapter 7: Monitor Your Refrigerator and Freezer.

Chapter 8: Monitor Your Fish Tank.

PART FOUR: OUT AND ABOUT.

Chapter 9: Do Your Own Automotive Diagnostics.

Chapter 10: Build Your Own In-Car Navigation System.

Chapter 11: Build a Weather Station.

PART FIVE: PURE FUN.

Chapter 12: Create and Control Your Own Robots.

Chapter 13: Throw a Networked Head-To Head Video-Gaming Party.

Chapter 14: Set Up a Computerized Control Center for Model Trains.

Chapter 15: Inventing Your Own PC Toys.

Appendix A: Working With Your PC —Software.

Appendix B: Working With Your PC—Hardware.

Appendix C: What’s on the CD-ROM.

Index.

End-User License Agreements.