This week’s selection is “Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World” by Pagan Kennedy.
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Book of the Week: The Science of Supercars
This week’s selection is “The Science of Supercars” by Martin Roach, Neil Waterman, John Morrison and David Coulthard.
Book of the Week: Machine Shop Tools and Operations
This week’s selection is “Machine Shop Tools and Operations” by Rex Miller and Mark Richard Miller.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing in Model Aircraft Construction
This week’s selection is “3D Printing in Model Aircraft Construction” by Thomas Fischer.
Book of the Week: Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor
This week’s selection is “Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor” by Michelle Segrest.
Book of the Week: Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design
This week’s selection is “Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design” by Shaun Foster and David Halbstein.
Book of the Week: Building Smart Robots Using ROS
This week’s selection is “Building Smart Robots Using ROS: Design, Build, Simulate, Prototype and Control Smart Robots Using ROS, Machine Learning and React Native Platform” by Robin Tommy.
Book of the Week: Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
This week’s selection is “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything” by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith.
Book of the Week: Product Roadmaps Relaunched
This week’s selection is “Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty” by C. Todd Lombardo, Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan and Michael Connors.
Book of the Week: Generative Design
This week’s selection is “Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with JavaScript in p5.js” by Benedikt Groß.
Book of the Week: Autodesk Fusion 360 A Power Guide
This week’s selection is “Autodesk Fusion 360: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users” by John Willis and Sandeep Dogra.
Book of the Week: Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD” by Colin Dow.
Book of the Week: FreeCAD 0.19 Learn by doing
This week’s selection is “FreeCAD 0.19 Learn by Doing”.
Book of the Week: OpenSCAD Cookbook
This week’s selection is “OpenSCAD Cookbook: OpenSCAD Recipes for learning 3D modeling” by John Clark Craig.
Book of the Week: Getting Started in ZBrush
This week’s selection is “Getting Started in ZBrush” by Greg Johnson.
Book of the Week: So… You Want To 3D Print Food?
This week’s selection is “So… You Want To 3D Print Food?” by Michah Bailey.
Book of the Week: Props and Costume Armor
This week’s selection is “Props and Costume Armor: Create Realistic Science Fiction & Fantasy Weapons, Armor, and Accessories” by Shawn Thorsson and MAKE.
Book of the Week: Additive Knowledge
This week’s selection is “Additive Knowledge” by Adam Rehák.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge” by Benjamin Spahic.
Book of the Week: Neri Oxman Material Ecology
This week’s selection is “Neri Oxman Material Ecology” by Paola Antonelli, Anna Burckhardt, Hadas A. Steiner, and of course, Neri Oxman.
Book of the Week: Battlefields In Miniature
This week’s selection is “Battlefields In Miniature: Making Realistic and Effective Terrain for Wargames” by Paul Davies.
Book of the Week: Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor
This week’s selection is “Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor”.
Book of the Week: Practical Arduino Engineering
This week’s selection is “Practical Arduino Engineering: End to End Development with the Arduino, Fusion 360, 3D Printing, and Eagle” by Harold Timmis.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing” by Chee Kai Hua and Kai Fai Leong.
Beware Of Questionable 3D Print Books
While browsing through some 3D printing books, I came across a very suspicious situation.
Book of the Week: Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay
This week’s selection is “Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures” by Katherine Dewey.
Book of the Week: Getting Started with Soldering
This week’s selection is “Getting Started with Soldering” by Marc de Vinck.
Book of the Week: Creating 3D Models for 3D Printing Using OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Creating 3D Models for 3D Printing Using OpenSCAD” by David Leithauser.
Book of the Week: More Intermediate Arduino and 3D Print Model Railroad Projects
This week’s selection is “More Intermediate Arduino and 3D Print Model Railroad Projects” by Paul and David Bradt.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Failures: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues” by Sean Aranda.
Book of the Week: Design for Manufacturability
This week’s selection is “Design for Manufacturability: How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low-Cost, High-Quality Products for Lean Production” by David M. Anderson.
Book of the Week: A Practical Introduction to Supply Chain
This week’s selection is “A Practical Introduction to Supply Chain” by David Pheasey.
Book of the Week: Epoxy Basics
This week’s selection is “Epoxy Basics: Working with Epoxy Cleanly & Efficiently” by Russell J. Brown and Ashlyn E. Brown.
Book of the Week: Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates
This week’s selection is “Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates” by Craig Berg.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing For Money
This week’s selection is “3D Printing For Money” by Richard Licastro.
Book of the Week: Introduction to Stocks for the Novice Investor
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Stocks for the Novice Investor: A Beginner’s Guide to Help You Feel Confident When Investing Your Money” by Erin Wolfe.
Book of the Week: An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
This week’s selection is “An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis” by J. N. Reddy.
Book of the Week: HBR Guide to Office Politics
This week’s selection is “HBR Guide to Office Politics” by Karen Dillon.
Book of the Week: Blender 3D By Example
This week’s selection is “Blender 3D By Example” by Oscar Baechler and Xury Greer.
James Dyson’s ‘Invention: A Life’ Book Review
This autobiography is a remarkable book and a must-read for those interested in innovation, design, manufacturing, and business.
Book of the Week: Understanding Color
This week’s selection is “Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers” by Linda Holtzschue.
Book of the Week: Digital Modelmaking
This week’s selection is “Digital Modelmaking: Laser Cutting, 3D Printing and Reverse Engineering” by Helen Lansdown.
Book of the Week: A Manager’s Guide to Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “A Manager’s Guide to Large Scale Additive Manufacturing” by Ken Susnjara.
Book of the Week: How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
This week’s selection is “How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic” by Michael Geier.
Book of the Week: A Beginner’s Guide to 3D Modeling
This week’s selection is “A Beginner’s Guide to 3D Modeling” by Cameron Coward.
Book of the Week: Tinkercard for Dummies
This week’s selection is “Tinkercard for Dummies” by Shaun C. Bryant.
Book of the Week: The Non-Designer’s Design Book
This week’s selection is “The Non-Designer’s Design Book” by Robin Williams.
Book of the Week: Programming with OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Programming with OpenSCAD: A Beginner’s Guide to Coding 3D-Printable Objects” by Justin Good and Marius Kintel.
Book of the Week: The 3D Printing Cookbook: Tinkercad Edition
This week’s selection is “The 3D Printing Cookbook: Tinkercad Edition” by David Seto.
Book of the Week: Ten Principles for Good Design
This week’s selection is “Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design” by Klaus Kemp.
Book of the Week: How To Troubleshoot Almost Anything
This week’s selection is “How to Find a Wolf in Siberia: or, How to Troubleshoot Almost Anything” by Don Jones.
Book of the Week: Modeling Naval Ships in Small Scales
This week’s selection is “Modeling Naval Ships in Small Scales” by Mike McCabe.
Book of the Week: The Kickstart Guide To Making Great Makerspaces
This week’s selection is “The Kickstart Guide To Making Great Makerspaces” by Laura Fleming.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing 101
This week’s selection is “3D Printing 101: The Ultimate Beginners Guide” by Johannes Wild.
Book of the Week: Getting To Yes
This week’s selection is “Getting To Yes” by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton.
Book of the Week: Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper
This week’s selection is “Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper” by D. Diego Garcia Cuevas and D. Gianluca Pugliese.
Book of the Week: The 3D Printing Cookbook, Fusion 360 Edition
This week’s selection is “The 3D Printing Cookbook: Fusion 360 Edition” by David YM Seto and Michael J Welch.
Book of the Week: Printing Architecture
This week’s selection is “Printing Architecture: Innovative Recipes for 3D Printing” by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello.
Book of the Week: Getting Started with 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “Getting Started with 3D Printing” by Liza Wallach Kloski and Nick Kloski.
Book of the Week: Project Management For Dummies
This week’s selection is “Project Management For Dummies” by Stanley E. Portny.
Women In Science: Historical Antecedents
Charles R. Goulding reflects on “The Secret History of Home Economics” and the history of trailblazing women making an impact in science and technology.
Book of the Week: Mastering OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Mastering OpenSCAD” by Jochen Kerdels.
Book of the Week: 101 Things I Learned in Product Design School
This week’s selection is “101 Things I Learned in Product Design School” by Sung Jang, Martin Thaler and Matthew Frederick.
Book of the Week: Design for Sustainability
This week’s selection is “Design for Sustainability” by S.M. Sapuan and Muhd Ridzuan Mansor.
Book of the Week:Things Fall Together
This week’s selection is “Things Fall Together” by Skylar Tibbits.
Book of the Week: The Future Is Faster Than You Think
This week’s selection is “The Future Is Faster Than You Think” by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
Book of the Week: Machinery’s Handbook, Pocket Companion
This week’s selection is “Machinery’s Handbook, Pocket Companion” by Richard Pohanish and Christopher McCauley.
Book of the Week: Design Paradigms
This week’s selection is “Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering” by Henry Petroski.
Book of the Week: The Pragmatic Programmer
This week’s selection is “The Pragmatic Programmer” by Andy Hunt.
Book of the Week: Why Buildings Fall Down
This week’s selection is “Why Buildings Fall Down” by Matthys Levey and Mario Salvadori.
Book of the Week: Why Buildings Stand Up
This week’s selection is “Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture” by Mario Salvadori.
Book of the Week: Normal Accidents
This week’s selection is “Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies” by Charles Perrow.
Book of the Week: Design for the Real World
This week’s selection is “Design for the Real World” by Victor Papanak.
Book of the Week: The Unwritten Laws of Engineering
This week’s selection is “The Unwritten Laws of Engineering” by James G. Skakoon and W. J. King.
Book of the Week: Studying Engineering
This week’s selection is “Studying Engineering: A Road Map To A Rewarding Career” by Raymond B. Landis.
Book of the Week: Engineering — A Very Short Introduction
This week’s selection is “Engineering — A Very Short Introduction” by David Blockley.
Book of the Week: Artificial Intelligence Revolution
This week’s selection is “Artificial Intelligence Revolution: how AI Will Change Our Society, Economy and Culture” by Robin Li.
Book of the Week: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
This week’s selection is “The Art of Doing Science and Engineering” by Richard W. Hamming and Bret Victor.
Book of the Week: Engineering Fundamentals
This week’s selection is “Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering” by Saeed Moaveni.
Book of the Week: INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
This week’s selection is “INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love” by Marty Cagan.
Books of the Year, 2020 Edition
This week’s selection is actually the top seven books we highlighted in 2020.
Book of the Week: Smoothing 3D Prints from ABS Using Acetone Vapors
This week’s selection is “Smoothing 3D prints from ABS using acetone vapors” by Jagoda Ryba and Urszula Lelek-Borkowska.
Book of the Week: Feature-Driven Method for Structural Optimization
This week’s selection is “Feature-Driven Method for Structural Optimization” by Weihong Zhang and Ying Zhou.
Book of the Week: The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics
This week’s selection is “The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation” by John M. Blain.
Book of the Week: Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects
This week’s selection is “Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects” by Joshua Pearce.
Book of the Week: Life Would Be Boring Without 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “Life Would Be Boring Without 3D Printing” by Kathleen McDaniel.
Book of the Week: The Industrial Revolution
This week’s selection is “The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction” by Robert C. Allen.
Book of the Week: Painting and Finishing Techniques
This week’s selection is “Painting and Finishing Techniques” by Gary Edmundson.
Book of the Week: Materials Selection In Mechanical Design
This week’s selection is “Materials Selection In Mechancial Design” by Michael F. Ashby.
Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers
This week’s selection is “Designing 3D Printers” by Neil Rosenberg.
Book of the Week: Parametric Solid Modeling Projects
This week’s selection is “Parametric Solid Modeling Projects” by Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University.
Book of the Week: 3D Printers For Woodworkers
This week’s selection is “3D Printers For Woodworkers” by Henry Doolittle.
Book of the Week: Essential Skills for Scale Modelers
This week’s selection is “Essential Skills for Scale Modelers” by Aaron Skinner.
Book of the Week: Feck Perfuction
This week’s selection is “Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life” by James Victore.
Book of the Week: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
This week’s selection is “Mechanical Behavior of Materials” by Norman Dowling, Stephen Kampe, and Milo Kral.