title: Practical Arduino: Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware (Technology in Action)
author:  Jonathan Oxer 
description: Jonathan Oxer, who has been labeled "Australia's Geekiest Man," has been hacking on both hardware and software since he was a little tacker. He is a former president of Linux Australia, and founder and technical director of Internet Vision Technologies. He is author of a number of books, including How to Build a Website and Stay Sane, Ubuntu Hacks, and Quickstart Guide to Google AdWords. He has been surgically implanted with an RFID chip and is set to host an upcoming TV show called SuperHouse (www.superhouse.tv) featuring high-tech home renovation, open source automation systems, and domestic hardware hacking. Jonathan has appeared on top-rated TV shows and been interviewed on dozens of radio stations about his home automation system. He was technical supervisor for the first season of the reality TV show The Phone, has connected his car to the Internet (www.geekmyride.org), and is also a member of the core team of Lunar Numbat (www.lunarnumbat.org), an Australian group working with the European team White Label Space (www.whitelabelspace.com) on an unmanned moon mission for the Google Lunar X-Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Oxer).
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  Massimo Banzi co-founder of Arduino
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  Make: Getting Started 
  with Arduino
  In Getting Started with Arduino, you’ll learn about:
  Arduino is the open source electronics prototyping platform that 
  has taken the Maker Movement by storm. This thorough 
  introduction, updated for the latest Arduino release, helps you 
  start prototyping right away. From obtaining the required 
  components to putting the final touches on your project, all the 
  information you need is here!
  Getting started with Arduino is a snap. To use the introductory 
  examples in this guide, all you need is an Arduino Uno or 
  Leonardo, along with a USB cable and an LED. The easy-to-use, 
  free Arduino development environment runs on Mac, Windows, 
  and Linux.
  Join hundreds of thousands of hobbyists who have discovered 
  this incredible (and education