"Geek House provides tinkerers with 10 PC-based hardware hacking projects for all areas of their home. The projects are advanced - but we hardware hackers love a challenge, don't we? Roll up your sleeves and dive into these 10 awesome projects: Home Television Serverschedule and play recordings from any TV in the house; Anything Inventorybar code recognition and item inventory. Use it for the kitchen, your DVDs, CDs, or anything else; Kitchen PCbuild into a cabinet to organize and automate the kitchen; Kitchen PCbuild into a cabinet to organize and automate the kitchen; Automated Sprinkler Controlkeep lawn moisture steady and save water; Automated BBQ Temperature ControlMmmmm, perfect BBQ ribs; Car PCComplete with MP3s, DVDs, navigation, and Internet connection; Remote Control Finder - how many do you have? Never lose one again; Convert RS232 to Wireless - for making devices wi-fi enabled; TV Mute on Phone Ring - never miss another call (unless you want to!)."
"Taking the DIY mentality to a whole new level, this book teaches techies how to hack, customize, and modify everything-from their sprinkler systems to the temperature of their barbecues."@en

Geek house 10 hardware hacking projects for around home