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Large book full of illustrated explanations of how hundreds of machines workEncourages reading, exploration, an interest in science and engineeringWrap your brain around some of the most amazing technology of our world!Explanations accompanied by easy-to-understand, detailed illustrationsAn entertaining reference book for readers of all ages - Adults, too!
Machine Design textbooks cover some of this — the mechanisms and mechanical end of your question. Manufacturing textbooks cover some of this, too.
A simple-ish system like a coffee maker comes down to a couple of systems — the part that makes the hot water, and the part that siphons it up and over the grounds. The heating element for the base of the carafe is probably the same one that heats the water, due to the design of the water reservoir, simplifying the design.
The rest of the design of a coffee maker is packaging — fitting the necessary systems into a container that holds the carafe and the filter basket.
Even “complicated” coffee makers are mostly just controls that allow slight adjustments within the simple system — the water has to be a certain temperature to make coffee, so on a adjustable-temperature system, the low temp setting is the lowest at which it will be hot enough to siphon, and the highest would be just below boiling. Timers are easy to add, for scheduling and turning on and off.
Books like “The Way Things Work Now are good for getting the very-basics of how stuff is assembled (some of it is a little simplistic for an Applied physicist, maybe), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (www.sme.org) has a lot of manufacturing-related stuff, albeit SME sells a lot of highly academic books.
I thoroughly enjoy watching “How it’s Made” on the Science channel. Getting a good idea of how various items are made over time has helped me in my job as a manufacturing engineer, even.
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This watch is a fun (for eight year olds), practical, and very affordable Christmas present. This costs more but looks pretty slick and is automatically set to atomic clocks via radio, which is pretty damn cool when you're eight.
This Leatherman is a little pricey for what it is but little boys love multi-tools, Leathermans are great multi-tools, and it comes with a pointless knife (as in, there's no sharp tip) that you install yourself, in case you don't trust your child with knives (I may or may not have a scar from using my Leatherman Micra in a really stupid way when I was 10) or your kid will definitely take it everywhere, including their school which has a zero-tolerance/thought policy on pointy objects. (If you have no problems with knives, the Squirt would be my first choice for a mini-multitool.)
This book is pricey for a single book but I had the old version as a kid and it's still one of my all time favorite books. Highly recommend, for a kid interested in technology.
Este libro sobre máquinas también lo vendía selecciones. 12/10.
I really liked this book
There's an updated version as well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0544824385/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_8fxzCbN154WTB. I haven't read it yet.
This is a great book to read with your child if they show an intrist in the working of things around them. Its not about autisum but it may get him engaged. It helped me quite a bit growing up.
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