Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things

Clever Contraptions

Common household items like paper clips, wires, foil, and bottles are found in everyone’s house. Often, they go completely unnoticed, or are simply dismissed as clutter. But there are many ways to put these everyday things to use. Cy Tymony breathes creative new life into such common household items in Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $10.95), the third entry in the popular Sneaky Uses book series.

Sneakiest Uses highlights fifty new and innovative projects, including:

• How to transform an ordinary bookmark into a boomerang
• How to make a levitator or a compass with a magnet
• How to create your own homemade six-foot robot

In addition, the book includes alternative-energy projects to educate readers on different ways to save the environment, such as solar power and hybrid car models, as well as energy conversion and ethanol demonstrations. Each project contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions complemented by helpful illustrations. Most are simple and can be completed quickly.

Featuring a foreword by NPR’s Science Friday host, Ira Flatow, Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things is uniquely fun and educational, and able to reach a diverse audience, from children and science fair participants to parents and teachers.

About Cy Tymony:

In grade school, Cy Tymony defended himself from bullies with the help of a spring-loaded shocker hidden up his sleeve. Since then, he’s authored five books and more than a dozen articles. His technical wizardry has landed him on CNN and NPR. Cy is a technical writer and computer network specialist in Los Angeles, CA.

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Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things

Author: Cy Tymony
ISBN: 978-0-7407-6874-3
Format: Paperback: 5 x 7, 192 pages
Price: $10.95 ($13.95 Canada)