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Arduino Tutorials

Arduino Tutorials: "Arduino is a fascinating and very easy way to make the world of electronics fun and interesting. Scroll down to read what we’re up to!"

Sony to offer free PS3 and PSP games

Sony to offer free PS3 and PSP games: "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which includes New Zealand and Australia, will offer PlayStation Network users two free PlayStation 3 games to be selected from a shortlist of five games. Users will also be able to select two free PlayStation Portable games from a shortlist of four."

NASA Honors 13 Ames Employees with Silver Snoopy Awards

NASA Honors 13 Ames Employees with Silver Snoopy Awards: "Thirteen NASA Ames Research Center employees, including eight from the Space Biosciences Division, recently received the prestigious 2010 Silver Snoopy award for their outstanding work and professional dedication."

Business Still Thinks Social Media Is A Fad -- Do You?

Business Still Thinks Social Media Is A Fad -- Do You?: "Angela blogs, 'Almost every day I talk with business owners who think social media is a fad, and if they just hold out long enough that it will go away. Or others that think social media is only used for sharing pictures of grandchildren and telling the world what you made for dinner. In a time where people are using their Blackberry to check-in at a client meeting, their iphone to record a video from a seminar and post it on Facebook, or CEO’s reaching out to connections on LinkedIn to find a new employee – social media is now more business than ever.'"

News From The Future: People Who Make Your iGadgets Have Anti-Suicide Agreements

News From The Future: People Who Make Your iGadgets Have Anti-Suicide Agreements: "Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed. At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 months as a result of horrendous working conditions.Many more are believed to have either survived attempts or been stopped before trying at the Apple supplier’s plants in Chengdu or Shenzen. After a spate of suicides last year, managers at the factories ordered new staff to sign pledges that they would not attempt to kill themselves, according to researchers. And they were made to promise that if they did, their families would only seek the legal minimum in damages."

R2-D2 Builder Chris James Interview

R2-D2 Builder Chris James Interview: "Few droids in this world are as recognizable as R2-D2, and thanks to the R2 Builders Clubs, impeccably reproduced R2 droids have been seen zooming around Maker Faire Bay Area for the past three years. They are responsible for countless smiles at the Faire, and this year they are coming back with their droids. We recently chatted with group member Chris James (third from the right in the group shot above) to get insight into the group, what skills are needed to build an R2, and what motivates them to participate in Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this year on May 21 and 22 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds."

Scratch Built Palisades Muppet Theatre Playset

Scratch Built Palisades Muppet Theatre Playset: "The day has finally come! I have finished my scratch built Muppet Theatre Playset. I cant wait to show you all the fun things about it! Please enjoy! Big thanks to all of you who left such beautiful and inspiring comments. I'm glad my work has brought you happiness:)"

Ecosystem Geographers Predict Bin Laden's Hideout

Ecosystem Geographers Predict Bin Laden's Hideout: "Two years ago, a class of UCLA undergrads pretty accurately predicted the the location where Osama Bin Laden was hiding out. The students, working under UCLA geography professors Thomas Gillespie and John Agnew, used geographical theories and GIS software to home in on the world's most wanted fugitive."

How To Set Up Your Own Online Store

How To Set Up Your Own Online Store: "With free tools and cheap web hosting, there's really no reason you can't have your own catalog and shopping cart on the web if you've got something worth selling. Whether you're looking for a side project or a real source of income, here's a starting-from-scratch guide to setting up shop on the web."

Clean Up Your Mess - A Guide to Visual Design for Everybody

Clean Up Your Mess - A Guide to Visual Design for Everybody: "If you're like most people, you feel like a baby when it comes to visual design. You sometimes have a vague sense of what you want, but can't articulate it or make it come about. All you can do is point and cry. This guide will help you communicate with conscious skill. It will show you how to create designs that are easy to understand and attractive."

Organise your CSS

Organise your CSS: "Over the years I have streamlined the way I write and structure CSS to make my workflow more efficient. Here are a few tips I have picked up along the way."

15 Free IDEs for Developers

15 Free IDEs for Developers: "Enjoy ;)"

Why programmers should study the art of programming

Why programmers should study the art of programming: "To the average programmer in the trenches, debating the theory of computation is like discussing the chemical properties of saltpeter while in a gunfight: it may all be correct, but it doesn’t apply directly to the problem in front of them. Why waste time imagining the outcome of a deathmatch between Haskell Curry and Alan Kay when we’ve got a deadline to slap a new web UI over our legacy application? Why should we care whether we’re using a monad or an exception to return an error state? What the heck does “orthogonal” mean? Don’t give me a research paper, just give me code that works. And so runs the “get it done yesterday” logic"

DIY Paper Strandbeest Mk 2

DIY Paper Strandbeest Mk 2: "I made the Paper Strandbeest a while ago(It was my first instructable) And I finally updated it with a real working version! The old one had only 2 leg segments(4 legs total) and it could not walk well. The new one now has 3 leg segments(6 total) and can walk well. The old version is now going to be outdated to this version, but I will keep it up for people who linked to it, it being my first instructable, etc"

Water experiment- Build an Aquifer in a Cup

Water experiment- Build an Aquifer in a Cup: "The purpose of this experiment is to illustrate how water is stored in an aquifer, how ground water can become contaminated, and how this contamination ends up in a drinking water well. You will see how careless use and disposal of harmful contaminants above the ground can potentially end up in the drinking water below the ground."

The Top 40 Best Multiplayer Games for iPhone and iPad

The Top 40 Best Multiplayer Games for iPhone and iPad: "Sometimes though, it’s nice to be able to play games with other people. That’s why we created this guide, a list of the best games out there on the iOS platform that allow you to play with multiple people. We’ve split up the list into the types of multiplayer that they support to help you narrow down which games that you’re interested in."