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Great #Arduino documentary. Video Watch Video Shared with: Public

This is amazing. And the code is now open sourced http://code.google.com/p/sixthsense/ Has anyone played with this? Video Watch Video Links http://code.google.com/p/sixthsense/ Shared with: Public

A vivid and unique look at where our gadgets are made and the people that make them. Links Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory | This American Life Shared with: Public

The solution to American schools is to focus on equity and kick out the private sector. Pass it on. Originally shared by Raven Amos Back in high school, I was involved briefly in the 3D demo scene with a young man I remember only by his nickname, Kit. We would drive to Anchorage to work with our team on a project that we wanted to enter in a competition held in Helsinki, Finland. Kit was elected to be our ambassador, and after receiving a single email saying he was okay and everything was going well, I never heard from him again. He was still attending school and never understood why he didn’t come back. ...

One of my theme songs. It also plays over the credits of Everything Is Illuminated . Links Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple! on Metacafe Shared with: Public

Now that is a Christmas present! Links Colombian city gets giant, outdoor escalator Shared with: Public

The Emperor still has no clothes. Alec Baldwin may be an ass, but he was right when he protested cutting off his device. There is no rational reason to cut them off. If the plane can’t survive personal electronics then let’s hope it doesn’t fly near a broadcast tower or during a solar flare. And try to forget about the real holy grail, an EMP. We have once again institutionalized Fear Uncertainty and Doubt. Broadcast radio has been around for almost a century. We’ve known about EMP’s for 60 years. We’ve had normal people flying with their personal electronics going on planes for 40 years. And we accept that they haven’t been able to do enough tests to ensure that we can let ordinary people fly with ordinary electronics doing their ordinary everyday things. Why? ...

Have you and your bar buddies changed the world lately? Then you’re slackers compared to these Italians. Links The Making of Arduino - IEEE Spectrum Shared with: Public

The +MythBusters launch a cannonball through a neighborhood accidentally, and no one gets hurt! Wow. Links ‘Mythbusters’ cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan Shared with: Public, MythBusters

I read a few passages from this book while doing background research on “five nines” reliability. This led me to find that the print book is now $200-$300 which is particularly ironic considering the book’s title. An even bigger curiosity is: has this book has any real impact? Are we moving to a more distributed model of power generation? The recent announcement of bulk solar installations on military base housing seems like a move in this direction. Has there been a real change in direction? It seems like the big guys are still trying to build more megaplants, but maybe the real action is projects that get little notice. ...