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Microcontrollers Made Easy for Hardware Hackers
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 6:00am EDT by Geek Dad
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With a little training, hardware hackers will find that arduinos, or easily programmed microcontrollers, are inexpensive, fun and a cinch to manipulate.
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Mechanical-Limbed Runner OK'd for Olympics. Game On
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 11:34am EDT by Geek Dad
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Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who sprints with mechanical limbs, has been cleared by arbiters of the sport to compete for a spot on the South African team for the Beijing Olympics.
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Review: Subtle Touches Enrich Banks' Matter
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Geek Dad
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Iain M. Banks' dense, almost 600-page tome, Matter is set in a peaceful human-alien civilization, where trillions of citizens live in harmony, wars are a distant memory and science has progressed to godlike levels. The story starts quick and after 50 pages, reviewer John Baichtal is hooked.
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Teen Creates Chemistry Trading Card Game
Posted: April 13th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Geek Dad
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A 14-year-old boy comes up with his own science-based fantasy card combat game, Elementeo, which is is based on a 121-card deck of chemical elements, compounds and catalysts. Each card has an explanation of the element or compound's uses and chemical properties.
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Anatomy Lesson: How to Assemble a Chickensaurus
Posted: February 23rd, 2008, 7:00pm EST by Geek Dad
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As a lesson in anatomy, Kevin Kelly and his son reassemble a chicken skeleton from the bones remaining after a chicken dinner. See the results on Wired.com's Geek Dad blog.