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18 June 2004 Wanderings Ralph J. Coppola Come join us on the Wanderings Chat Room. --- (See info and instructions) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ===== The Hobby Space site, your one stop source of space hobbies and activities, will show you how to assemble your own ground station to receive weather satellite imagery. The Space Research Group of the University of Oulu, Finland, has an excellent online work in progress --- The Space Physics Textbook. Do you need a spring but just can't find the right one? Try a DIY spring. The Home Metal Shop Club provides the opportunity to exchange ideas, share resources, and receive instructions in metal machining. Tired of the relativity small memory that is available to your PIC processor? Why not look into a PIC to Compactflash interface. PICFLOAT is a floating point library for the midrange PIC processors. Steven W. Smith's online book, The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing, is available, absolutely free, for you to download. Or you could buy the hard cover version. Journey to Forever is a pioneering expedition by a small, mobile NGO (Non-Government Organization) involved in environment and rural development work. Living in a fairly rural part of the country, I often hear complaints about the heavy odor from large pig farms. A number of years ago I bought a copy of the book Mother Earth News Handbook of Homemade Power, which illustrated how some farmers in India and China generate methane gas for cooking and lighting from farmyard waste. One of the book's chapters was about John Fry, a pig farmer from South Africa, now living in California, who used his pig manure to power his farm. See Methane Digesters For Fuel Gas and Fertilizer With Complete Instructions For Two Working Models. As with most things, the use of methane digesters is not without controversy. See Anaerobic Digesters: Pro and Con. Engineers Without Borders, Canada and Engineers Without Borders, USA are working to support developing communities around the world by promoting human development through access to technology with the overall goal of building a better world, one community at a time. The Kids Room Providing web resources for kids, teachers and parents. Need a project? The World Health Organization says global warming is expanding the range of the mosquitoes that carry malaria, yellow fever, West Nile virus and dengue fever. Investigate the effectiveness of lemon grass as an organic mosquito repellent. Perhaps, you could design a super efficient solar cooker that would help reduce the indoor pollution from wood cooking fires. The Princeton K-12 Outreach Program offers summer research opportunities for students and teachers. Suppliers Being listed here does not constitute an endorsement by SAS or me of any information, product or service. SMALL PARTS Inc is a company that was formed to meet the needs of researchers who may require special parts for their projects. For example, do you happen to need a 1/8 synthetic ruby ball? They stock them, plus a very extensive soup to nuts selection of components. From The Far Side El Chupacabra? Mokele-mbembe? Thylacine? Check them out on cryptozoology.com Paranormal cryptozoologists do little to help the
integrity of cryptozoology. It can, however, be a level-headed, interesting
and possibly even scientific subject, if examined with open-minded skepticism
and a scientific viewpoint. Have a look at Ben S. Roesch's Taking
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