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Wanderings

E = mc^2 --- The equation today.

Einstein's Big Idea premieres on PBS, Tuesday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m.

Back in the mid 70’s about the only way you could get a personal computer was to build your own. Of the dozen or so chips microprocessor chips that were on the market, I chose the RCA CDP1802.

A couple of weeks ago, while I was driving on a dirt road, I began to think about the causes and cures for the wash boarding of dirt / gravel roads.

Are you tired of the high cost of fuel? If so, why not try making your own biodiesel? Here are the results of a Biodiesel search on the Home Power web site.

The National Biodiesel Board is the national (US) trade association representing the biodiesel industry.

Towards Flapping Wing Control For A Micromechanical Flying Insect. Look here and here for some related papers.

What are phytochemicals?

Excel and Mathcad programs for Ferrite Rod Receiving Loop Antenna Analysis and Modeling

The Griffith Observatory Star Awards were established to recognize excellence in web sites that promote public awareness of astronomy.

The User-Friendly Manuals' Website is the place to find tips and ideas on how to make user-friendly instruction manuals.

Artificial Life is the study of "natural" life by attempting to recreate biological phenomena from scratch within computers.

What happened on this date in history?

Dr. Alan Williams theorizes on some untested Global Warming Solutions.

The Kids Room

Origami And Mathematics

NASA’s Quest Program is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.

LEGO’s Education Site

The LEGO Engineer is the graphical programming environment for the LEGO Dacta serial interface box.

The Science Spot brings us GPS in the classroom along with a vast collection of other science and teaching resources.

Suppliers

Being listed here does not constitute an endorsement by SAS or me of any information, product or service.

Loop Antenna Handbook --- By Joe Carr.

Sensor Technology Handbook --- By Jon Wilson (ISBN: 0750677295).

Magnetic Arts carries a selection of ferrite rods.

Lynxmotion is a supplier of robot kits and components.

Post Apple Scientific, Inc. is another supplier of chemicals and lab equipment.

From The Far Side

Is petroleum is a fossil fuel? No, its not, according to Prof. Thomas Gold (1920-2004) . In his two books, Power from the Earth and The Deep Hot Biosphere, he looks at the possibility that methane and other hydrocarbons are formed deep beneath the Earth’s mantel.

I was just looking at the LABRats Supply Bureau link off of the main LABRat’s website. There is a nice selection of Pyrex student grade Erlenmeyer flasks under the Lab ware.

Do you realize that if you live in some states, such as Texas you are not required to have a permit to buy a hand gun but you are required to have one in order to buy an Erlenmeyer flask or similar lab glassware?

Remember, Erlenmeyer flasks don’t make “meth.” People make “meth”!   ;-)

Perpetual Motion Machines through the centuries