Ralph J. Coppola --- r_j_coppola<at>hotmail.com

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Wanderings

My sister-in-law has been suffering from a degenerative hearing disease for the last 30 years. After a series of tests and interviews, this fall she started the process of having a cochlear implant fitted. We just received an e-mail, from her, saying that she can now hear the birds chirping, the clock ticking and the fridge motor. These are sounds that she hasn’t heard for the last 20 years!

RadioRaft is multimode radio data decoder software that is available in both a free and user pay version.

A GPS receiver can be used for remote sensing of atmospheric water vapour.

“Living Better Through Chemistry” --- Toxic Nation: A Report on Pollution in Canadians.

All About Circuits.com provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics.

Dust storms from the Gobi Desert are being felt in the Gulf of Alaska and down into the southern US.

Bookmark the National Geographic News site and stay current with the latest science news stories.

71 years of amateur science ---- The Amateur Scientist Subject Index 1928 through 1999.

Japanese scientists have photographed an 8 meter long giant squid 900 meters beneath the North Pacific Ocean.

Has modern technology finally produced a safe car? See a video of the Smart Car crash test.

The Kids Room

Do you remember Tilly Smith? UN’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former US President Bill Clinton.

Future Scientists and Engineers of America (FSEA) --- a competitor or partner to LABRats?

Take a ride on The Big Blue Bus and see how you can protect the world’s waters.

Student Science and Technology provides science resources to students and teachers.

Suppliers

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

Vintage Manuals, Inc. is a source for vintage radio, audio and test equipment manuals. I was very pleased with the quality of a recent purchase.

David Lincoln’s book, Programming and Customizing the PICAXE Microcontroller (ISBN: 0071457658) is available on the Nuts &Volts web site.

Dynacomp Software has an analog computer simulator software program that runs under MSDOS for $39.95.

From The Far Side

An antigravity machine has been awarded a US patent!

Crystal Power!

The Golden Bough --- A Study in myth, magic and religion.