Ralph J. Coppola --- r_j_coppola@hotmail.com
SAS
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Parallax, Inc is the supplier
of the Basic Stamp, an ingenious single chip micro controller
system that is programmable in the BASIC language. Wandering
around their site will show you that they offer a large selection
of free documentation and software.
Try your hand
at building a copy of Bill Beaty’s Magnetic
Levitation Cradle.
Hear
an earthquake on Skywise’s
Earthquake Page.
This is very eerie --- sounds something like whale songs.
Also, be sure to have a look at his Laser
and Astronomy
pages.
A while ago, we looked at SETI
at HOME, a project that invites the public to allow
their PC to be part of an Internet-connected
super computer. The World Community Grid is another Internet bases “super computer” that
is currently linking, over 92,000 computers, in an attempt
to create the world's largest public computing grid
tackling projects that benefit humanity.
How about your own “super computer”? Check out Beowulf.org
and assemble your own Beowulf class cluster computer.
Mel Bartels' Amateur Astronomy page
contains information and links to optical, as well as, radio
astronomy sites.
Diatoms
are a group of microscopic algae whose cell walls are made
of bio-glass. Visit their wonderful world at Indiana
University’s Diatom Home Page or
some of the other sites that are listed on Google.
The University College of London’s Micropalaeontology Unit
is a source of information on fossil diatoms.
Among other things, the Alternate-Energy.net site
has a nice Java based Electronic
Circuit Simulator.
The Medieval Technology
Pages are an attempt to provide accurate,
referenced information on technological innovation and related
subjects in Western Europe during
the Middle Ages.
Red Rock Energy is
a source of Heliostat Design
and Solar Tracker
design information.
The Animated Engines page
is a collection of animated GIF files illustrating the operation
of several types of engines. There’s even an excellent depiction
of three types of Stirling engines.
The Institute of Navigation (ION) announces
that the Second Annual Autonomous Lawnmower
Competition will be held in Dayton,
Ohio on June 2-3, 2005.
The Engineer
Girl website is part of the National
Academy of Engineering’s Celebration of Women in Engineering
project. This project tries to bring attention to the opportunity
that engineering represents to people at any age, but particularly
to women and girls.
Magnificent
Magnets --- a student activity.
The Delights of Chemistry is
brought to us by the Department of Chemistry, University
of Leeds.
Preston Q Boomer
the Physics and Chemistry teacher at San Lorenzo
Valley High School
looks like an interesting guy. Have a look at:
Newton’s Apple’s Science Try Its is
a collection of simple science activities.
St. Olaf College has a collection of middle
school science demonstrations .
See how others rate your favourite teacher or professor.
Being listed here does not constitute an endorsement by SAS
or me of any information, product or service.
BrainMass is a user pay
service offering 24/7 expert academic homework help to students
around the world.
Have a look at the science books that are offered on Vicki Cobb’s Science Page.
The
Coca-Cola Company of Great
Britain was the winner of
the 2004 Ig® Nobel Prize in chemistry
for developing a process to convert ordinary tap water
into Dasani, a transparent form of water, which for precautionary
reasons has been made unavailable to consumers. Read about
this and the other 2004 winners on The Annals of Improbable
Research’s site.
As a point of interest --- Another past winner in chemistry
was Texas State Senator Bob Glasgow for sponsoring the 1989
drug control law which made it illegal to purchase
beakers, flasks, test tubes, or other laboratory glassware
without a permit. But you still don’t need a permit to buy
a hand gun or assault rifle! Go figure! 8-)
Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection
Kit may help you to distinguish the pseudoscience
from the real stuff. Also have a look at Steve Lower’s Pseudoscience
--- What Is It? How Can I Recognize It?
How
does light work? --- A New Theory of Light by Victor
M. Urbina. 
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