Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Interesting Links - Science Fun

Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster's exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger.
I told this story to my son, John, yesterday and he assured me that using a hamster wheel to generate power was not new and he's right.


Simon Greenwald from the MIT Media Lab demonstrates Installation, in which virtual forms are created and placed into real space via a viewing window and a stylus. See the demo and then read more about Installation.

 

 
First it was the radio, then the television, then the computer; next it will be the robot. We are moving closer and closer to household robots, thanks to most of the work being done in Japan.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Kenneth Parker, Buy One Share and more




Incan Ruins by Kenneth Parker





Buy One Share of Stock in Your Favorite Company - I would choose Pixar amongst others.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

3D Street Paintings




I love Julian Beever's 3D Street Paintings!

GW Bush Got High + Accrues Vacation Record

"...I attacked Iraq and no one knew why because I got high..."

Heartfelt congratulations to President Bush, who on Friday August 19th breaks Ronald Reagan's all-time record for most vacation days.