Hey, I found a church sign generator. I’m having fun with this one! You never know when you might need a sign for that church you started on a bet one drunken weekend.
[via Neatorama]
China’s Moon Probe Will Play Music?
Sure, cell phones can play music. I can buy in on that one I suppose. But when it’s announced that China’s lunar probe that’s slated to be launched next year will play music, I can’t see the point. Is it for national price? To say that their music is ‘out of this world’? Or maybe it’s to provide a much needed change for the poor scientists that have been in the secret base on the far side of the moon for all these years. I find that as plausible as any other explanation that’s been offered.
China’s Moon probe will broadcast music – MSN-Mainichi Daily News
Arduino Micro
The blurb on the Arduno web page sums it up pretty well:
Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the open-source IDE can be downloaded for free.
So, has anyone used one of these? Please tell me how you like it, if it worked and all that.
The R7 Robot from Robo3
Oh yeah, I’d want one of these. The heck with Segway polo, I want to see R7 polo. Heck, jousing would be cool too.
[via neaorama]
The Horizon Hydrogen Powered Car
Science should be fun. It’s just that simple. When you hear people talking about alternative fuel sources you are sure to hear the H word but just how can a lighter than air gas make a car move? Well it’s all because of fuel cells. What’s a fuel cell you ask? I guess your rock isn’t in a free wifi zone is it. Fuel cells convert hydrogen an oxygen (typical stuff that powers a fuel cell, but just about anything rich in hydrocarbons will do, like gasoline for example) into electricity by passing them across or through a material that produces electrons when these two gasses hit it. So what could be more fun than having on that runs a car? It comes with an water cracker to make the O2 and H for the car and instructions. If your looking for a fuel cell to play with this would be where to start.
Blind Reading with Ray Kurzweil
I received an email about this a few days ago:
Combining a state-of-the-art digital camera with a powerful personal data assistant, the "camera that talks" puts the best available character recognition software together with text-to-speech conversion technology–all in a single, handheld device. The Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader has the ability to dramatically enhance the lives of millions of people who have difficulty seeing or reading print by providing access like never before. Users need only hold the Reader over print-a restaurant menu, an airline ticket, a business card, a school assignment, an office memo-and in seconds they hear the contents of the printed document played back in clear synthetic speech.
Now this is what I call a life changing device. The price is a little up there ($3,600 US) but the doors it could open for a blind person are endless. If your ever in want of a place to donate your extra money to, there are few places that are better than National Federation of the Blind. Buy one of these and donate it to a local charity and you will be sure to change the lives of many people.