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In defense of our Olympic Athletes

post from MindBites the Blog on 07 August 2008 10:41:54 AM. © MindBites the Blog

I LOVE the Summer Olympics! I thoroughly enjoy the Winter Olympics, but I look forward to each Summer Olympics with more anticipation than virtually any other sporting event. That said, as the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony approaches, I’m troubled by the early reports we’re getting back from the host country. I like [...]

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Google Search Provides Olympic Event Schedules
Inline

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:30:25 AM. © Daily DIY

Find out when events in your favorite sport are going down in a single Google search: Simply enter the event name and "Olympics" into the Google search box to see upcoming dates and times, like tennis Olympics, or diving Olympics. Google's Olympics[...]

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ine/

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Home Built Hydroponics Unit for an 8th Grade
Science Classroom - The Hydroshack Lives Again!

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:15:49 AM. © Daily DIY

My wife teaches 8th grade science. This project "The Hydroshack" is a rendition of one I built over 20 years ago in my college teaching methods class. It is designed specifically for performing experiments in a science class. It therefore[...]

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ce-classroom-the-hydroshack-lives-again/

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Build a blind spot detection system for your car

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:00:00 AM. © Daily DIY

When you are driving, you've probably had a few mishaps with the "blindspot" where you barely avoid hitting someone when changing lanes. This maker decided that this was an easy problem to fix so they created a custom BlindSpot Detection System using an[...]

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BeatThat! Community Finds Online Shopping Deals

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:00:00 AM. © Daily DIY

Community shopping site BeatThat! offers an index of deals all over the web, provided by members of the site as well as sucked in automatically. Search for a product to get the deals available for it, see merchant ratings, and user comments about the[...]

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New PSU-4448mk2 Power Supply Kit for Yamaha
PM1000 modules (adjustable output voltages)

post from DIY-Central.com - Go Create something! - PCB Design, Electronics on 07 August 2008 09:57:00 AM. © DIY-Central.com - Go Create something! - PCB Design, Electronics

Newly redesigned,improved, PSU-4448mk2 Kit!

Now, both rails are adjustable via onboard trimmers for that 100% perfect voltagesetting.

Also two on-board LEDs... which you can wire to your front panel to use as a POWERON indicator.

100% more filtering. More capacitors for ripple filtering.

Standard 0.1" pad spacing so you can use standard 0.1" headers.

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tableOutputVoltages.aspx

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Segway Bigfoot Mod Adds Six Tires For
Steamrolling Lesser Geeks

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 09:45:00 AM. © Daily DIY

While his ability to rotate 360° at the elegant flick of the Segway's stalk seems to be a bit compromised, what this mod lacks in maneuverability it makes up with pure steamrolling surface area. The guy extended each axle to accommodate six more tires,[...]

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-lesser-geeks/

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First solo day

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Autonomous bot uses pencil erasers as bumpers

This "pencil pusher" autonomous sumo robot uses pencil erasers as bumpers when it hits obstacles. We think it might be more effective in "robot wars" if the pencils were sharpened and their orientation was reversed on this bot.Sensors of No.2 Champion[...]

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