Skiing Robot
Now that we’ve had snow (twice already), it’s time to get some inspiration for winter time projects. If you want to think big, check out this one from the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia....
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Glad you’re not here?
Yup, it’s snowing today. This is as early as I can remember the first snow of the season around here. It’s not sticking on the ground as that’s still too warm, but there’s definitely...
Charbucks and the iPhone
Ken Perlin has an interesting theory about why Starbucks coffee tastes the way it does and how that relates to the sensitivity of the iPhone’s touch pad. Why is it that the quality of...
Gone Fishin’
There’s not going to be a lot of posts for a while, because we’re here: View Larger Map We’ll tell you all about it when we get back. Until then, there’s not going to...
Congress Speaks
Since the presidential election, there’s been a lot of action on making it easier for the public to get information about what the government is doing. For examples, check out Data.gov, Sunlight Labs, and...
Chimp Grooming and Dunbar’s Number
Chimpanzees congregate in groups called troupes and exhibit a behavior called grooming. Two chimps sit next to each other and one of them picks dirt and bugs out of the other one’s hair. This...
5 Dangerous Things for Kids
Gever Tulley (of Tinkering School) gave a talk at TED a couple of years ago about five dangerous things you should let your kids do. He doesn’t have his own kids, but we do,...
It’s gotta be the shoes
We (Tom and Peter) got new shoes called FiveFingers from Vibram which are unlike any other type of shoe you have probably ever seen before. They have separate sections for each of your toes...
