Friday, May 06, 2011

yes your cell phone is tracking you, but ...

click below to see the entire strip

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then there's this one "GPS Thing" episode of Traffic Light

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Cambridge Science Festival 4/30-5/8, Open House at MIT 4/30

Events all week !
http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home.aspx

Started April 30th with Open House at MIT -
http://mit150.mit.edu/open-house
some random views -


kudos to:
http://mit150.mit.edu/open-house/activity/braille-maker-6-dot-machine-created-product-engineering-students  students developing portable/handheld label maker - creates braille pattern on labels

the Tourne potato maker - seven sided tapered (football, ends cut off) potato cutter - amazing !

make your own catapult and compete for distance

radar at Haystack observatory -  http://mit150.mit.edu/open-house/activity/mit-haystack-observatory-seeing-universe-through-radio-eyes not only into deep space but upper atmosphere weather as well.

origami and math http://mit150.mit.edu/open-house/activity/origami-and-math

last year (2010) http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/7377-2010-baker-house-piano-drop
http://mit150.mit.edu/multimedia/piano-drop

Blackhawk fly-in
http://mit150.mit.edu/open-house/activity/army-national-guard-and-mit-rotc-uh-60-blackhawk-helicopter-fly