by Darlene Cavalier | May 26, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Biology Projects, Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
The “distributed computing” project known as SETI@home just celebrated its 10th anniversary. For the past decade, thousands of volunteers have loaned the experiment a little bit of their personal computers’ idle capacity to help in the search for...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 3, 2009 | Biology Projects, Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
Video games are everywhere these days! And so, the next time you go to pick up your Wii controllers or log on to your favorite World of Warcraft server, take an hour or so to put your gaming skills to a more scientific use. Scientists at the University of Washington...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Biology Projects, Computer & Technology Projects, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Projects & Activities
Finally, you can add that very special member to your online social network—your houseplant. Why would a plant want to join your network? To let you know when it’s thirsty, of course. Also to regularly report on its moisture level and to periodically thank you...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
Want to gaze at stunning astronomical photographs and help astronomers do their research at the same time? Meet, GalaxyZoo.org, a Web site that enables amateur galaxy analyzers to work from the comfort of their computers. You don’t need any specialized...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities, Sound Projects
The latest issue of Make magazine (number 15) is devoted to build-them-yourself, high-tech musical instruments. And the coolest of the bunch is this laser harp, at right, being played by its inventor, tech musician Stephen Hobley. You coax out the computer-generated...
