Daily Links: June 30, 2012

Today's interesting links, Saturday Edition:

- A quick video of NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Gizmodo

- Here's a list of reasons why many ocean researchers can relate to the show Firefly: Deep Sea News

- An MIT Open class (free online teach-yourself class) to learn to make a coffee can radar: MIT

- If you've ever wanted to learn how to make molds and castings with silicon and resin, here's a great Youtube channel: YouTube

- At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, KMel robotics put on an amazing lightshow using quadrocopters: io9

Daily Links: June 29, 2012

Today's interesting links:

- Aquaponics is a neat idea for growing food in a renewable, cost-effective way: Hack a Day

- Adam Savage's latest video from his shop - his self-made Indiana Jones bullwhip: Tested.com

- This is good proof that you can make even the most boring things look interesting - a storm trooper chair: Craziest Gadgets

- Building a pick-and-place machine (used to build electronic circuits) with 3D printed parts: Helium Frog

- NASA recently discovered that Saturn's moon Titan likely has a hidden sub-surface water ocean under its crust: io9

Daily Links: June 27, 2012

Today's interesting links: 

- A great TED talk about the arduino and the maker movement it's created: TED

- The entomology department of one of my favourite stores in New York, Evolution: The Evolution Store

- A beautiful chess set built using Nixie tubes.  I want one: Lasermad

- Tindie is essentially an Etsy for electronics.  Check it out: Tindie

- Here's a map of all the space agencies on Earth. There is a fair few: Pillownaut

Daily Links: June 26, 2012

Today's interesting links:

- A collection of great, weird, antique machines: Boing Boing

- SpaceX testing their latest Merlin engine derivative, the Merlin 1D.  You might want to turn your sound volume down: Space.com

- This video put out by NASA's JPL has been making the rounds.  Mars Curiosity Rover's 7 minutes of terror: Youtube

- A great time waster:  Pick a plot of land in Australia or New Zealand and build it up with lego (Only works with Google Chrome): Build With Chrome

- How a microwave oven really works, courtesy Bill Hammock, the Engineer Guy: Youtube

Daily Links: June 25, 2012

Today's interesting links:

- The physics of Slinkys.  Very interesting video: io9

- There are plants that can withstand outer space for over a year.  Radiation, airlessness, and everything: Physorg

- Amazon Supply, which used to be SmallParts.com, is a great place to get prototyping materials: Amazon Supply

- A big collection of chemistry videos.  Always interesting stuff: Periodic Videos

- An Instructable for an 8x8x8 LED cube.  Neat stuff if you have the time: Instructables

Daily Links: June 24, 2012

Today's interesting links: Sunday Edition

For this week's Sunday edition of Daily Links, in addition to the regular assortment, I'm going to include a few links to longer videos worth taking a look at.  If you need a nice relaxing Sunday, I can't think of a better way than to watch any that appeal to you.

- This is a clever, albeit slightly precarious idea for storage on your bicycle: Boing Boing

- The Chinese have successfully completed their first manual docking with a space station: Washington Post

- Tour the solar system from home. Video: TED.com and the software: NASA

- Human powered quadrocopter.  Amazing, exhausting looking stuff: Gizmodo

Videos:

- A fascinating documentary regarding the development of the XB-70 Valkyrie, a strategic bomber prototype from the 1960's: (~45 minutes)

- The "As Yet Untitled" Adam Savage project from Tested.com: (~20 minutes each)

• On the Subject of Man Caves
• On the Subject of Getting Started Making
• On the Subject of Being a Geek Dad

- Wired's Chris Anderson talks about DIY unmanned autonomous vehicles.  Intruiging stuff:  (~30 minutes) Fora TV

- Bill Stone talking about cave exploration.  It's one scary profession:  (~60 minutes) Google Video

Daily Links: June 23, 2012

Today's interesting links, Saturday Edition:

I'm going to change things up a little bit for this Saturday edition of the daily links and make it a little more substantial.  As well as my usual links, I'm going to include a few projects that you can get started on, if not finish, this weekend.   Enjoy!

- Want to go on a trip to the moon?  Do you have $100 million? Engadget

- Here's a website all about one of the most amazing modern materials, aerogel.  There are even recipes on how to make your own (note: it's not easy) Aerogel.org

- Ben Krasnow back with another great result: home-made pop rocks: Youtube

- Check out today's Google Doodle, a tribute to Alan Turing on the 100th anniversary of his birth.  Google

Get started on some projects:

- Build an over-the-shoulder camera mount for a go-pro or similar camera: Instructables

- Build a window hanging garden.  Great for those of you who don't have garden space outside: Youtube

- Build a simple Stirling engine that runs on the power of a candle: Instructables

- Build a bag alarm, for those of you who worry about stuff getting taken from their shoulder bags: Make

- Build my algae farm/bio reactor that I talked about a few days ago!  It took me all of 10 minutes: Mechanical Mindspace