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1 Software
2 3D Stuff of Interest
3 Other (Non Software) Vendors
4 Periodicals and Subscriptions
5 Robots, Education, and Science
6 Arts, Music and Hobby
7 User Links

Software

FREE SOFTWARE - Click here to go to the FREE SOFTWARE page.

Project Draw
This is an online version of VISIO that you can create flowcharts and such with... and it's free.

http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html

Microsoft Visual Studio Express
This is a version of Visual Basic / Visual C++ that is intended to get you started with programming.
Unless you are really deep into programming this free version is likely all you will ever need.

http://www.microsoft.com/Express/

CAD Standard
An easy to use CAD package that is free, The full version is under $50.

http://cadstd.com/

A9Tech CAD
A more full-featured CAD which is very similar to AutoCAD - 100% FREE.

http://www.a9tech.com/
DOWNLOAD A9 CAD (Setup.exe)
DOWNLOAD File Converter (Setup.exe)

SchmartBoard
A complete line of surface mount boards that are easy to solder by hand.

http://www.schmartboard.com

Eagle CAD - Electronic Circuit Board Layout Software

http://www.cadsoft.de

Other Interesting CAD, CAM, and CNC links.

http://freeware.intrastar.net/cadsoftware.htm

3D Stuff of Interest

Planet 3D

http://www.planit3d.com/

Other (Non Software) Vendors

Robotic Magazine

http://roboticmagazine.com/

Gateway Electronics A great electronics surplus store.

http://www.gatewaycatalog.com/

Electronics Goldmine - Another Highly Recommended Surplus Location

http://www.goldmine-elec.com/

Small Parts - A very useful resource for all sorts of well... small parts.

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr - Over 480,000 Products - You will find it here.

Zagros Robotics

Zagros - Robotic Parts and Equipment

The Robot Shop

ROBOTSHOP - The world's leading source for domestic and professional robot technology

Trossen Robotics

Trossen Robotics - Your source for hobby and educational robotics

Lynxmotion

Lynxmotion - Robot Parts Store

Acroname Robotics

Acroname - Robot Parts Store

The Robot Market Place

http://www.robotmarketplace.com - All sorts of electronic and mechanical parts.

Solarbotics

SOLARBOTICS - Arduino, sensors, and robot parts.

Spaarkfun Electronics

Sparkfun Electronics - Electronic Parts, Circuit Board Manufacture, more.

Periodicals and Subscriptions

Nuts And Volts - The magazine for the electronics hobbyist
SERVO - Covering the world of personal robotics
ROBOT - The latest in hobby, science and consumer robotics
Popular Mechanics - Been around a long time... still good.

Interesting History of Popular Electronics Magazine

Popular Electronics History

Robots, Education, and Science

http://scienceblogs.com/

OCR and Neural Nets in Javascript - Deciphering the Catchpa

http://ejohn.org/blog/ocr-and-neural-nets-in-javascript/

Toys From Trash - An interesting way to create your own experiments from household items.
Toys From Trash

Pterosaur Fossil With 10 Inch Wingspan Discovered

With a wingspan of only 10 inches, this weird fossil is one of the world’s smallest species of flying Pterosaurs.

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/01/23/worlds-smallest-pterosaur-fossil-china/
http://www.weirdasianews.com - More interesting stuff.

Voice Synthesis with Vox Machina

This is an online voice synthesizer you can play with which has 22 voices. Additionally it will create an MP3 file that you can download to incorporate into your projects to make them speak.

http://voxmachina.sveinbjorn.org/

The Near Future of Aviation According to NASA

http://i.gizmodo.com/5129244/the-near-future-of-aviation-according-to-nasa

Give your brain an electric shock, learn stuff faster - By John Timmer

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-give-your-brain-an-electric-shock-learn-something-new.html

Will Artificial Organism with Advanced Group Intelligence Evolve?

Self-organization, Complexity, Artificial Life

and the standard Linux distro for many HEP and other science labs...

https://www.scientificlinux.org/

Thingiverse - Create stuff, share it, learn how to do stuff.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:782 - Laser cut Business card that you make into a caliper.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:211 - Planetary Gear Business Card (Look familiar?)
http://www.thingiverse.com - The main page with lots of great "stuff"

Instructables - Do it your self ideas and projects.