Links We Like: $1 Microscopy, Open Source Lab Equipment, and a History of Bioluminescent Organisms

Mountains of Foldscopes! Photo via

Mountains of Foldscopes! Photo via foldscope.com

This week’s links are all about different aspects of science. From empowering kids with inexpensive microscopes to building open source lab equipment and tracing the history of human interactions with bioluminescent animals.

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Links We Like: Paik’s Electronic Superhighway, Computer Portraiture, & Hacking the Universe

Pilot ACE James Ball

Pilot ACE Photograph by James Ball && INK

Last week, fordsfords, xtacocorex, UnixOutlaw, jooshboy, and I had a lively conversation stemming from a link to a card sorting device. Thanks for the link suggestions and keep ’em coming!

This week’s links dive into a more artistic and abstract side of technology and history.

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Links We Like: Circuit Bending, Interacting with Technology, & Teardowns

Richard sneaking a read of a book recommend by fordfords

Richard sneaking a read of a book recommend by fordsfords

Last week fordsfords shared with us the very cool the Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, which I hope Richard will let me borrow this weekend.

This week’s links worth checking out come from three wildly different sites. Covering circuit bending, some deep thoughts about devices and how we interact with them, and a classic teardown of an old card sorting machine. It’s quite an eclectic mix.

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Links Worth Clicking: The Internet Archive, the History of Ada Lovelace, & a Radio Time Machine

It’s almost time for the weekend, which means another installment of the NTC favorite links of the week. Some of the selections for this week were published a while back, but they’re so good, we’re including them anyway. If you see any great links in your weekend of leisure, share them with us in the forums or tweet at us.

The Internet Archive

Nice van, better suit! Image via Internet Archive Blog

Nice van, better suit! Jason Scott with the Internet Archive Van via Archive Blog

Imagine a group of people whose job it is to back-up the entire internet. You’ve just conjured the day job of an Internet Archive employee.

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