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Low-Budget Electronics Projects For High School? 364

Posted by timothy from the does-school-policy-rule-out-ieds? dept.
SciGuy writes "I am a physics teacher for 9th graders. I really want to teach them modern electronics (something beyond the light bulb and battery). My hope is for a project that: 1) Is fun 2) Teaches about circuits that are relevant to their life. 3) Doesn't rely too heavily on a black box microcontroller. Individual components would probably be better. (I realize that #2 and #3 are probably contradictory. They will already be programming in my class but I want them to understand the circuitry behind modern tech.) 4) It must be as cheap as possible. Yay, public school. Unless some of the parts can be scrounged or found at home, I would probably want to keep the project around $5." What would you build?
Operating Systems

Ubuntu 9.04 Released 620

Posted by CmdrTaco from the gentlemen-start-your-torrents dept.
Mohamed Zaian writes "Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday 23 April. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR). Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition delivers a range of feature enhancements to improve the user experience. Shorter boot speeds, some as short as 25 seconds, ensure faster access to a full computing environment on most desktop, laptop and netbook models. Enhanced suspend-and-resume features also give users more time between charges along with immediate access after hibernation. Intelligent switching between Wi-Fi and 3G environments has been broadened to support more wireless devices and 3G cards, resulting in a smoother experience for most users."
Television

What Has Fox Got Against Its Own Sci-Fi Shows? 753

Posted by CmdrTaco from the i-still-miss-you-firefly dept.
brumgrunt writes "Dollhouse. The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Fringe. Three science fiction shows that Fox commissioned, put on the air, and — in the case of at least one of them — has won rave reviews. But why does it seem that Fox is trying to kill some of its own shows with crazy scheduling decisions? How can Fringe survive after being pulled for two months, and what hope is there for Sarah Connor and Dollhouse on a Friday night?"
Security

UK Can't Read Its Own ID Cards 205

Posted by samzenpus from the forest-for-the-trees dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Despite the introduction of ID cards last November, it has emerged that Britain has no readers that are able to read the cards' microchips, which contain the person's fingerprints and other biometric information. With cops and border guards unable to use the cards to check a person's identity, critics are calling the £4.7bn scheme 'farcical' and a 'waste of time.'"

Comment non-FPS open source strategy game: Hedgewars (Score 1) 242

by bombjack7000 (#26633725) Attached to: New Open Source FPS <em>Blood Frontier</em> Shows Promise
The open source game I play quite often these days is called Hedgewars). It's a turn-based strategy game, actually a Worms clone. I find it clearly superior to Wormux, as it overall fits together much better. Neat graphics, nice sound effects and some new weapons, too. And I didnt even mention the addictive online multiplayer mode! Although it is under heavy development at the moment, it is quite stable. I can online recommend it!

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