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Written on October 1st, 2009 at 4:23 am by catarina

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my summer @ NYC Resistor

This summer I was a resident at NYC Resistor (NYCR), a hacker collective based in Brooklyn, NY. I’m now back home in Lisbon and would like to share a brief round-up of this wonderful experience. First of all I must mention how incredibly welcoming and fun all the members of the collective are. Not only did [...]

Written on August 7th, 2009 at 2:21 pm by catarina

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carbon nanotube electronics

Nanotechnology - Carbon Nanotube Electronics is a short educational video on nanotechnology and carbon nanotubes by the Stanford Nanoelectronics Group.

Written on June 24th, 2009 at 2:08 am by catarina

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sparkle labs’ printed circuit business cards

Sparkle Labs just announced their new business card micro kits: a paper base with embedded LEDs that light up in the dark. Check out their site for more photos and PDF instructions. We love paper circuits - please keep them coming :)

Written on June 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 am by catarina

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weird & wonderful materials @ mutr

Teaching Resources at Middlesex University (MUTR) is a UK-based online store with a mission to support technology teachers. They provide wonderful materials at affordable prices: from expancel, carbon nanotubes, SMAs, SMPs, photochromic and thermocromic materials, paper-making sets, to motors, solar panels, electronic components, as well as traditional materials such as paper, wood, and metal - [...]

Written on May 26th, 2009 at 3:10 am by catarina

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microcircuitry in the 1950s

Understanding how we got ‘here’ plays an important role on our efforts to imagine and project the future. In that spirit here’s a lecture given by Michael Riordan at the Computer History Museum addressing the broad efforts toward microminiaturization of the early 1950s. The computer chip we know today initially emerged from Cold War demands for [...]

Written on May 25th, 2009 at 12:54 am by catarina

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untitled circuit #1

Guilherme Martins and I have been working on a sculpture composed of a series of electronic circuits mixed with paper and other materials. These objects, each equipped with a custom designed PAPERduino, will be assembled into a mobile as we explore the aesthetics of electronics. In untitled circuits each piece reacts to the others to [...]