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 ...
my summer @ NYC Resistor
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Click chemistry is a chemical philosophy introduced in 2001 by K. Barry Sharpless that describes chemistry tailored to generate substances quickly and reliably by joining small units together. This is inspired by the ...
click chemistry
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Aerogel is the lightest solid material on the planet, up to 99.98% of its volume can be pure air. It insulates space suits and could be used one day to clean up oil spills. And I've just discovered you can make it at ...
aerogel
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2009 AAAS/Science Dance Your Ph.D. Contest
It started with the purest form of scientific communication-research papers that supposedly leave little room for more than one interpretation, but was transformed into modern ...
science dance match-up challenge
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WikiChains is an initiative "to gaze backwards through the chains of production in order to gain knowledge about the sites of production, transformation, and distribution."
WikiChains is a website that aims to encourage ...
WikiChains
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OpenMaterials is a collaborative research project dedicated to open investigation and experimentation with DIY production methods and uses of materials.
In the spirit of the open source software and hardware ...
openMaterials.org
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