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Innovation Invention Creativity Understanding

Inventing

http://www.halfbakery.com/ HalfBakery.com A large online forum with posted various problems and proposed ways to solve them. A great place to spark your own creativity.
http://www.uspto.gov/ US Patent & Trademark Office. Online archive of patents along with forms and help on applying for a patent..
http://web.mit.edu/invent Invention Dimension. Get advice on inventing from the Inventor's Handbook and look through an archive of interesting inventions.
http://www.ideo.com IDEO See what the leader in innovation has to offer.
http://www.guffeylaw.com/ip-res.htm Guffey Law Interesting inforamtion about Intellectual Property Law. Get an inside look at what you need to do to get a patent.

General Science

http://www.thinkquest.org/ Think Quest. Search for anything realted to science.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ ScienceNetLinks. A vast number of organized links covering almost every form of science.

http://www.nsf.gov/ National Science Foundation. A giant science organization with information about ongoing research projects. You can also e-mail the researchers if you are looking for specific information.

Biology

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/ The Biology Project. An interactive resource for learning about Biology.

http://www.cellsalive.com/ Cells Alive. Learn all about plant and animal cells.

Chemistry

http://www.knowledgebydesign.com/tlmc/tlmc.html Knowledge by Design. Online exercises, pictures, software, and examples related to chemistry.

http://www.umr.edu/~wlf Polymer Chemsitry Hypertext. Everything you ever wanted to know about polymers.

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/demoindex.html Colby OChem. Visual aids for organic chemistry.

http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/courses/plambeck/p101.new/jp101.htm Introductory Chemistry. A question and answer style site devoted completely to chemistry.

http://www.dist214.k12.il.us/users/asanders/chemhome2.html Chemistry Resources. This site is very to-the-point. Just click on the topic to see information and diagrams.

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ChemTeamIndex.html ChemTeam. A tutorial for High School chemistry.

Computer Science

http://www.compumagic.com/kgcs/binary101.html CompuMagic. Learn how to understand binary code.

http://binaryclock.homepage.com/ Binary Clock. This site explains how to read a binary clock.

http://www.bfree.on.ca/html HTML Tutorials. Learn how to write HTML step-by-step.

http://www-mae.ucsd.edu/research/herz/basicRef TB Ref. Learn how to write programs in True Basic.

Physics

http://library.thinkquest.org/16600/ Fizzics Fizzle. This site provides all of the basic information regarding physics along with many diagrams and explanations.

http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/ TIPTOP. Here you'll find a complete guide to physics and online laboratoies.

http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/ The Laws List. A complete list of almost every law associated with physics.

http://www.physics.mun.ca/~jjerrett/animations.html General Physics Diagrams and Animations. Diagrams, anamations, and short explanations for each of the main concepts of general physics.

http://www.servtech.com/public/wkimler/problems/problems.html Physics Problems Resource. A guide to solving common physics problems, step-by-step, with diagrams and equations.

Industrial Tech.

http://ohmslaw.com/robot.htm Floppy the Robot. Here you will find step-by-step instructions on how to build an inexpensive robot.

Electronics

http://www.rlocman.com.ru/en/ RadioLocman. A very large archive of electronic circuits. You can find almost any type of circuit here, many with discriptions and explanations.

http://www.chipcenter.com/ ChipCenter. Research electronic IC chips and view their datasheets.

http://www.sm0vpo.8m.com/ Harry's Homebrew Homepage. A very interesting site with basic electrical theory, conversion and calculation programs, radio information, amplifier information, and a lot of circuits.

http://www.us-epanorama.net/componentinfo.html Electronic Basics. Find out all kinds of information about all of the major electronic components. Very well organized and loaded with information.

Space

http://www.cnn.com/tech/space/ CNN Technology: Space. Current information on events in space and a library of past events.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/features/planets/planetsfeat.html Solar System Exploration. Learn all about each planet in the Solar System.

http://www.nasa.gov/ NASA. One of the best sites for space and planetary research.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ Solar System Exploration. Explore the most recent information on objects in our solar system.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ NASA Human SpaceFlight. Information about the space shuttles, space stations, and where space exploration is headed.

http://planetary.org/ The Planetary Society. One of the largest space organizations on the web. Get current space news and learn about current space missions.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets The Nine Planets. A multimedia tour of the solar syatem.

Health and Medicine

http://www.webmd.com/ WebMD. A great site with all of the latest medical information. General and specific articles related to medical news, diseases, conditions, and treatment options.

http://www.cdc.gov/ Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn about all different types of health hazards and what you can do about them. Covers everything from safety tips to precise disease information.

http://vector.cshl.org/ DNA Learning. Here you will find tons of information regarding DNA; history, uses today, and where it could lead us.

http://www.cancersource.com/ CancerSource. Learn all about cancer from three differnt angles. You can learn the basic biology of cancer, read the latest cancer news, and talk to cancer specialists.

http://www.rxlist.com/ RxList. The Internet Drug Index. Find information on more than 4,000 medications on file. Also covers herbal remedies.

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ ClinicalTrials. Around 5,000 clinical studies can be found here. Learn about the latest experimental treatments, whether researchers are recruiting, and how to get involved.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/ The Mayo Clinic. Find information about the latest treatments and information about any health condition. You can learn First-Aid techniques.

Earth and the Environment

http://ens-news.com/ Environment News Service. Get the current environmental news including judicial descicions, conferences, demonstrations, and current land uses.

http://www.pbs.org/edens The Living Edens. Travel to the most undisturbed places on the planet to see and explore nature in its purest form.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ Earthquake Information from the USGS. See the current earthquake conditions around the world. Terms, history, clickable maps, and hourly updates.

http://archnet.uconn.edu/ Archeological Research Institute Learn all about archeological findings.

http://birdsource.cornell.edu/ Bird Source Look at pictures of birds and read about them, and even listen to the sounds they make.

Adam Kumpf @ MIT
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