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| * [http://digikey.com DigiKey] General electronics supplier. Location: Thief River Falls, MN | | * [http://digikey.com DigiKey] General electronics supplier. Location: Thief River Falls, MN |
| * [http://mouser.com Mouser] General electronics supplier. Location: Mansfield, TX | | * [http://mouser.com Mouser] General electronics supplier. Location: Mansfield, TX |
| + | * [http://www.makershed.com/ MakerShed] MAKE Magazines own store. Kits, parts, books and supplies. |
| + | * [http://www.adafruit.com/ Adafruit Industries] Wide range of Micro controllers, parts and tools. A very nice Arduino experimentation kit is offered. Location: New York, NY |
| * [http://newark.com Newark] General electronics supplier. Location: Palatine, IL | | * [http://newark.com Newark] General electronics supplier. Location: Palatine, IL |
| * [http://sparkfun.com Sparkfun] Maker geared kits, parts and supplies. Location: Boulder, CO | | * [http://sparkfun.com Sparkfun] Maker geared kits, parts and supplies. Location: Boulder, CO |
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| * [http://www.freecycle.org/group/US/Illinois/Chicago Freecycle] chicago’s free stuff website. Mailing list membership required. Local chapters across the country. | | * [http://www.freecycle.org/group/US/Illinois/Chicago Freecycle] chicago’s free stuff website. Mailing list membership required. Local chapters across the country. |
| * [http://chicago.craigslist.org/ Craigslist] Has a “Free” section oddly located in the “For Sale” section. | | * [http://chicago.craigslist.org/ Craigslist] Has a “Free” section oddly located in the “For Sale” section. |
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| + | == Genetic Sciences == |
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| + | * [http://www.plos.org Public Library of Science] Biological and medical journals. All articles free. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ PubMed] PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Recent articles may require payment, free .pdfs in PubMed Central. |
| + | * [http://pubget.com/search PubGet] Biology articles and journals on-line. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man] OMIM is a comprehensive, authoritative, and timely compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/CN3D/cn3d.shtml Cn3D] Cn3D is a helper application for your web browser that allows you to view 3-dimensional structures from NCBI's Entrez retrieval service. Cn3D runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Unix. Cn3D simultaneously displays structure, sequence, and alignment, and now has powerful annotation and alignment editing features. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery Entrez] Life sciences search engine. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/cdd CDD - Conserved Domain Database] Conserved domains are functional units within a protein that have been used as building blocks in molecular evolution and recombined in various arrangements to make proteins with different functions. |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosystems Biosystems Molecular Interactions Database] A biosystem, or biological system, is a group of molecules that interact in a biological system. One type of biosystem is a biological pathway, which can consist of interacting genes, proteins, and small molecules. Another type of biosystem is a disease, which can involve components such as genes, biomarkers, and drugs |
| + | * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/probe Probe] Sequence-specific reagents database. |
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| == Industrial Suppliers and Vendors == | | == Industrial Suppliers and Vendors == |
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| * [http://chicago.craigslist.org/ Craigslist Chicago] Stuff, jobs and hookers. | | * [http://chicago.craigslist.org/ Craigslist Chicago] Stuff, jobs and hookers. |
| * [http://www.buyemp.com/ Emergency Medical Products] Because, sooner or later, you’ll mess up and start bleeding. Very fast shipping. Location: Waukesha, WI | | * [http://www.buyemp.com/ Emergency Medical Products] Because, sooner or later, you’ll mess up and start bleeding. Very fast shipping. Location: Waukesha, WI |
| + | * [http://www.boingboing.net BoingBoing] Very cool tech and tech lifestyle blog. |
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| == Raw Materials == | | == Raw Materials == |
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| * [http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml List Of All U.S. Govt Agencies] Because sometimes you just have to work WITH them. | | * [http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/index.shtml List Of All U.S. Govt Agencies] Because sometimes you just have to work WITH them. |
| * [http://makezine.com/ MAKE Magazine] The MAKE'ers magazine. | | * [http://makezine.com/ MAKE Magazine] The MAKE'ers magazine. |
| + | * [http://www.instructables.com Instructables] A great site for diy projects with step-by-step instructions. |
| * [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html U. S. Patent Office Quick Search] Search the database for all things patent related. | | * [http://patft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html U. S. Patent Office Quick Search] Search the database for all things patent related. |
| * [http://www.gizmology.net/index.htm Unique Projects] This guy made a toy Sherman tank his kid could ride in! How cool is that! | | * [http://www.gizmology.net/index.htm Unique Projects] This guy made a toy Sherman tank his kid could ride in! How cool is that! |
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| * [http://www.americanheritage.com/inventionandtechnology/ Invention And Technology] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) Good stuff, interesting stories | | * [http://www.americanheritage.com/inventionandtechnology/ Invention And Technology] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) Good stuff, interesting stories |
| * [http://makezine.com/ MAKE Magazine] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) The MAKE'ers magazine | | * [http://makezine.com/ MAKE Magazine] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) The MAKE'ers magazine |
| + | * [http://www.hplusmagazine.com/ h+] (E-zine and Consumer/Paid Subscription) h+ covers technological, scientific, and cultural trends that are changing, and will change, human beings in fundamental ways. |
| * http://www.ewa1.com/mghmen.html Model Engineering (UK)] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) Scale working steam engines and bench top machining | | * http://www.ewa1.com/mghmen.html Model Engineering (UK)] (Consumer/Paid Subscription) Scale working steam engines and bench top machining |
| * http://www.techbriefs.com/ NASA Tech Briefs] (Trade Journal/Free Subscription) Way beyond cutting edge tech | | * http://www.techbriefs.com/ NASA Tech Briefs] (Trade Journal/Free Subscription) Way beyond cutting edge tech |