RESOURCES
Fab Labs are the educational outreach component for the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) at M.I.T. http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
Online Publications
Engadget http://www.engadget.com http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/11/self-replicating-robots-the-end-is-near/
Slashdot, News for Geeks http://hardware.slashdot.org
Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com/
BoingBoing?, A Directory of Wonderful Things http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/11/selfreplicating_robo.html
Stumble Upon- very useful for stumbling upon website that match your interests. http://www.stumbleupon.com
Resources from ME155?
Conceptual
size comparison tool http://www.sizeasy.com/
table of visualization methods http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
Visual Thesaurus/Dictionary http://www.visuwords.com/ (free) http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ (can try for free - nicer interface than the other)
Engineering
GlobalSpec? components (link is to mechanical components, but more are available) http://mechanical-components.globalspec.com/ProductFinder/Mechanical_Components
Material properties http://www.matweb.com/index.asp?ckck=1
many different resources available
Online conversion tools http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Reference collection http://www.martindalecenter.com/
Group / planning / management
Advanced online conferencing https://www.yugma.com/index.php
Draw and share diagrams on the web http://www.gliffy.com/
Collaborative To-Do lists http://hiveminder.com/splash/
Simultaneous drawing online http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage
Free Software
Free Gantt chart program http://ganttproject.biz/index.php
Free image editing program http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/
Fairly powerful image processing tool
Free Microsoft Office type programs http://www.openoffice.org/
Web
Web 2.0 design guide http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm
Free HTML Editor
http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage3.shtml
A couple of useful science related websites:
Slashdot, "News for Geeks, Stuff That Matters". Useful for finding various current technology news. http://hardware.slashdot.org/search.pl?query=robot
Technovelgy, "Where Science Meets Fiction", an interesting site which draws parallels between new technology and the technologies created by science-fiction writers: http://www.technovelgy.com/
CNET News, http://www.cnet.com
PhysOrg?: http://www.physorg.com
Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/
Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com
Other Resources
HowStuffWorks?, exactly what it sounds like, the website tells you how most things, did, do, or will work in the future. http://www.howstuffworks.com/