Make your own imitation Floam…
Ellen writes “Children have been clamoring for Floam, a micro-beaded modeling clay that has been heavily and attractively advertised. Unfortunately, people who have ordered Floam report long delays and deceptive business practices. Instead, make your own Floamรขโยข-like clay in whatever quantities and colors you like. We found several anonymous recipes online. My husband Keith Golden tried three different recipes, then refined the best one. The result is virtually identical to Floamรขโยข (except for smelling better).” Link.
GoRobotics writes “LEGO is finally rehauling it’s Mindstorms kit. At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January, LEGO Group announced LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, a new system that redefines the consumer robotics category which the company created in 1998. Robot Magazine has pictures and video. Press release 
Remeber when we 
The RFID-Zapper is a gadget to deactivate (i.e. destroy) passive RFID-Tags permanently. The development-team presently consists of two people. Goals are a proof-of-concept and the construction of at least one functioning and appealing prototype, as well as a documentation of the project, so that everyone can build an own RFID-Zapper. Thanks John! [
Here’s a flickr photo set of an instruction manual in english of how to make your own 
On Slashdot I saw that 
