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Browser-Based 3D Modeling with Tinkercad

Back a few years ago, if you wanted to design a 3D object, there were only a few options. Not many of those options were free or easy. TinkerCAD appears to be one of the many new modeling options that promises both free and easy. At World Maker Faire, I had a chance to see the browser-based TinkerCAD in action. It does appear that it is easy to operate, and free, if you can get it to run in the browser on your computer. TinkerCAD requires Windows Vista or OS X 10.6, so that will work on one computer at my house and one in my classroom.

Continue Reading September 25th, 2011July 2nd, 2015 Chris Connors10

Firefox fires up on Android

It’s not quite ready for an alpha release, but it’s nice to know that development of Firefox on Android has progressed to the stage where they’ve actually got a screenshot.

Continue Reading February 3rd, 2010 Adam Flaherty

Multi-touch on Android 2.1

What gives with multi-touch on the Android OS? Earlier this month when asked about multi-touch on the Nexus One, Google seemed a little touchy about it. It would seem both the hardware and software support multi-touch, but you won’t see it implemented in any of the built-in applications. That’s OK because folks like cyanogen go out of their way to explore the possibilities.

Continue Reading January 25th, 2010 Adam Flaherty12

From BoobTube to SmartTube

Tired of reading all of those racist, anti-Semitic, gross, nasty, hateful, and just plain dirt-dumb stupid comments on YouTube? Now you can make everyone as smart as a rocket scientist, or at least as smart as a Nobel Prize-winning physicist (and prankster, juggler, painter, bongo player, and lock-picker), namely Richard Feynman. FeynTube is a Greasemonkey […]

Continue Reading October 22nd, 2009 Gareth Branwyn6

Program Python in a web browser

Want to try your hand at a new programming language without the hassle of downloading and installing it? Well, now you can with Python thanks to Sculpt. The project is still in an early phase, but they note that they intend to support as much of the language as possible (and full source code is […]

Continue Reading August 11th, 2009 Matt Mets10

Brainwaves in a browser

The Gnaural Java applet allows you to playback binaural beat sequences in a web browser – arrange your own programs using the Gnaural software or simply download example programs and load them via the java interface. If you’re looking for something a little ‘flashier’ – check out this visual HTML Dreammachine. Far simpler than Gnaural, […]

Continue Reading May 8th, 2008 Collin Cunningham