Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Walter Bender
Slightly off topic, but I got my hands on a USB microscope the other day and could not resist writing the Turtle Art plugin for it. (Isn't part of a release yet, but the bits are available [1]). -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org [1]

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Dr. Gerald Ardito
Walter, How great it is that? Thanks. I don't think you included the link to the bits. Gerald On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: Slightly off topic, but I got my hands on a USB microscope the other day and could not resist writing the Turtle Art

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Walter Bender
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ard...@gmail.com wrote: Walter, How great it is that? Thanks. I don't think you included the link to the bits. At the very bottom of the email. Again here: [1]

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2012-09-18

2012-10-13 Thread Sebastian Silva
Otra vez viajando en el tiempo! Un abrazo Sebastian On vie, 2012-11-23 at 22:54 -0200, nanon...@mediagala.com wrote: On 23/09/2012 04:16 p.m., Agustin Zubiaga Sanchez wrote: ...when I was in primary school, no teacher was concerned with explaining how to use my XO ... And when I started the

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2012-09-18

2012-10-13 Thread S. Daniel Francis
The situation is sad, but it's True. In a school the teachers can start an unusual class and try other ways for teach and the students (6 to 11 years old in .UY) follow the instructions of the teachers. In a high school (12 to 18 years old in .UY), teachers have 45 minutes per class and one year

Re: [IAEP] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Mike and All, Yes! Bring your temperature sensor kit. We can put it together in SF and try it out. I think for the parts kits I am assembling for folks to build, I'll go with the thermistor. It is less expensive and easier to find in time for the summit. It also doesn't need the additional

Re: [IAEP] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Yama Ploskonka
I must have missed it if there was any comment on it, but Claudia Urrea has been working on sensors for many years already - She was kind enough to show me a box with several ready to use sensors the time I was in OLPC headquarters in Boston, like 3 years ago? As the head of the education dept

Re: [IAEP] It's Time to Sign Up For Sensors!

2012-10-13 Thread Mike Lee
Caryl, Using a hair dryer for heat shrink tubing is hit or miss depending on how hot the dryer gets and the type of tubing. Northern Tools has one for $20. And Sparkfun a smaller one for $10. It's a worthwhile investment. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200328563_200328563