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While I love the original version of this song (who doesn't!), my favorite is Sinead O'Connor's cover. Though this remix using old computers is down right awesome, right? The computers at hand are a Atari 800XL, Texas instrument Ti-99/4A, HP Scanjet 3P and Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcon...

Have some old CDs laying around the house or, even worse, a stockpile of AOL CD Mailers?! Then I suggest you box them up and mail 'em to Sean Avery. This guy makes amazing art from old e-waste such as CDs and computer parts. Please visit his gallery over at Deviant Art for even more [...]

This looks like so much more fun than any final exam I ever took. To show their wits, University of Pennsylvania students designed teams of three little robots on wheels to play hockey against one another. The teams faced off in the coolest test ever, for the rights to something better than any A: ...

Who doesn't love building with LEGOs? Most of us have fond memories of creating our own little worlds with those little bricks while growing up, and even if you've left your LEGO-building days far behind, you can still get in on some world-changing construction activities with the largest LEGO set ...