Weekly Staff Picks, January 15, 2012

Check out how Arduino is made!   Photos and videos from a tour of the Arduino factory in Torino, Italy. - Christine

IEEE’s The story of Arduino    It compliments the link above. - Gregg

3D Japanese Artwork   Amazing Japanese artist who paints goldfish in resin the same way a 3D printer builds a part up layer by layer. - Alex

Scott Young’s Computer Science Blog   “Over the next 12 months, I’m going to learn the entire 4-year MIT curriculum for computer science, without taking any classes.   I’ve always wanted to speak that language.   But, I didn’t want to invest four years of my life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn it.   I want to show that learning doesn’t require acceptance boards and SAT tests, thousands of dollars in debt, or even the 4-year pace most students assume is necessary to learn a subject.

Will I fail?   It’s definitely a possibility.   I’m attempting to learn the same material at 4 times the speed without the benefit of instructors.   I’ll also post any failures, so you can be sure I’m not omitting my mistakes.” - Alex

Diagnostic Contact Lens   This one is pretty cool; a contact lens that monitors blood sugar levels. - Gregg