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Download of the Week
Boulderdash
Remember Boulderdash from the old Commodore 64 days? Here it is as an applet, but without the scroll! Grab the diamonds, but avoid the falling rocks and swarming fireflies! Ten levels of excitement with full instructions on how to create additional levels! Source included!
The JavaBoutique Top 15:
1. APMenu
2. Mdrain
3. Flame
4. NavDeluxe
5. Lake
6. NetMenu
7. PopupVideo
8. Encyclo
9. Snow
10. ABCMenuMan
11. Fader
12. TextScroll
13. SecretPass
14. NavPop
15. MShow
Want more? Check out our Top 100!
Time to Purchase Hardware
It's that time of month again, time to sit down with a list of our favorite products, and put together our monthly HardwareCentral Buyer's Guide.
Why Low Key PR is Not an Oxymoron
The issue of being "low key" plays to some of the criticism that the technology PR industry has faced recently, specifically in the way many dot-com PR people interact with journalists.
The Line is Blurring
There have been several announcements this week that deal with integrating PDA features with mobile phones. Here are some of the issues to think about as these devices begin to fill store shelves.
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Science at Work
Karl MacDorman's "Filling in" Page
The site introduces some new experiments in visual completion or "filling in" as well as reproducing some famous experiments. The user is invited to participate in the experiments by using some Java applets. "Filling in" concerns the fundamental nature of representation in the brain.
Psychrometric Calculation
The applet calculates properties of moist air which are use in HVAC industry.
Visualisation de surfaces
A french site with LOTS of mathematical visualization applets.
The Non-Linear Lab
Blair Fraser has created an excellent site covering many aspects of chaos and appliations of nonlinear math.
The site has lots of interactive Java applets to illustrate concepts and allow users to experiment.
Economic and Game Theory Diversions
David K. Levine, a professor of Economics at UCLA, has a few applets which demonstrate some interesting concepts of game theory.
WeatherLabs
There's Java behind those clouds! WeatherLabs incorporates meteorological and atmospheric science into portable Java objects in component form which represent the latest weather conditions.
The QuakeMap Project
QuakeMap software displays earthquake activity near your home and around the world using detailed relief maps and on-line connections to local and national earthquake centers. And their free Java applet actually displays earthquake activity for last 3 days with 15 minutes delay!
Virtual MSC Java Chemistry
CalTech-affiliated site presents material design and computational chemistry.
Java Applets for Quantum Mechanics
Several different applets illustrate some difficult concepts.
Transmission Calculator
ZTurboRoadster.com's Design Studio has a Java applet that graphs the relationship between engine rpm and vehicle speed.
It also includes information about transmission and rear differential gear ratios of various Z Cars.
Bullet Muzzle Energy Calculator
Muzzle energy is calculated by the formula E=MV2/450400. That said, now you can use this tool to figure out the bullet muzzle energy of a bullet of any grain size and velocity.
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