Give kids a playful environment that they can interact with freely, and a cute Robot that they can control via simple instructions, and … just like that, they will start learning basic programming concepts and logic. This, at least, is what RoboMind is designed to do; and →
Readefine may be the best desktop-based Google Reader client
Let’s face it: Google Reader is the world’s foremost RSS aggregator. If you do use it, you may have seen a number of desktop clients and browser extensions that tweak it’s layout, attempt to beautify it, and make it more accessible via a newspaper style interface. →
‘Rigs of Rods’ is a FREE vehicle simulator with accurate physics and sweet crashes
Have you ever wanted to see what it would look like if you crashed your car into a telephone pole? Are you a student of physics, either professional or amateur? If you said yes to either of these questions, you may want to check out Rigs →
Listen to music on your PC or stream from music sharing sites, with Clementine Music Player
Clementine is feature-rich music player that offers most everything you’ve come to expect from a modern player, such as smart and dynamic playlists, automatic tagging via MusicBrainz, lyrics and artist info downloads, album cover art downloads via Last.fm, and audio player support including iPod and iPhone. →
Get automatic alerts whenever your chosen topic is Tweeted, blogged, Facebooked, etc … with Mention
Mention is a neat little service that will track any mentions of you, your brand, or your favorite topics across the internet, including Tweets, Facebook mentions, blog posts, etc. The free plan provides 1000 mentions a month, and the results might surprise or entertain you. Who doesn’t →
Chat and collaborate on projects with Brosix Personal, a secure, private, encrypted IM client
Brosix Personal IM is a free private and instant messaging system. It is easy to use and has many of the features and bells and whistles you would expect from most modern Instant Messaging services and a few more, such as a whiteboard, secure file sharing, →
Two great FREE ways to enhance your YouTube browsing
YouTube Preview and ViewTubeare two great, free Chrome extensions that will enhance your YouTube browsing and viewing experience. They are both must haves for anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time viewing or exploring YouTube videos. I admit it: I do a lot of →
Create real-time strategy games with the open source Spring Engine
Spring Engine is an open source game engine that can help you create fun real-time strategy (RTS) games. There is also a large number of games already created with the engine, free to download and play. I am a creative person, and it’s always been my →
Ten of the best FREE online education resources that you should know about
We recently published an article that listed the free online learning resources offered by the best 40 colleges in America (here). In the process of doing so, we came into contact with all of the major, most important and professional FREE online education sites on the internet. →
Get wonderful, user-curated wallpaper images with Desktoppr
Have you ever wondered why YouTube contains every video in the world that you could think of? The reason, of course, is the fact that users do the all the work of curating and uploading. Desktoppr is a website that, similarly, lets users upload and freely →
Engage in epic sci-fi battles online with other players, in AirMech
AirMech is a great browser based real time strategy game that combines elements of shooters and action games, bringing a new hybrid genre to light. It’s free to play and download from the Chrome Web Store, and it even has multiplayer options! I like games (and →
Use an FTP folder as your very own, Dropbox-like backup service with FTPBox
Do you have access to FTP storage? Most hosted website come with many gigabytes of free space that stay mostly unused forever, that could easily be utilized for backup purposes. Even if you do not have access to an FTP server, you could sign up for →
