Dora the Explorer - City of Lost toys Dora has lost her special teddy bear and is headed to the City of Lost toys to find it. Dora and Boots consult the Map and head for the Number Pyramid where they learn all about counting, adding, and sequencing. Next it’s on to the Mixed-up Jungle where they put out-of-place things like clouds and fish back where they belong. Finally, they arrive at the Lost City and sort through a stack of lost toys to find Dora’s teddy bear and return a number of lost items to friends like Tico, Swiper, and Benny. (The live touring show Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost toys is based on this episode.) When Boots’ new toy “Squeaky” slips out of his hands and floats downstream in “Lost Squeaky,” Dora and Boot rush to Gooey Geyser to rescue it. Careful attention to visual details leads the pair across Bubble Bridge, over Muddy Mountain, and into Gooey Geyser. These two Dora episodes foster the development of basic math skills, visual discrimination, and simple Spanish vocabulary in children ages 2 to 5. –Tami Horiuchi
Customer Review: One of my son’s favorite Dora videos
My train-obsessed two year old loves this video with the trains & toys. He enjoys counting along too. This is his favorite of all the Dora videos we own.

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Jean-S bastien Busque launched his own balloon and got pictures!!! Wow, these are great!!! Via email: I love your weekend projects. After I saw your ballon launch I had to try it. So last week I launched a hellium ballon with a video camera, a still camera, gps and a ham radio and guess what? It worked! Balloon got to 28km +/-. It traveled about 100km east from the launch site (100 km south east of Montr al, Canada) Related Blog Entries: Make: Podcast - Space Balloon Part 1 - LinkMake: Podcast - Space Balloon Part 2 - LinkMore Pictures after the jump! [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Book Composed on Cell Phone
An Italian commuter tapped out a 384-page novel on his Nokia phone.

Film Studio Offers VoIP, Wi-Fi
Movie-making tenants find the advanced technology at Albuquerque Studios a bonus.

Huge lens: project or paperweight?
I like that MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink is suggesting you buy this “gargantuan lens” from American Science & Surplus (for $10.95) if for no other reason than it’s badasss and will look cool weighing down your desk. Or, you can kick it old school (optically-speaking) and build an opaque projector with it. What’s an opaque projector, you say? Ask an old person, anyone who went to school in the middle of the 20th century. It was a precursor to the overhead projector, which was a precursor to the video projector. It was commonly used to project (and enlarge) book art and other reference material onto walls and art media for tracing purposes. Stephen has a link to PDF plans for such a projector on his site. He plans to build one and document the effort. Make an Opaque Projector - Link [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Controling High-Current Devices Via Microcontrollers
The latest piece on uC Hobby explains how-to use low-amperage microcontroller signals to control high-current devices. Among other things, it explains how to use transistors to get from the logic of a MCU to the power needs of a motor. uC Meets BJT - [via] Link [Read this article] [Comment on this article]

Can Newest Wi-Fi Do the Job?
The enterprise hasn’t been quick to adopt the latest draft of the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.

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Site Tracks Outlaw Ancestors
A new genealogy site supplies the records of 18th century British convicts.

‘Lost’ games Due Next Year
Fans of the TV show get a hint of computer games, mobisodes, and books in the works.

Apple Co-Founder Backs Internet Video Venture
HD Internet video startup Hotswap is endorsed by Woz and Clear Channel co-founder McCombs.

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