Resources/Links:

DVL Smart Art Resources (parts, tools and materials in the DVL office or store room)
http://www.evl.uic.edu/sjames/dvl/sm_resource.html

Suppliers:

• Local Suppliers Chicago Metro Area (when ya just gotta go there to see it and feel it)
• Industrial Supply
1. Grainger: Industrial Supply, Material Handling Equipment, Tools, Safety Equipment, HVAC, Lighting and More
2. McMaster-Carr
• Construction Materials / Parts
1. Hobby Engineering
2. 80/20 Inc. (aluminum T-slotted profiles)
3. Small Parts Inc.
4. Machinist-Materials
5. Stock Drive Products
• Electronic Suppliers
1. jameco.com
2. digi-key.com
3. newark.com
4. Spark Fun Electronics
5. mpja.com
6. mouser.com
7. allelectronics.com
8. superbrightleds.com

DIY & Prototyping:

• MAKE magazine http://www.makezine.com/
• Instructables http://www.instructables.com/
• howstuffworks http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/
• Soldering A Perf Board http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Tutorials/SolderingAPerfBoard

Rapid Prototyping / Fabrication:

• Worldwide RP & RE Service Bureau Directory http://home.att.net/~castleisland/sbciiol.htm
• emachineshop http://www.emachineshop.com/
• 80/20 Inc.
• Big Blue Saw

Product Hacking:

• I-Hacked.com http://home.att.net/~castleisland/sbciiol.htm
• Hack-a-day http://www.hackaday.com/
• bent festival http://www.bentfestival.org/

Computer & electronics hardware:

• The Hardware Book, largecollection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions http://www.hardwarebook.net/
• Electronics Info ePanorama.net
• Parallel Port Central http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm
• PC parallel port output capabilities http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/parallel_output.html
• Basic Stamp MicroController http://www.parallax.com/
• PCB prototyping: Advanced Circuits, Inc. http://www.4pcb.com/index.htm
• Directory of sources for input technologies http://www.billbuxton.com/InputSources.html

Physical Computing sites:

• Dan O'Sullivan's Physical Computing http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~dano/physical/physical.html
• Tom Igoe's Physical Computing http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~tigoe/pcomp/index.shtml
• Physical Computing list serv: http://forums.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/nyu.pl?enter=phys-comp

Artists Working in Interactive Media (comprehensive lists):

• Ken Rinaldo's Links: Artists Working With Technology
• Steve Wilson's Links: Intersections of Art, Technology, Science & Culture - Links