Resources at the MediaRobotics Lab:

Software:
C/C++ compilers (gcc, mingw, ms toolkit, ccs, picc), Python with all extensions, PD (pure data), Java, Matlab, OpenCV, Matrox Vision Library

IDEs:
Eclipse, MSVS, Codewarrior, Vim, MPLab

Hardware:
ieee1394 compliant digital video, analogue video, frame grabbers, cmucams/webcams, handheld devices (palmOS), various sensors (bend, touch, light, motion, sound, 1/2D acceleration, temperature), various electronic components (cmos, ttl), breadboards, various motor types and sizes (servo, dc, stepper), various power supplies (linear regulated, fixed), soldering irons, diagnostic tools

Shops:
access to materials and machine shop for plastics, wood, all metals, courses on machine use and safety

Trends in Media Arts:

Steve Wilson's Compendium
Banff New Media Center
New York Digital Salon
Grandtextauto at Georgia Tech
ZKM
Whitney Artport
V2lab Rotterdam
RUNME.org
Cosign:Computational Semiotics
What the Hack

Machine Vision:

CMU Computer Vision Homepage
Intel Vision Library
The Visualization Toolkit

Machine Learning:

AAAI overview of machine learning
machine learning at CMU
a bibliography of machine learning

Numerical Methods:

Numerical Recipies Home Page
Numerical Methods (Stony Brook)