Kids Code & Computer Science

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for April 2016.

Women considered better coders – but only if they hide their gender

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github

How Female Computers Brought America to the Moon

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-female-computers-mapped-the-universe-and-brought-america-to-the-moon

Learn the Alphabet: How schools around the country are turning dead Microsoft PCs into speedy Chromebooks

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/17/11030406/neverware-google-chromebook-chromium-os-education-microsoft

German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/world/europe/german-forest-ranger-finds-that-trees-have-social-networks-too.html

Here’s what’s wrong with algorithmic filtering of your social feeds

https://medium.com/@mathewi/here-s-what-s-wrong-with-algorithmic-filtering-of-your-social-feeds-680164e301d2#.b667qm5s5

Mercedes Boots Robots From the Production Line

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-25/why-mercedes-is-halting-robots-reign-on-the-production-line

The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social web

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160224-the-unlikely-photo-that-kickstarted-the-social-internet

Before Braille Was King, It Had to Win the War of the Dots

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/before-braille-was-king/

How ‘Electronic Mail’ Changed The World

http://www.popsci.com/electronic-mail-ray-tomlinson

Verizon’s “supercookies” violated net neutrality transparency rule

http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/03/verizons-supercookies-violated-net-neutrality-transparency-rule/

Police forces are adopting a new algorithm to predict police misconduct

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/police-misconduct-algorithm/

The Trappist monk whose calligraphy inspired Steve Jobs — and influenced Apple’s designs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/08/the-trappist-monk-whose-calligraphy-inspired-steve-jobs-and-influenced-apples-designs/

Do Computer Coding Toys for Kids Really Work?

http://www.livescience.com/53963-are-coding-toys-useful.html

9th Circuit revisits Dancing Baby copyright case: No fair use via algorithm

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/9th-circuit-revisits-dancing-baby-copyright-case-no-fair-use-via-algorithm/

Seven outstanding Micro Bit projects

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35824446

App Makes Designing in 3-D as Easy as Using Microsoft Paint

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/gravitysketch-3-d-software/

Data Mining Reveals the Four Urban Conditions That Create Vibrant City Life

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601107/data-mining-reveals-the-four-urban-conditions-that-create-vibrant-city-life/#/set/id/601103/

How Do LEDs Work?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/77339/how-do-leds-work