August 2015 News Wire

How Oculus and Cardboard Are Going to Rock the Travel Industry

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-19/how-oculus-and-cardboard-are-going-to-rock-the-travel-industry

How to get started with Cardboard, Google’s DIY virtual reality headset

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2885333/laptop-computers/how-to-get-started-with-cardboard-googles-diy-virtual-reality-headset.html

Answer to a 150-Year-Old Math Conundrum Brings More Mystery

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/answer-150-year-old-math-conundrum-brings-mystery/

The Web is getting its bytecode: WebAssembly

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/06/the-web-is-getting-its-bytecode-webassembly/

The Future of Programming: WebAssembly & Life After JavaScript

http://www.sitepoint.com/future-programming-webassembly-life-after-javascript

CubeSats will escort NASA’s InSight lander to Mars in 2016

http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/13/nasa-insight-marco-cubesats-mars/

Hack of cloud-based LastPass exposes hashed master passwords

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/hack-of-cloud-based-lastpass-exposes-encrypted-master-passwords/

Bust boredom with these adorable mini paper kites!

http://onecreativemommy.com/bust-boredom-with-these-adorable-mini-paper-kites/

Of mud pies, muscle and science education

http://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2015/07/16/of-mud-pies-muscle-and-science-education/

The Square Kilometre Array: radio silence in Western Australia for most powerful telescope in history

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/17/the-square-kilometre-array-radio-silence-in-western-australia-for-most-powerful-telescope-in-history

An Asteroid Mining Test Vehicle Just Launched From The Space Station

http://www.popsci.com/asteroid-mining-test-vehicle-just-launched-space-station

New Horizons Flew By Pluto Using A Playstation CPU

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/07/16/the-pluto-spacecraft-is-running-on-an-original-playstation-cpu/

Stunning Sim Shows How Far Hit Songs Have Traveled in Space

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/stunning-sim-shows-far-hit-songs-traveled-space/

Design Circuits in a Flash with Web-Based Circuit Simulator

http://makezine.com/2015/07/14/design-circuits-web-based-circuit-simulator/
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/

Learn How Hex Color-Codes Work By Playing Space Invaders

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3048489/learn-how-hex-color-codes-work-by-playing-space-invaders
http://www.hexinvaders.com/

MIT’s Computer Program Fixes Old Code Way Faster Than Humans Can

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a16408/helium-software-fixer/
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/computer-program-fixes-old-code-faster-than-expert-engineers-0609

Airlines Can’t Use Fast-Boarding Algorithms Because Humans Can’t Follow Directions

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/airlines-cant-use-fast-boarding-algorithms-because-humans-cant-follow-directions

FCC commissioners disagree over whether Internet access is a “necessity”

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/fcc-commissioners-disagree-over-whether-internet-access-is-a-necessity/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/internet-is-not-a-human-right-fcc/

Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3048297/evidence/everything-science-knows-about-reading-on-screens

BBC Micro Bit computer’s final design revealed

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33409311
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/07/bbc-give-away-1m-microbit-computers-schoolchildren

Watch This Drone Explore Underground Tunnels Beneath London

http://www.popsci.com/watch-drone-explore-underground-tunnels

Vast Database of African Rock Art Goes Online

http://www.archaeology.org/news/3441-database-rock-art-africa-online
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/african_rock_art_image_project.aspx