February 2015 News Wire
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These stories appeared online since publication of the last issue of this magazine, in December 2014. They might interest you, especially if you missed them.
3D printing created this drone, complete with circuitry
http://mashable.com/2015/01/15/3d-printing-circuitry/
5 DIY 3D Scanners to Watch
http://makezine.com/2015/01/15/5-diy-3d-scanners-to-watch/
2015 Detroit Auto Show: You Might Be Able To Buy 3-D–Printed Cars In A Year
http://www.popsci.com/2015-detroit-auto-show-you-might-be-able-buy-3-d-printed-cars-in-2016
Choctopus Chocolate Printer
http://hackaday.com/2015/01/14/choctopus-chocolate-printer-x8/
Imogen Heap’s sci-fi gloves make anyone a musician
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/12/technology/imogen-heap-mimu-music-gloves-blk/
Zombie cookie: The tracking cookie that you can’t kill
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/zombie-cookie-the-tracking-cookie-that-you-cant-kill/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/01/browsing-in-privacy-mode-super-cookies-can-track-you-anyway/
Like-Fueled Algorithm Knows Facebook Users Better Than Their Family
http://www.popsci.com/fueled-algorithm-knows-users-better-family
What Happens To Uber Drivers And Other Sharing Economy Workers Injured On The Job?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/01/06/workers-compensation-uber-drivers-sharing-economy/
North Korea’s OS X clone is now available to the public
http://www.cultofmac.com/308536/north-koreas-os-x-clone-operating-system-now-available-public/
3-D Printed Prosthetics That Look Fit for a Sci-Fi Warrior
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/3-d-printed-prosthetics-look-fit-sci-fi-warrior/
A Hacker Reveals How Your Fingerprint Could Be Easier To Hack Than A Traditional Password
http://www.businessinsider.com/biometric-fingerprint-password-hacking-2015-1
The most interesting 3D printers introduced (so far) at CES 2015
https://gigaom.com/2015/01/06/the-most-interesting-3d-printers-introduced-so-far-at-ces-2015/
Leap second: French time lords add one second to 2015
Top Three Results From a 115-Year-Old Citizen Science Project
Drone maps out Italian city buried in 1688 quake
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2015/01/drone-maps-out-italian-city-buried-in.html
NASA Emailed a Wrench to the Space Station for 3D Printing
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/3Dratchet_wrench/
http://3dprint.com/33556/3d-print-your-own-nasa-wrench/
http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-emails-a-wrench-into-space-using-3d-printing-2014-12
Why People Are Moving to the Town Without Wi-Fi
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/?src=longreads
The CPU from the original PlayStation is guiding a probe to Pluto
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/15/7551365/playstation-cpu-powers-new-horizons-pluto-probe
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Also In The February 2015 Issue
What is 3D Printing?
A basic introduction to 3D printing with concepts, examples, and a glossary of 3D terminology.
Gnomes, Gnomedozers, Spoonriders, and Zen Gnomes
Why are there so many gnomes available for 3D printing?
3D Projects
From simple to complex, nine three-dimensional models you can download then print to explore 3D printing.
Jill Hodges Talks about Fire Tech Camp
An American living in the United Kingdom, Jill Hodges talks about how she started a summer technology camp for kids.
What 3D Models Print Best?
When you create a three-dimensional model for printing, it's important to know what prints well and what does not.
Two Books Teach Coding and Computer Science
One book teaches JavaScript in a fun way, the other computer science as fable.
Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Practice problem solving skills programmers use every day.
Dead Programming Languages
Of 8500 plus programming languages, many are forgotten or lightly used enough to be called dead programming languages.
Where Can I Find Local 3D Printing Services?
It's possible to print your 3D project the same way you print a flyer at the UPS store. Here are several options.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
VRML
The VRML language, or Virtual Reality Modeling Language, is ancient but still lets you create simple three-dimensional objects.
3D Printers
3D printers may be new technology but there are several printers individuals, schools, and businesses might buy.
February 2015 Learn More Links
Links from the bottom of all the February 2015 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.
February 2015 News Wire
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for December 2014 and January 2015.
Floating Point Numbers
While many people are familiar with floating point numbers in school math problems, they're very useful in computing.
