February 2016 News Wire
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Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2016.
Your Kid Just Got a Drone. Should You Get Insurance?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-14/your-kid-just-got-a-drone-should-you-get-insurance-
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/faa-launches-drone-registration-website-gives-owners-february-deadline/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/23/45k-register-their-drones-with-the-faa-in-first-2-days/
https://www.faa.gov/uas/faq/
https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/
Scientists devise algorithm that detects sarcasm better than humans
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-scientists-algorithm-sarcasm-humans.html
An algorithm can tell if your face is forgettable
http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/16/an-algorithm-can-tell-if-your-face-is-forgettable/
http://memorability.csail.mit.edu/index.html
A chief scientist at Microsoft says we’re less than five years away from computers understanding us perfectly
“Nemesis” malware hijacks PC’s boot process to gain stealth, persistence
Google Computers Defeat Human Players at 2,500-Year-Old Board Game
Amazon’s continual failure to protect user details could put your other accounts at risk
Report: Robots, other advances will cost humans 5.1 million jobs by 2020
17th century medical pop-up book digitised
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2016/01/17th-century-medical-pop-up-book.html
https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11497246_000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7jGz0hJjU
Could Super Metallic Glue Replace Soldering and Welding?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a18975/mesoglue-metallic-glue-alternative-soldering-welding/
Supreme Court won’t force DHS to reveal secret plan to cut cell service
His dad came back from the war with PTSD. His friends built an app to help.
http://www.upworthy.com/his-dad-came-back-from-the-war-with-ptsd-his-friends-built-an-app-to-help
Charging a Smartphone While Driving Isn’t as Free as You Think
The Sorry Legacy of Internet Explorer
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/the-sorry-legacy-of-microsoft-internet-explorer/
These 3D Printed Trilobites Are Absolutely Stunning
http://gizmodo.com/these-3d-printed-trilobites-are-absolutely-stunning-1752002868
This Smartphone Microscope Can Diagnose Diseases For $1 Per Patient
Windows 95 on a Nintendo 3DS is as strange as you’d think
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/03/windows-95-on-nintendo-3ds/
Microsoft may have your encryption key; here’s how to take it back
Africa’s Tech Gold Rush
Also In The February 2016 Issue

Ideas for most young kids (and their families), from board games and more offline options to online games and apps.

Computers can be programmed to make intelligent decisions. Does that make a computer intelligent?

The many pieces that make up AI have been built and used for thousands of years in many cultures.

Math circles are groups of students who come together to have fun discussing and solving intriguing math questions.

Unit testing tests a set of code with data to test with the code and details about how the code is used and operated upon.

Robots and people need rules to function.

There are several places to go online to play classic video games like Donkey Kong and Castlevania.

Best practices and concepts to learn before you buy your first drone.

How we manage limited resources and share costs is an important question far beyond software development.

For twenty years, since 1996, cars have used computers to control different parts of the car.

Danny Fenjves currently is the founder of Upperline, teaching students how to turn their ideas into reality through programming.

This Computational Fairy Tale explains how loops work through the sad tale of Simon, the hapless apprentice to a blacksmith.

This open source programming language is used to create web, servers, mobile, and IoT apps.

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