Our february 2015 Issue
What 3D Models Print Best?
It should be obvious some 3D objects are more easily printed than other objects. A cube prints better…
Lateral Thinking Puzzles
What’s a lateral thinking puzzle? It’s a puzzle which often makes no sense until you use problem solving…
Gnomes, Gnomedozers, Spoonriders, and Zen Gnomes
Anyone who gets involved with 3D printing online soon wonders, “what is it with all the gnomes?” While…
Two Books Teach Coding and Computer Science
JavaScript for Kids Computers are dumb. They do only what you tell them. This book teaches kids how…
Jill Hodges Talks about Fire Tech Camp
Jill also is a great example of someone using technology to help kids and teachers learn about coding…
Dead Programming Languages
There are, apparently, at least 8500 programming languages in existence. Whether one or more of these languages is…
Floating Point Numbers
What Are Floating Point Numbers? Let’s begin with a definition of floating point numbers. Real numbers are expressed…
February 2015 News Wire
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for October 2014. More stories can be found at the News Wire link at the top of every page of this site.
Where Can I Find Local 3D Printing Services?
While 3D printers for the home are evolving, becoming easier to use with more capability, there are many…
What is 3D Printing?
This article provides a high level overview of 3D printing. While the technology has been around for twenty…
3D Printers
For a couple reasons, you probably should not buy a 3D printer for your home unless you have…
3D Projects
These fun 3D projects can be printed on a home 3D printer or with a printing service. A…
VRML
This month we’ll look at the VRML language, or Virtual Reality Modeling Language, which lets you create simple…