Our august 2022 Issue
A New Weapon in the Marine Trash War
Marine waste is a serious global issue. Current estimates suggest there are a larger number of plastics in…
Computing at School
The UK grass roots group Computing at School (CAS) provides free and open resources and support for computer…
On-the-Dot Bot
Sometimes you need someone, or something, to remind you of a task or an event, like doing the…
Kevlar: It’s Everywhere!
Kevlar is a fabric with some quite amazing properties. It’s incredibly tough, it can resist bullets, it is…
It’s Later than You Think
There’s at least two ways to live our lives, by measuring time and by ignoring time. It can…
Wardle’s Wordle World
Probably you have heard about Wordle, the guessing game that gives you a few chances to figure out…
Living and Learning with Moxie
It can be hard to identify and express emotions. A robot named Moxie wants to help! Moxie is…
VR is the Best Medicine
Virtual Reality (VR) has come a long way in the last 40 years. Starting off as a way…
August 2022 News Wire
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2018.
Gotta ‘Craft Them All!
Playing Minecraft is a lot of fun, but sometimes it can get a little lonely. Whether you’re playing…
Face It: We Love Our Emoji
Since the internet came around, people have experimented with different ways to express their emotions online. It’s hard…
Pet Tech Goes Off-Leash
The Internet of Things (or “IoT” for short) aims to make things as easy as possible for humans.…
Now Wait a Second!
Count three seconds. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Three Mississippi. You know without looking at the tick, tick, ticking…
cURLing
The world of open source—that is, where all the code is made publicly, freely, available—software is a funny…
Own a Piece of the Internet
Having your own website. The closest thing most people come to something like that these days is making…
Let’s Make Some Random Noise
Randomness is an important part of making art, music, or games with computers. Randomness is how you can…
Make a Clock Timer
The great thing about computers is that they can substitute for a wide variety of other gadgets —…
Capturing Creativity with Retro Game Design
There is an age, usually beginning around 9 or 10, where childhood creativity really begins to thrive. Old…
The Shifting Sands
On the list of things you most likely think about everyday, I would bet that the world’s sand…