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From a handful of sand to a fistful of dollars – where computer chips come from
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

From a handful of sand to a fistful of dollars – where computer chips come from

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Sitting at the heart of your computer, mobile phone or DVD player is the microprocessor that makes it all work.Continue...

Why is your Internet so slow?
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Why is your Internet so slow?

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London. This article was originally published on the CS4FN website. It was also published in our 2023 Advent Calendar.Continue...

Global Entrepreneurship Week (18-24 Nov) – see our new Tech Entrepreneurship resource
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Global Entrepreneurship Week (18-24 Nov) – see our new Tech Entrepreneurship resource

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week next week (18th to 24th November) and to celebrate we’ve put together a resource page (portal) on Tech Entrepreneurs to inspire...

Claude Shannon: Inventing for the fun of it
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Claude Shannon: Inventing for the fun of it

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London. Claude Shannon, inventor of the rocket powered Frisbee, gasoline powered pogo stick, a calculator that worked using...

Cooking up computer style
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Cooking up computer style

Use the recipe for hummus and tomato pasta to learn about creating a good computer program (and have a delicious meal at the end!).

London: Celebrating Science – free event (with @CS4FN) tomorrow (Thur 29th) at Centre of the Cell
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

London: Celebrating Science – free event (with @CS4FN) tomorrow (Thur 29th) at Centre of the Cell

CS4FN is taking part in the Centre of the Cell's "Celebrating Science" family-friendly event in Whitechapel, London tomorrow afternoon 12-4pm (free).

Bank holiday fun: website whimsy, and try your hand at making 3D pictures
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Bank holiday fun: website whimsy, and try your hand at making 3D pictures

Happy Summer bank holiday from CS4FN!

Much ado about nothing
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Much ado about nothing

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London The nurse types in a dose of 100.1 mg [milligrams] of a powerful drug and presses start. It duly injects 1001 mg...

Double or nothing: an extra copy of your software, just in case
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Double or nothing: an extra copy of your software, just in case

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London If you spent billions of dollars on a gadget you’d probably like it to last more than a minute before it blows up...

A project making it easier for disabled people to be involved in the design of new ICT tools and devices
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

A project making it easier for disabled people to be involved in the design of new ICT tools and devices

"Inclusive Public Activities for information and Communication Technologies" is an EPSRC-funded project to make sure the voices an opinions of disabled people are...

Finding work experience, or a job in computer science
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Finding work experience, or a job in computer science

Some suggested resources for school pupils looking for work experience or work, or recent graduates seeking jobs in computer science and related fields.

Photogrammetry for fun, preservation and research – digitally stitching together 2D photographs to visualise the 3D world.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Photogrammetry for fun, preservation and research – digitally stitching together 2D photographs to visualise the 3D world.

Photogrammetry, a way of creating a 3D representation from lots of overlapping 2D phototgraphs, has been around since the 1800s and is now being used by games designers...

Music & Computing: TouchKeys: getting more from your keyboard
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Music & Computing: TouchKeys: getting more from your keyboard

TouchKeys - using computer science and electronics to let pianists shape the notes their keyboards make.

Free, London: Code and Create Workshop for Teens, part of #LondonDataWeek
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Free, London: Code and Create Workshop for Teens, part of #LondonDataWeek

Teens - make a classic arcade game with AI, chatbots and programming: FREE games coding workshop in Stratford, London for 13+: need to bring a laptop and create...

Aged 11-16? Share your views on Computing education in England.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Aged 11-16? Share your views on Computing education in England.

Deadline tomorrow for the Young People's Advisory Group on Computer Science - have your say on how computing is taught in England.

Like science & tech? Maybe thinking about careers in it? Come to our FREE online Science Festival on Monday (24th June)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Like science & tech? Maybe thinking about careers in it? Come to our FREE online Science Festival on Monday (24th June)

There's a free online science festival on Monday 24th for people interested in medical / dentistry careers but two of the talks are specifically about technology...

The invisible dice mystery – a magic trick underpinned by computing and maths
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The invisible dice mystery – a magic trick underpinned by computing and maths

Maths and magic, algebra and abracadabra - impress your friends with this magic trick (no props required) and learn a little bit about computer science.

Can you trust a smile?
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Can you trust a smile?

You're probably pretty good at spotting a fake smile, but how might we teach robots to do the same...

Computers that read emotions
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Computers that read emotions

We can add emotion to our text communication using symbols but will computers be able to work out what we're saying?

Find your own time zone – #BSW24
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Find your own time zone – #BSW24

Time is the theme for this year's British Science Week. Here's how to calculate your own personal time zone. We also have a new time portal with some other 'timely'...
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