From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
Venues around the UK will be livestreaming the Royal Institution's AI-themed Christmas Lectures this week (you can get tickets). Today's post features chatbots...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 10, 2023 at 09:25 AM
Possibly one of the few times a computer scientist has been cheered at a major sporting event :)Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 8, 2023 at 05:23 AM
Welcome to Day 7 of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s post was about Printed Circuit Birds Boards, today’s theme is the Christmas robin redbreast which featuresContinue...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 7, 2023 at 04:23 AM
Patterned baubles reminded us of printed circuit boards, and a puzzle to do with maps.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 6, 2023 at 03:48 AM
We recommend keeping water (and snow) away from devices, but did you know you can make computers out of water?!Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 5, 2023 at 03:51 AM
This post is part of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar and we are publishing a small post every day, about computer science, until Christmas Day. This...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 4, 2023 at 03:40 AM
Print and colour in (optional) a HexaHexaFlexagon then see if you can uncover all of Father Christmas' presents...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 3, 2023 at 03:43 AM
Day 2 of our Christmas computing advent calendar and we're already seeing double.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | December 2, 2023 at 03:22 AM
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FREE: Come and see a TV programme being made at the People's Palace on Mile End Road (other UK venues available). It's time for the annual Royal Institution Christmas...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | November 27, 2023 at 05:06 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Communicating with computers is clunky to say the least – we even have to go to IT classes to learn how to talkContinue...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | October 24, 2023 at 09:39 AM
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by Dan Stowell, Queen Mary University of London How do we know how many birds there are out there: in the countryside, and in the city? Usually, it’s because people...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 21, 2023 at 06:33 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London, from June 2011 At first sight nothing could be more different than textiles and electronics. Put opposites together...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 10, 2023 at 06:42 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of Londonbased on a 2016 talk by Lourdes Agapito The cave paintings in Lascaux, France are early examples of human culture...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 7, 2023 at 04:14 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Frequency Analysis, a technique beloved by spies for centuries, and that led to the execution of at least one Queen...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 4, 2023 at 05:27 AM
How do modern codes keep your data safe online? Ben Stephenson of the University of Calgary explains When Alan Turing was breaking codes, the world was a pretty...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 3, 2023 at 04:33 AM
by Geraint Wiggins, Queen Mary University of London Computers compress files to save space. But it also allows them to create music! Music is special. It’s oneContinue...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 1, 2023 at 04:04 AM
by Jane Waite, Queen Mary University of London Have you played the seaside arcade game where shiny metal balls drops down to ping, ping off little metal pegs and...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 31, 2023 at 04:51 AM