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
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...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | October 21, 2024 at 04:14 AM
Use the recipe for hummus and tomato pasta to learn about creating a good computer program (and have a delicious meal at the end!).Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | September 16, 2024 at 05:27 AM
CS4FN is taking part in the Centre of the Cell's "Celebrating Science" family-friendly event in Whitechapel, London tomorrow afternoon 12-4pm (free).Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 28, 2024 at 09:22 AM
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...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 14, 2024 at 04:30 AM
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...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | August 13, 2024 at 04:44 AM
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TouchKeys - using computer science and electronics to let pianists shape the notes their keyboards make.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | July 29, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | June 27, 2024 at 05:14 AM
Deadline tomorrow for the Young People's Advisory Group on Computer Science - have your say on how computing is taught in England.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | June 20, 2024 at 05:42 AM
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...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | June 18, 2024 at 09:28 AM
Maths and magic, algebra and abracadabra - impress your friends with this magic trick (no props required) and learn a little bit about computer science.Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | April 29, 2024 at 07:12 AM
You're probably pretty good at spotting a fake smile, but how might we teach robots to do the same...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | April 22, 2024 at 05:31 AM
We can add emotion to our text communication using symbols but will computers be able to work out what we're saying?Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | April 8, 2024 at 06:13 AM
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'...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 11, 2024 at 05:56 AM
by Ursula Martin, University of Oxfordand Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London In school we learn about the maths that others have invented: results that...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 4, 2024 at 05:09 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (originally published in 2011) A jury is given misleading information in court by an expert witness. An innocent...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | February 26, 2024 at 09:49 AM
An article from Nicola Plant about ways of making social robots more sociable which links to a related EPSRC project about a tablet-based AI tool for people with...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | February 19, 2024 at 09:03 AM