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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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CS4FN Advent 2023: wreaths and rope memory – weave your own space age computer
Each day throughout December (until Christmas Day) we’ll be publishing a computing-themed blog post suggested by the picture on the front of our Advent Calendar...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 21: stars and celestial navigation
Every day from the 1st to the 25th of December this blog will publish a Christmas Computing post, as part of our CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar. On the...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 19: jingle bells or warning bells? Avoiding computer scams
It’s Day 19 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar. Every day throughout Advent we’ll be doing our best to publish a computing-themed post that relates...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 18: cracker or hacker? Cyber security
It’s Day 18 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar. We’ve been posting a computing-themed article linked to the picture on the ‘front’ of the advent calendar...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 17: pocket-switching networked reindeer
Gosh, Christmas is just around the corner! It’s Day 17 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar and we’ve posted a blog post every day since 1 December,...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 16: candy cane or walking aid: designing for everyone, human computer interaction
Welcome to Day 16 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar in which we’re posting a blog post every day in December until (and including) Christmas Day....
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 15: a candle: optical fibre, optical illusions
After yesterday’s tinsel image inspiring a cable / broadband speeds themed post, today’s CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar picture of a candle has of course...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 14: Why is your internet so slow + a festive kriss-kross puzzle
Today’s CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar is showing a picture of shiny tinsel, which reminds me a bit of computer cables. At least, enough to theme this...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 13: woolly hat: warming versus cooling
Welcome to Day 3 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar. The picture on the ‘box’ was a woolly bobble / pom-pom hat, so let’s see if we can find something...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 12: Computer Memory – Molecules and Memristors
Computer memory molecular style, memristors, maths puzzle answer and a “20 questions” activity Remember remember the 24th of December – as that’s the day to hang...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 11: the proof of the pudding… mathematical proof
A mathematical proof and a maths puzzle (but no hard sums, promise). Thank you to everyone who’s been reading our Advent Calendar and said nice things about itContinue...
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Virtual reality goggles for mice
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 10: #AI – Holly, Ivy and Alexa – chatbots & the useful skill of file management. Plus win at noughts and crosses
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...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 8: gifts, and wrapping – Tim Berners-Lee, Right to Repair & another computing puzzle
Possibly one of the few times a computer scientist has been cheered at a major sporting event :)
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 7: Computing for the birds: dawn chorus, birds as data carriers and a Google April Fool (plus a puzzle!)
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...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 6: patterned bauble: tracing patterns in computing – printed circuit boards, spotting links and a puzzle for tourists
Patterned baubles reminded us of printed circuit boards, and a puzzle to do with maps.
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 5: snowman: analog hydraulic computers (aka water computers), digital compression, and a puzzle
We recommend keeping water (and snow) away from devices, but did you know you can make computers out of water?!
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 4: Ice skate: detecting neutrinos at the South Pole, figure-skating motion capture, Frozen and a puzzle
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...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 3: snowflakes – make your own six-sided HexaHexaFlexagon with our templates
Print and colour in (optional) a HexaHexaFlexagon then see if you can uncover all of Father Christmas' presents...
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