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The illusion of good software design
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The illusion of good software design

By Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London When disasters involving technology occur, human error is often given as the reason, but even experts make mistakes...

Marc Hannah and the graphics pipeline
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Marc Hannah and the graphics pipeline

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London What do a Nintendo games console and the films Jurassic Park, Beauty and the Beast and Terminator II have in common...

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...

The logic of Queens
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The logic of Queens

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Queens is a fairly simple kind of logic puzzle found for example on LinkedIn as a way to draw you back to the site...

Byte Queens
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Byte Queens

by lenia Maietta and Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Women have made vital contributions to computer science ever since Ada Lovelace debugged the first...

Sonifying zebrafish biology
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Sonifying zebrafish biology

by the CS4FN team (from the archive) Biologists often analyse data about the cell biology of living animals to understand their development. A large part of this...

Solving Railway Timetabling Problems with Data Visualisation
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Solving Railway Timetabling Problems with Data Visualisation

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Train timetables are complex. When designing a timetable for railways you have to think about the physical capabilities...

This quantum message will self-destruct in 10 seconds…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

This quantum message will self-destruct in 10 seconds…

A fuse burning

The Teleporting Robot
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The Teleporting Robot

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London What is an algorithm? It is just a set of instructions that if followed precisely and in the given order, guarantees...

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!).

Ask About Asthma
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Ask About Asthma

Person holding an inhaler Image by NIAID CC-by-2.0

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 2)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 2)

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London In Part 1, we spoke to Stephen Parry about his experiences of working in computer science as an autistic person....

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 1)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 1)

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Autism is a condition with many associated challenges, but for some people it presents some benefits. This distinction...

Scilly cable antics
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Scilly cable antics

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London From the archive Autumn 1869. Undersea telecommunications cables let the world communicate and led to the worldContinue...

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...

Navajo Code Talkers
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Navajo Code Talkers

Mary Ann Horton was transitioning to female at the time that she made one of her biggest contributions to our lives with a simple computer science idea with a...

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...
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