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Yellowstone National Park on Flickr

Solderpunk Interview

Edward Snowden and issues of privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/17/4517480/nsa-spying-prism-surveillance-cheat-sheet

Cobalt and sustainable batteries

https://ensia.com/features/cobalt-sustainability-batteries/

Project Gemini

https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

Gemini Protocol

https://opensource.com/article/20/10/gemini-internet-protocol

A Look back at Gopher

https://www.howtogeek.com/661871/the-web-before-the-web-a-look-back-at-gopher/

Goldy Gopher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_Gopher

sustainable computing

http://sustainability.umich.edu/content/sustainable-computing

Ultimate guide to green computing

https://deepanshugahlaut.medium.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-green-computing-73e30ba2a485

Five ways to practice green computing

https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/5-Ways-to-Practice-quotGreen-Computingquot

FPGAs

Games in Flash

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash

Analogue

https://www.analogue.co

SNES Classic vs super nt

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/snes-classic-vs-super-nt,review-5145.html

Homestuck

https://bambosh.github.io/unofficial-homestuck-collection/

Resurrecting 1980s computers

https://www.eejournal.com/article/resurrecting-1980s-computers/

backup vs. archive

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/data-backup-vs-archive/

Art Museum

Interactive virtual art exhibition

https://blog.sketchup.com/article/using-sketchup-to-create-an-interactive-virtual-art-exhibition

Building a museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4tN-kozT8

Sketchup art project

http://www.3dvinci.net/teacherguide/SketchUpArtProject_6-9.pdf

Mona Lisa

http://www.3dvinci.net/teacherguide/SketchUpArtProject_6-9.pdf

Louvre Museum

https://www.louvre.fr/en

Inform 7 Interactive Stories

Inform 7 website

http://inform7.com

interactive fiction archive

http://www.ifarchive.org

Beginner’s Guide to Inform 7

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beginner%27s_Guide_to_Interactive_Fiction_with_Inform_7/Getting_Started_with_Inform_7

Writing Interactive Fiction

https://emshort.blog/how-to-play/writing-if/inform-7/

Inform 6 website

https://inform-fiction.org/

Introduction to Inform 7

http://testerstories.com/2014/06/introduction-to-inform-7/

Interactive Fiction Competition

https://ifcomp.org/

Zork

https://classicreload.com/zork-i.html

A Brief History of Zork

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29885/eaten-grue-brief-history-zork

Photopia

https://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ju778uv5xaswnlpl

Top Interactive fiction games for kids

http://bdesilets.com/if/?page_id=15

Interactive fiction in the classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/interactive-fiction-in-the-classroom-matthew-farber

Piezo Mircophones

Making a contact microphone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjbvSwBUvs

Make a contact mic

https://www.instructables.com/Make-a-Contact-Microphone/

What is a contact microphone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_microphone

DYI contact mics

https://knowledge.lom.audio/research/contact_mics

Cyber Surgery

first 5G remote surgery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFR61jjL1vo&feature=emb_title

5G remote surgery

https://www.businessinsider.com/5g-surgery-could-transform-healthcare-industry-2019-8?r=US&IR=T

5G-Powered Medical Robot

https://www.robotics.org/blog-article.cfm/5G-Powered-Medical-Robot-Performs-Remote-Brain-Surgery/213

Remote surgery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_surgery

Surgeon operates from 400km away

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140516-i-operate-on-people-400km-away

Telesurgery: past, present and future

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6067812/

Robotic surgery during COVID

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-020-00238-2

Medical robots

https://www.ns-healthcare.com/analysis/medical-robots/

Social Distant surgery

https://www.courthousenews.com/socially-distant-surgery-doctor-uses-5g-to-perform-remote-operation/

5G remote surgery

https://www.businessinsider.com/5g-surgery-could-transform-healthcare-industry-2019-8

Remote brain surgery

https://www.robotics.org/blog-article.cfm/5G-Powered-Medical-Robot-Performs-Remote-Brain-Surgery/213

Dark Patterns

Ethics in mobile app design

https://blog.proto.io/ethics-mobile-app-design/

Moral implications of Apps

https://www.antonsten.com/moral-implications-apps/

Why ethical App design is critical

https://www.telerik.com/blogs/why-ethical-design-is-critical-for-mobile-app-designers

Ethics standards and security protocols

https://appdevelopermagazine.com/ethics-standards-and-security-protocols-app-developers-should-follow/

No Code Low Code

No Code development platform

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-code_development_platform

No Code technology

https://www.nocode.tech/

The No Code Generation

https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/26/the-no-code-generation-is-arriving/

No Code Overview

https://kissflow.com/rad/no-code/no-code-overview/

Create a software app

https://www.builder.ai/create-software/app-with-us

No Code Low Code

https://www.bettyblocks.com/no-code-low-code-application-development

Victorian Internet

The Victorian Internet

https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth-line/dp/162040592X

Pneumatics in New York City

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/new-york-city/articles/the-pneumatic-tubes-of-new-york-city/

How pneumatic transportation works

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/pneumatic-tube-transport.html

Pneumatics in Prague

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/prague-pneumatic-post

Pneumatics in the library

https://hyperallergic.com/324453/at-ny-public-library-books-now-ride-the-rails-from-the-stacks-to-the-reading-room/

Stanford University Hospital

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2010/01/gone-with-the-wind-tubes-are-whisking-samples-across-hospital.html

USPS History

https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/moving-mail.htm

Ancient delivery systems

https://www.britannica.com/topic/postal-system/History

Freight pipelines (The Mole)

https://www.molesolutions.co.uk/concept-animation.html

Future Delivery Systems

https://wall-street.com/future-delivery-services/

ZIP files

How File Compression Works

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/file-compression.htm

Phillip Katz

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/02/guardianobituaries.jackschofield

How to open a zip file

https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-open-a-zip-file-windows-mac-iphone-android

Working with Zip files

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/techsavvy/working-with-zip-files/1/

History of Data compression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression

Principles of data compression

https://www.2brightsparks.com/resources/articles/data-compression.html

Guide to Data Compression

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/filmmakers-guide-data-compression/

ARC format

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_(file_format)

Data Compression for kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Data_compression

Data compression – NASA

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/data-compression/en/

Trojan Horses

Trojan Horse (Historical)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trojan-horse

Trojan Horse (Virus)

https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware-what-is-a-trojan.html

What is a Trojan Virus?

https://www.webroot.com/gb/en/resources/tips-articles/what-is-trojan-virus

What is the Trojan Horse Virus?

https://enterprise.comodo.com/what-is-the-trojan-horse-virus.php

How does a Trojan Horse work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzOM8sc2RPU

What is a Trojan Horse?

https://softwarelab.org/what-is-a-trojan-horse/

Is the Trojan Horse real?

https://www.discovery.com/exploration/City-Of-Troy-Was-Real

Trojan Horse story for kids

https://greece.mrdonn.org/trojanwar.html

Trojan Horse

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Trojan_horse_%28computing%29

Understanding Trojan viruses

https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/consumer/understanding-trojan-viruses-and-how-to-get-rid-of-them/

Forking

Fork in software development

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development)

Fork vs. distribution

https://opensource.com/article/18/7/forks-vs-distributions

Open Source Projects – fork

https://thenewstack.io/open-source-projects-fork/

What is open source code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

Is your code dry or wet?

https://dzone.com/articles/is-your-code-dry-or-wet

How to keep your code dry

https://kidscodecs.com/dry/

Learning programming

Python Programming for Beginners

https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Beginners-Coding-Fundamentals/dp/1646113888/ref=asc_df_1646113888/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475691967783&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4644993824854125944&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007244&hvtargid=pla-991945562806&psc=1

Book review

https://www.ottawalife.com/article/python-programming-for-beginners-makes-coding-kid-friendly-accessible-and-fun?c=18

Patricia Foster

https://kidscodecs.com/author/patriciafosterca/

Computer Science Unplugged Resources

Teaching London Computing

https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/the-locked-in-activity/
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/the-intelligent-piece-of-paper-activity/

CS Unplugged

http://csunplugged.org/
http://csunplugged.org/the-turing-test/
http://csunplugged.org/binary-numbers/
http://csunplugged.org/routing-and-deadlock/

Barefoot Computing

You’ll need to register to see their materials but they’re a big part of the Computing at School (CAS) effort in the UK and teaching computer science without computers.
http://barefootcas.org.uk
http://barefootcas.org.uk/resources/

STEM Learning

Also requires registration to see their materials.
https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/collection/3909/computer-science-unplugged

Forks

Fork (Software Development)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_forks
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

Fork (Software Process)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_%28computing%29
http://www.python-course.eu/forking.php

To Fork or Not to Fork

https://mako.cc/writing/to_fork_or_not_to_fork.html

10 Interesting Open Source Software Forks and Why They Happened

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/11/10-interesting-open-source-software-forks-and-why-they-happened/

A Comprehensive Study of Software Forks: Dates, Reasons, and Outcomes

http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/paper_0.pdf

Fork (Utensil)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork

Why Open Source Software

http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#forking