Our august 2020 Issue
August 2020 News Wire
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2018.
Round Robin Algorithm
The Problem From grades kindergarten through seventh, I played Math Pentathlon, a group of math and critical thinking…
What is That? Seek It!
If you’re like me and enjoy being outdoors and often see a plant or tree and wonder what…
Golden Sections
The golden rectangle is the basis for many forms in nature, and has been used in architecture for…
An Experiment in Distance Education
Little did many of us know as the New Year’s fireworks erupted, but 2020 would alter the world…
Minecraft EDU
Students attending K12 schools that provide subscriptions to Minecraft: Education Edition (EE) can use the platform to learn…
Fun with NFC Tags
NFC or Near Field Communication is the technology that contactless payments with phones use where a phone can…
Parker Solar Probe
How can you find out where the asteroid Phaethon goes? You follow its trail. Asteroids are mini-planets that…
Love: a 2D Game Framework
In this issue we’ll be covering a small games-writing framework that I’ve quickly become fond of: LÖVE. LÖVE…
Erlang
Some languages are general purpose, meant to be the main thing you use for almost every problem. Other…
3D Printing PPEs for Essential Employees
It’s April. I’m getting up early in the morning, earlier than usual at least, throwing on my 3D…
Scratch Shape Generator
FOR THIS PROJECT YOU WILL NEED A computer running Windows or Mac OSX Access to the scratch.mit.edu website…
Why is Google Called Google?
We talk about Google a lot; so much so that the word “Google” has become a verb. For…
IoT in the Driver’s Seat
In late 2019, the world began to feel the effects of a new threat: the coronavirus, also known…
What was the First Computer Virus?
Do you ever think about when the “first” of things happened? Every trend has a start, and some…