cs4fn: computer science for fun http://www.cs4fn.org/ Our latest articles on the fun side of computer science Copyright Queen Mary, University of London 2010-2012 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.cs4fn.org/rss/images/CS4FNrss.jpg cs4fn: computer science for fun http://www.cs4fn.org/ en-gb Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:40:10 GMT cs4fn@eecs.qmul.ac.uk (Editor) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 19 20 21 22 23 cs4fn@eecs.qmul.ac.uk (Webmaster) Where's my signal http://www.cs4fn.org/mobile/wheresmysignal.php http://www.cs4fn.org/mobile/wheresmysignal.php Why no signal in the city with all those bars? Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:40:10 GMT Nurses in the Mist http://www.cs4fn.org/chi-med/nursesinmist.php http://www.cs4fn.org/chi-med/nursesinmist.php Systems engineers improve medical devices by following the lead of anthropologist Dian Fossey Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:00:10 GMT Ninja white hat hacking http://www.cs4fn.org/security/controlalthack.php http://www.cs4fn.org/security/controlalthack.php Learn about computer threats while having fun playing Control-Alt-Hack(TM) Sat, 9 Mar 2013 13:00:10 GMT Football: win, lose or draw? http://www.cs4fn.org/sport/pi-football.php http://www.cs4fn.org/sport/pi-football.php How to beat the bookies gambling on football results. Sun, 3 Mar 2013 18:52:10 GMT A (com)pressing problem http://www.cs4fn.org/compression/burrowswheeler.php http://www.cs4fn.org/compression/burrowswheeler.php How does mixing up the letters of a nursery rhyme help shrink out the repetition? Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:20:10 GMT Molecular memory http://www.cs4fn.org/physics/molecularmemory.php http://www.cs4fn.org/physics/molecularmemory.php What happens when computers need so much memory that they start to test the laws of physics? Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:38:11 GMT Hiding in Skype http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/hidinginskype.php http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/hidinginskype.php Hiding messages in the silences in a skype conversation Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:34:10 GMT Understanding matters of the heart http://www.cs4fn.org/bioengineering/modelaheart.php http://www.cs4fn.org/bioengineering/modelaheart.php Modelling the hearts structure and electrical properties Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:20:10 GMT The Melody Triangle: surprising music http://www.cs4fn.org/informationtheory/melodytriangle.php http://www.cs4fn.org/informationtheory/melodytriangle.php Starting from Shannon's Information Theory we end up with a way of making surprising music Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:00:10 GMT The Chinese Room: Zombie Attack! http://www.cs4fn.org/philosophy/chineseroomzombies.php http://www.cs4fn.org/philosophy/chineseroomzombies.php Can we ever build a Mind and how do philosophical zombies help? Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:06:10 GMT Flash crash http://www.cs4fn.org/business/flashcrash.php http://www.cs4fn.org/business/flashcrash.php The risks of having replaced city traders with robots Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:07:10 GMT Computer Science and the environment http://www.cs4fn.org/environment/ http://www.cs4fn.org/environment/ How environmental (computer) science can help us go green Sat, 1 Dec 2012 22:42:10 GMT The Brazen Bull http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/brazenbull.php http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/brazenbull.php The dark beginnings of sound technology Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:26:10 GMT A cloud brain that can recognize breast cancer http://www.cs4fn.org/medical/breastcancer.php http://www.cs4fn.org/medical/breastcancer.php How a 17-year old interested in computer science decided to make a real difference Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:25:10 GMT Gutta-Percha http://www.cs4fn.org/materials/guttapercha.php http://www.cs4fn.org/materials/guttapercha.php How a tree launched a global telecom revolution Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:25:10 GMT Stimulating a spine to stand http://www.cs4fn.org/bioengineering/stimulatingspinestand.php http://www.cs4fn.org/bioengineering/stimulatingspinestand.php Helping a paralysed man to walk again Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:25:10 GMT Hacking tablecloths http://www.cs4fn.org/art/hackingtablecloths.php http://www.cs4fn.org/art/hackingtablecloths.php Why not add electronics to a tablecloth? Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:58:22 GMT The Red Special http://www.cs4fn.org/arduinitar/redspecial.php http://www.cs4fn.org/arduinitar/redspecial.php How Brian May of Queen created his unique sound and you could too Sun, 14 Sep 2012 19:07:10 GMT Sarah the poetic robot http://www.cs4fn.org/alife/poeticrobot.php http://www.cs4fn.org/alife/poeticrobot.php A poetry reading from a talented robot. Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:46:34 GMT Pots fixing problematic acoustics http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/roomacoustics.php http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/roomacoustics.php Why do churches across europe have pots buried in the walls? Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:43:10 GMT Robot Road Run http://www.cs4fn.org/ai/robotroadrun.php http://www.cs4fn.org/ai/robotroadrun.php Download a fun, free game for your iPhone. Ready to be a robot? Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:54:22 GMT Maths made magic http://www.cs4fn.org/mathemagic/mathsmademagic.php http://www.cs4fn.org/mathemagic/mathsmademagic.php Get ready to have a whole new source of impressive tricks to perform, all based on mathematics. Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:38:11 GMT Lift me up! http://www.cs4fn.org/humanerror/liftmeup.php http://www.cs4fn.org/humanerror/liftmeup.php Is it possible for the HCI of a lift to be so bad that it's unusable? Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:50:10 GMT Why is your Internet so slow? http://www.cs4fn.org/internet/whyinternetslow.php http://www.cs4fn.org/internet/whyinternetslow.php Measuring internet connections for real applications in terms of actual human experience Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:49:10 GMT Dial-a-molecule http://www.cs4fn.org/chemistry/dialamolecule.php http://www.cs4fn.org/chemistry/dialamolecule.php Using electromagnetic radiation to create molecules on demand Sat, 7 Jul 2012 18:21:10 GMT Smart Meter Snooping http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/smartmetersnooping.php http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/smartmetersnooping.php Your electricity meter could be broadcasting everything you do Wed, 4 Jul 2012 22:10:10 GMT Cracking Smart Meters http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/crackingsmartmeters.php http://www.cs4fn.org/security/privacy/crackingsmartmeters.php Why would you you crack an electricity meter? Wed, 4 Jul 2012 22:10:10 GMT The phone inside you http://www.cs4fn.org/cyborg/phoneinside.php http://www.cs4fn.org/cyborg/phoneinside.php How do you do input-output when your mobile is implanted by a surgeon in your arm? Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:55:10 GMT How do you make a $25 computer? http://www.cs4fn.org/memorymanagement/raspberrypi.php http://www.cs4fn.org/memorymanagement/raspberrypi.php How the Raspberry Pi came in so cheap with some virtual memory help Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:43:10 GMT Robots teaching sign language http://www.cs4fn.org/linguistics/robotsigning.php http://www.cs4fn.org/linguistics/robotsigning.php Games that robots can play to help kids learn to sign Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:47:10 GMT Listen to the stars singing http://www.cs4fn.org/astronomy/listeningtostars.php http://www.cs4fn.org/astronomy/listeningtostars.php Weighing stars by listening to their songs Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:58:10 GMT Soundly Invisible http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/soundlyinvisible.php http://www.cs4fn.org/audioengineering/soundlyinvisible.php When we manage to make invisibility cloaks will we be able to make things acoustically invisible too Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:30:10 GMT A visit to the Turing Machine: a short story http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/avisittotheturingmachine.php http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/avisittotheturingmachine.php After the Digital Age has ended, Alice and Henry pay their annual visit to the mysterious Turing Machine. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:13:22 GMT Shh! Can you hear that diagram http://www.cs4fn.org/designforall/listentodiagram.php http://www.cs4fn.org/designforall/listentodiagram.php Allowing partially sighted people to feel and hear diagrams Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:55:10 GMT Back (page) in the day http://www.cs4fn.org/history/backintheday.php http://www.cs4fn.org/history/backintheday.php The history of computerised gadgets, before computers were invented. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:44:44 GMT Lines in the sand http://www.cs4fn.org/biology/linesinthesand.php http://www.cs4fn.org/biology/linesinthesand.php Some high-tech furniture. How to build a computerised table to draw in the sand. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:42:54 GMT Chocoholic subtraction http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/chocoholicsubtraction.php http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/chocoholicsubtraction.php The computer program behind the chocoholic Turing machine. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:40:41 GMT Chocoholic Turing machines http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/turingmachines.php http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/turingmachines.php The revolutionary idea behind every computer. Now you can reproduce it in chocolate. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:38:14 GMT The Alan Turing issue http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/thealanturingissue.php http://www.cs4fn.org/turing/thealanturingissue.php The introduction to the new magazine issue on Alan Turing. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:36:23 GMT Building life brick by brick http://www.cs4fn.org/biology/buildinglife.php http://www.cs4fn.org/biology/buildinglife.php A competition to build new life from biological spare parts. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:10:34 GMT