Hard drive disassembly
Want to take a hard drive apart and put it back together again? Want to take the data from a broken hard drive and put it into a working hard drive? Don’t. This video shows how an independent repair shop does it properly. A great look at the inside of a working disc. You can …. Read More
Domino Computer
Matt Parker made a computer out of dominoes. Yup. It’s really cool, he constructed logic gates (which he breaks down in a separate video) out of dominoes. It’s a simple calculator so takes two numbers and adds them together, but it’s impressive to see how it’s working.
Moonpig Hack
Customer details were hacked from Moonpig, this is a breakdown of what happened, but also important thoughts about what should be done when someone finds a vulnerability.
Logic Gates
These are the logic gates that we need for AQA GCSE 2019-2021. Next year will add XOR, but for now, these are all. My magnificent year 10 class take the credit for the graphic idea for the NOT gate, I take the credit for the others myself. Hopefully they’ll help you remember which one is …. Read More
Abstraction
Okay, so this covers knot theory which is nothing to do with anything we cover. However, what is important is abstraction. Jade goes through the steps of removing all the unnecessary steps. I wouldn’t expect you to solve this problem, but I would expect you to take another problem and get rid of all the …. Read More
Jahoomas Logic Box
https://logicbox.jahooma.com/ Caution: Difficulty level – Year 10-year 13 This is one that I find difficult. You really have to think carefully to work your way through the levels. The concept is a very important one, especially for GCSE students. It’s all about solving a challenge, then packaging up that solution and using it to solve …. Read More
CAPTCHA – When you get asked to copy some letters
You will have used some form of CAPTCHA, this is a nice break down on what it is and where it came from.
Game hackers who were sued
Blizzard, Activision, XBox, Playstation and several other companies decided to sue people who were hacking games. It’s worth a watch and figure out what you think. Were the companies justified? Were the hackers in the wrong?
Chinese Remainder Theorem – Mod meets magic
Mod (remainders: 7 mod 3 is 1. Meaning 7 รท 3 is 2 with 1 remainder) is essential for computer science. This video shows a magic trick which is essentially an maths formula utilising mod.