‘Eye Mouth Eye’ Debacle Sums Up Tech’s Race Issues
https://www.wired.com/story/eye-mouth-eye This is an interesting article that touches on the current race issues but also how start ups and ideas go viral and investors want to invest. An interesting read about the state of the industry.
Which Operating System Reigns Supreme?
https://uk.pcmag.com/mobile-operating-system-2/126707/windows-vs-macos-vs-chrome-os-vs-ubuntu-linux-which-operating-system-reigns-supreme In year 8 we discuss what an operating system is, right where we cover hardware and software and search engines and web browsers. It’s something which comes up frequently on GCSE papers. This article discusses done of the most well known operating systems and what they provide. Most of it feeds in nicely with …. Read More
Network Layers
https://medium.com/@james_aka_yale/the-4-layer-internet-model-network-engineers-need-to-know-e78432614a4f GCSE students (and A-Level students) will be familiar with the network stack…well…they’ll know it’s something they should know. It is however something which people are often fuzzy on. This article explains it nicely and talks about TCP and UDP and how it fits within the stack. Don’t worry about the OSI model, that’s something …. Read More
Wireless hotspots
https://hackernoon.com/a-hacker-intercepted-your-wifi-traffic-stole-your-contacts-passwords-financial-data-heres-how-4fc0df9ff152 This article goes into some technical details, but it’s a good example of how attacks can be made, in particular pharming attacks. Do not try this at home….actually…that’s the only place you CAN try it, provided you’ve got everyone’s permission. You to a parent> “Can I instruct the link layer to not discard packets …. Read More
Game making tutorials in Python
http://kidscancode.org/lessons/ The above page is essentially a link to loads of videos which are going through making specific games. One series is a space shooter, one is a platformer, one is a zombie shooter. It covers a lot of really advanced concepts but shows you every line that’s being written. Useful for anyone interested in …. Read More
Big Data vs Lots of data
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50578234 In year 13 we cover big data. This article highlights the difference between big data and lots of data. Lots of data is gathered from the census but that doesn’t count as big data as the data isn’t varied, there’s just a lot of it. Consider the difference between a census and the data …. Read More
Create your own Crypto currency
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49826161 I was asked about creating a new currency, it is indeed possible but not easy. It starts touching on the essence of what money is. Facebook tried but didn’t get far. This article is an interesting one where someone tried to create a new currency, got lots of momentum, and then disappeared. The woman …. Read More
App Lab
https://studio.code.org/s/applab-intro/stage/1/puzzle/1 App Lab is a Scratch like program to develop mobile phone apps. Give it a go!
Code Combat
https://codecombat.com/play/dungeon Hunt through the dungeon, collect gems, kill monsters. You can create an account if you really want to, you don’t have to.
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