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cs4fn Magazine+: Issue 9: Programmed to save the world

ISSN 1754-3657 (Print)

ISSN 1754-3665 (Online)

Front Cover of cs4fn issue 9

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Issue 9 of cs4fn has been supported by EPSRC, Google, Microsoft and ARM.

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Issue 9 of the cs4fn magazine directs you to the web site for more on various articles. Find the linked articles below.

Introduction

The Earth issue

Energy

Brain power Sensing a turn-on: Cambridge researchers track people to save energy Driven to perfection Plug your energy leaks with smart plugs Is the grass always greener?

Ecology

A wild way to escape diseases Cold hard complexity: learning to talk in nature's language Spot the penguin The Game of Life Scratch, bite, decay and sniff Back (page) to nature: understanding the Earth with computer science

Gaming and interaction

Hunt for treasure in a SimSubmarine Cognitive crash dummies Plague!

Robotics and artificial intelligence

Do not enter! Getting out of a jam

Magic

The top flight magic trick

Space

Like father like son: the space family Garriott The eye of the storm

Engineering

Faster than a speeding bullet

The Internet

A mob for the Earth