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Last One In, 2018
January, February, March
The Abracadabra program: the importance of spelling it out
Precise Programming LanguagesThe Abracadabra program explained
Susan Kare: Icon Draw
GUI: The original Apple IconsPixel Puzzles
Colour-by-number puzzles Shaping Poems
Programming Brian Bilston's Fibonacci PoemLast One In, 2017
October, November, December
The Glue Pot
A computational thinking tale
The Queen of the North
Cyber Security hidden amidst power struggles for Queens
Magazine Issue 24
Keep Out! Cyber Security and Privacy
Privacy
Keep it PrivateBeing watched digitally
Every Breath You Take: Reclaim the InternetContactless Card Security & Relay Attacks
i-PickpocketDNA attacks and Buffer Overflow
Hacking DNAUnderstanding hackers
The Cyber-Security HoneypotWomen in Computing
Shafi Goldwasser and Zero KnowledgeA short story about Phishing
You are what you knowPrivacy and Metadata
Privacy and Phone Metadata
Privacy and Personal Data
Crystal ball couponsPrivacy and Databox
Keeping a lid on your dataCybersecurity at the Movies
Rogue one AuthenticationMentalism Magic and Binary
Just Between the two of usMore Mentalism Magic
Cards on your mindYet More Mentalism Magic and Computing
History, Ciphers, steganography and Binary
Hiding in Elizabethan BinaryHistory, Ciphers and steganography
History, Ciphers and Steganography
Spear Phishing and Man-in-the-middle attacks
Piracy on the open Wi-fiRansomware
WannacryPasswords and Entropy
Password StrengthPasswords
How to create a good memorable passwordFace Recognition and Privacy
How to VanishGPS Security
Pokemon LostTechnology in the Home
Back (page) under the duvetJuly, August, September
Green Technology
An invisibility cloak for solar panelsApril, May, June
Dependable Cmoputing
Why would you accept inefficiency?History
The first computersCommunications
Who invented Morse Code?Computer Security
Cyber Security at the MoviesFail Secure Security
Guardians of the GalaxyJanuary, February, March
What being a professional is really like
The Real ProsMagazine Issue 23
The Women are (still) here
Women in Software Engineering and Human Computer Interaction
Lemons Linking 41 Shades of BlueWomen in Computing History
A Gendered Timeline of Computer Science StarsCycling
Back (page) pedalWomen and Cyber Security
Felony Fighting FemalesFemale Computing Experts in Films
Return of the killer robot? Evil scientist?! Helpless woman?!?
Women in Astronomy and Computing
The Life of a StarWomen in Space Exploration
Hidden FiguresWomen in Machine Learning
Machines Inventing Musical InstrumentsWomen in Swarm Engineering
Sabine Hauert: Swarm EngineerWomen in Ubiquitous Computing
Your Chair is Watching YouWomen Modelling Cell Biology
Executable BiologyWomen in Computer Music
Just Sublime!Women in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
Sameena Shah: News from TwitterWomen in Digital Signal Processing
Ingrid Daubechies: wiggly lines helping catch crimeWomen in Computer Vision
Lourdes Agapito: 3D models in motionWomen in Human-Human Interaction
Kavin Narasimhan: Understanding PartiesWomen in Computing / Architecture
Sophie Wilson: Where would feeding cows take you?Robots and the environment
Eco Warier Drone Bees
LGBT Computer ScientistsFlying Horses
Moving Images, Filming wildlife and CGIThe Ancient History of Compression Algorithms
Tiro Compressing Text in Ancient RomeCyber Security at the Movies
Back (page) chat
Creative quotes from famous peopleDuplicating Dynamo's domino demonstration
Magic with dominos and reskinning codeScéalextric Stories
A kit for computers creating storiesLast One In, 2016
October, November, December
What is creativity?
Is it something only geniuses do?Expecting Inspiration
Surprisingly surprise may be important for creativityStorms in Ballet
Wearable computing combined with generative artAlgorithm: Explain Yourself
Employ the best or Bust
An example of why trusting an algorithm blindly might go wrong
Tlahcuilo, a visual composer
Understanding creativity with a program that creates visual designs
The Fittest Slogans Survive
Creating slogans by natural selectionThe movie star, the player piano and the torpedo
Hedy Lamarr: her contribution to computingManufacturing Magic
Using artificial intelligence to create magic tricksStandup Robots
Can robots invent and tell there own jokesI wandered lonely as a mass of dejected vapour
Computers as poetsSolving problems you care about
School students work with physical computingAI film director
An artificial intelligence makes a whole filmChristopher Strachey
The first digital music
Pioneer with a flourishChristopher Strachey and the secret of being a Wizard Debugger
Explain code to debug itTattoo You
Would you let a robot tattoo you?
Athletes' performances combined with generative artAnt Art
Breeding virtual ants to paintNumber representations
Why the Romans were pants at maths
July, August, September
The Hive at Kew
Art combining electronics and zoologyApril, May, June
Train a Neuron Sweet Learning Computer Build a Brain Learning to sing What are birds saying? The vigilance of the flock: Cellular automata for feeding birds Robot birds Say it sounds like singing: Strange illusions with sounds Hugo is no songbird: Birds as recording technology Mysterious moon music: Strange sounds from Apollo 11 The chord of Evil What's that bird? Ask your phone Making a bird song app Dawn chorus soundscapes: A visual way to explore soundscapes The doh ray of me: The history of a notation for singing scales Sophisticated songbird singing: What is the secret of the way birds sing? How far can you hear?: Counting birds Singing bird: Humans singing a dawn chorus A Wookie for 3 minutes Sonic Pi The glove that controls your cords... Pioneering electronic music Duck, duck, whale Sea sounds sink ships Cheap magic Scale back (page)January, February, March
Compression Code PuzzlesLast One In, 2015
October, November, December
Brain Matter Following Faraday Victorian volunteers needed Frankenstein's Monster A Storm in a Bell Jar Puzzling Victorian Doodles Vulgar coloured pens Tut, Tut! Look at your labels dear! Braille: Letters from the Victorian Smog Ada in her own words Dickens Knitting in Code The Silver Lady and Ada Lovelace Geek Gurl parties in the 1830s Ada Lovelace: the computer scientist without a computer: Issue 20 of cs4fn magazine A new booklet on hexahexaflexagon, finite state machines and computational thinking A new booklet on puzzles, graphs and computational thinking Understanding Ultron: A Turing test for world domination FilmsApril, May, June
Patterns for Sharing Peak levels: Anyone can get the sound right Beep, beep mummy here I come! Wanting to scream and scream and scream Tickle my rubber hand I see where you run Blind driver filches funky feely sound machine! Dreams, sticky tape and pass me a soldering iron! Frozen Defrosted Let's all Jam: MoosikMasheens Multimodal Design: Interacting with all the sensesJanuary, February, March
Telescopic lens for Mothers day Reading with Macular Degeneration A new computer science magic book to download Partnering BBC Make it Digital Computer Science and PhysicsLast One In, 2014
December
Composing from Compression Back (page) on the block Magic through the trapdoor The Sorceror’s Apprentice 2.0 Rules of Engagement Lunar Mission One: A month to grab the moonDecember
Composing from Compression Back (page) on the block Magic through the trapdoor The Sorceror’s Apprentice 2.0 Rules of Engagement Lunar Mission One: A month to grab the moonOctober, November
A True Hardware Brain Dangerous Curves Tours of Babel Computing and Evolution Yeah, But is It? The Painting Fool Can a computer tell a good story? The judge of a good story Playing with robots Diamond Dogs Music that has sex Breeding artAugust, September
Video Game Hero A Godlike Heart: a short story Enough is enough! Music-making mates for Mortimer The rise and fall of the living dead! How vampires can turn your data Computer Security AI love you (2.0) Disobedient Objects The algorithm that could not speak its name Ada Lovelace: Visionary Computational CreativityMay, June, July
Programming wizards Report it! Whodunnit? Back (page) in the running Machines making medicines saferApril
Playing Bridge but not as we know it! Turning the world upside down Deadly Bugs Screaming Headline Kills Pumpin Blood Think of a numberMarch
Issue 17 of the magazine is now available: making medicine safer Usability Evaluation Methods The red sock of doom Pit Stop Heart Surgery Much ado about nothing Double or nothing Visit our new sister site of Teacher resources: Teaching London ComputingLast One In, 2013
November
Farming the future Issue 16 of cs4fn magazine is now available Scilly cable antics Umm, ahh... understanding Back (page) from the dead A recipe for programming Language in the Machine I learn Greek, you can too The heart of an Arabic programming language Honky Herring Learning languages game by gameSeptember
cs4fn activity sheets now in French, German and Russian Création d’un visage La feuille de papier intelligente Jeux gagnants La boîte à cerveau Bau-eines-Gesichts Das intelligente Stück Papier Gehirn-im-Beutel Tic Tac Toe-Spieler Brain in a bag in russian Create a face in russian The intelligent piece of paper in russian Perfect Tic-tac-toe in russianJuly
Freedom from the Click Audio! magazine issue 4 is out Losing your wallet Play your drawings with TuneTrace Making business dance Help the Facebook scientists: be a Tetris teacherFebruary
A (com)pressing problem Hiding in Skype Understanding matters of the heart Molecular memoryLast One In, 2012
December
Making computers that treat you right Designer baby A formula for confusion Ideas in a flash Delicious computing Your own electrical sea Proper pumping Back (page) to full health Bringing people closer when they’re far away Contagious emotion A game set by sweat The robot always wins The invisible dice mystery Cooking up computer style Tasty behaviour A fishy format that formally fixes folk to focus Let the brain take the strainNovember
Flash crash: the risks of replacing city traders with robots Computer Science and the environment The Brazen Bull: The dark beginnings of sound technology A cloud brain that can recognize breast cancer Gutta-Percha: how a tree launched a global telecom revolution Stimulating a spine to standSeptember
Recharging
July
Robot Road Run Maths made magic Lift me up! Why is your Internet so slow? Dial-a-molecule Smart Meter Snooping Cracking Smart MetersJune
The phone inside you How do you make a $25 computer? Robots teaching sign language Listen to the stars singing Soundly InvisibleMay
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