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Tweet Contains an Entirely Playable, Retro-Style Arcade Game
via The Verge A 280-character tweet might not seem like a lot of space, but if you’re crafty enough, it’s actually just enough to program a video game. That’s the challenge that security engineer Alok...
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10,000 teachers take on computer science #MakerEducation
Check out this awesome post on TeacherCon from Code.org on Medium. It can seem like a daunting task for school districts to try and implement an entirely new subject in their curriculum. And at a time...
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Researchers Embedding ‘Exploded’ QR Codes Inside 3D-Printed Parts to Verify...
Nikhil Gupta, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and collaborators exploited the layer-by-layer AM printing process to “explode” QR codes within computer-assisted design (CAD) files so...
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Solve this ‘Day of the Programmer’ Coding Challenge – with 42 Languages to...
HackerRank are “building an engaged community of problem solvers in different domains of Computer Science like AI, Algorithms, Machine Learning, functional programming, etc” and have a bunch of...
View ArticleBuild an 8-Bit Computer From Scratch
YouTuber Ben Eater makes incredible “simple” computers from scratch…on breadboards. His website has carefully laid out instructions of the build and links to each of the different modules. I built a...
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‘Code is Your Canvas’– Learn Python in Your Browser Using Trinket.io |...
Press ‘play’ in the embed below and watch the turtle draw: That’s Trinket.io – not our Trinket – the “all-in-one coding environment designed for education.” Trinket lets you run and write code in any...
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New Products 9/26/2018 Featuring Adafruit #MPRLS Ported #Pressure #Sensor!
Browse through all that’s new here! NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK Peristaltic Liquid Pump with Silicone Tubing – 5V to 6V DC Power: Move fluid safely from here to there with this very nice Peristaltic Pump...
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Girls Who Code Launches Its First-ever Program Dedicated To Supporting...
Exciting news from Girls Who Code! This fall, Girls Who Code will launch its first-ever program dedicated to supporting college-aged women in computer science: Girls Who Code College Loops. College...
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Tinkering With Tech: A STEM Workshop To Encourage Girls To Code #MakerEducation
Women Love Tech interviewed Code Like a Girl co-founder Vanessa Doake – check it out! In our recent chat with Emily Tuteur (Director of Product Design at NY-based tech-education startup littleBits),...
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How Does an Intel Processor Boot? @intel #computers
Photo by Alexandru-Bogdan Ghita on Unsplash Binary Debt writes about how an Intel processor goes about booting inside a computer. When we switch on a computer, it goes through a series of steps before...
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Students analyze rap lyrics with computer code #MakerEducation
Creative approach to integrating coding and the humanities! Via The Hechinger Report. In Peter Nilsson’s classes, students use computers to help them analyze text. Nilsson is an English teacher by...
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Rapid Prototyping in the Era of Arduino, mikroBUS, and Processing #Adafruit...
ElectronicDesign writes: The age of rapid prototyping is upon us, with companies such as MikroElektronika, Adafruit, and Arduino making it easier for designers to bring concepts together in an...
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Adafruit Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Young Engineers
The Holiday Season, but make it STEM. KIT CITY Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit – Experimentation Kit for Metro 328:nterested in making neat stuff with an Arduino-compatible board but not sure where to...
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A New Android CircuitPython Editor #CircuitPython @hackaday @hackdayio
A really innovative project by Tim via Hackaday.io describes his Android device app allowing using a USB OTG cable with Android devices for Serial, REPL, and a basic code editor for use with...
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#HourOfCode Twitter Round-Up @codeorg
In the last few days, twitter has become jam-packed with joyous photos and videos of coding kids! Many thanks to the educators around the globe for sharing. It sure is swell to see the next generation...
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Microsoft Helping Visually Impaired Children Learn to Code with Physical Blocks
via The Verge Microsoft has been working on a physical programming language for children who are blind or visually impaired. Dubbed Code Jumper, it allows children to learn coding by connecting...
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Hadi Partovi Was Raised in a Revolution. Today He Teaches Kids to Code....
Recent interview with Code.org founder Hadi Partovi from The New York Times.Just how much influence should Silicon Valley have over the classroom? It’s a question roiling educational circles, and one...
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This Program Is Teaching Incarcerated Youth How To Code
via AfroTechA new coding program at a juvenile correctional facility in California is teaching incarcerated youth how to build websites and apps in an effort to reduce recidivism rates. Code.7370 is an...
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What Is Computer Science and the Best Ways To Teach It #GirlsWHoCode...
Via potatopirates.game which recently posted resources to help you get started with computer science and even teach it:According to Code.org, more girls and underrepresented minorities are getting into...
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New Guide: Wearable Steven Universe Gem #stevenuniverse
Get crafty and create a wearable glowing Gem that expresses your style and matches your favorite Steven Universe character. This is a fun and easy project that’s great for kids or beginners, or anyone...
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