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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Free, London: Code and Create Workshop for Teens, part of #LondonDataWeek
Teens - make a classic arcade game with AI, chatbots and programming: FREE games coding workshop in Stratford, London for 13+: need to bring a laptop and create...
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Aged 11-16? Share your views on Computing education in England.
Deadline tomorrow for the Young People's Advisory Group on Computer Science - have your say on how computing is taught in England.
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Like science & tech? Maybe thinking about careers in it? Come to our FREE online Science Festival on Monday (24th June)
There's a free online science festival on Monday 24th for people interested in medical / dentistry careers but two of the talks are specifically about technology...
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The invisible dice mystery – a magic trick underpinned by computing and maths
Maths and magic, algebra and abracadabra - impress your friends with this magic trick (no props required) and learn a little bit about computer science.
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Can you trust a smile?
You're probably pretty good at spotting a fake smile, but how might we teach robots to do the same...
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Computers that read emotions
We can add emotion to our text communication using symbols but will computers be able to work out what we're saying?
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Find your own time zone – #BSW24
Time is the theme for this year's British Science Week. Here's how to calculate your own personal time zone. We also have a new time portal with some other 'timely'...
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The Social Machine of Maths
by Ursula Martin, University of Oxfordand Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London In school we learn about the maths that others have invented: results that...
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Software for Justice
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (originally published in 2011) A jury is given misleading information in court by an expert witness. An innocent...
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Designing robots that care (plus links to related careers)
An article from Nicola Plant about ways of making social robots more sociable which links to a related EPSRC project about a tablet-based AI tool for people with...
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AMPER: AI helping future you remember past you
Research to develop a new AI tool to help people with dementia to remember, and gain confidence. Also includes some suggested classroom activities and examples...
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Singing bird – a human choir, singing birdsong
Dawn Chorus: Marcus Coates and Geoff Sample recorded birdsong, then slowed it down and got people to sing it (then sped it up again!).
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Eggheads: helping us to visualise objects and classes
by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Past CS4FN articles have explored object-oriented programming through self-aware pizza and Strictly Come Dancing...
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Ethics – What would you do? Part 2: answers
Answers to our ethical dilemma quiz from yesterday.
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Ethics – What would you do?
An ethical dilemma quiz with answers coming tomorrow.
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Equality, diversity and inclusion in the R Project: collaborative community coding & curating with Dr Heather Turner
Find out about Dr Heather Turner's EPSRC project to increase diversity and representation in software (R programming language) and about the role of Research Software...
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Tonight, 8pm on BBC Four – the first of three Christmas Lectures for young people on Artificial Intelligence
If you're near a television or computer at 8pm you can watch the first of this year's Christmas Lectures, all about artificial intelligence.
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CS4FN Advent Calendar – Day 25 bonus Christmas crackers: have you ever seen this cracker joke?
If you’re pulling a Christmas cracker today look out for this now famous but fairly puzzling ‘joke’ – Q: What kind of cough medicine does Dracula take?A: Con medicine...
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CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 23: Father Christmas – checking his list, spotting the errors
Our CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar has now been running for 23 days! That’s one post every single day, matching a computing-themed blog post to the image...
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