“Classic vs. Modern Computing”
I was feeling a bit nostalgic this week and began to think about some of the differences between computers 40...
Year: 2026
Lesson 8 – The Theremin
This week you will be building a Theremin, which is a musical instrument controlled by positioning of the hands in...
“Quicksort Inventor Tony Hoare dies”
I found out late last week that one of the heroes of early computing passed away on March 5, 2026,...
Lesson 7 Homework Answers
You circuit looks basically the same as Lesson 6 with the addition of the Sonar Sensor HC-SR04. It is a...
“Sentient AI”
Over the past couple of weeks the company Anthropic has made the news multiple times, and to me each time...
“Ancient Doors”
The Pantheon doors, estimated to have been installed in 115 AD during Emperor Hadrian’s reconstruction, were solid bronze, measuring 7.53...
Lesson 7: Using Sensors with Arduino
So far in the class we have only covered topics related to sending and receiving data over the serial interface...
Lesson 6 Homework Answers
Your circuit should now look like the one above and your code has a few minor changes from Week 5's...
Lesson 6 – Supercomputing
Please go back and look at the Homework given for this week at the end of Lesson 5 Homework Answers....
“Language of the Future?”
I was reading through some of my old issues of “Compute!’s Gazette” magazine and came across an article in the...