The power of the Sun
You might find it hard to believe that people have been converting the power of the Sun to...
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Power from the wind
In recent years you may have noticed a lot of talk about the use of wind turbines to...
Rock, Paper, Scissors
This week we will begin a very short series in programming and let you get started with your...
Flexible and Affordable Computers
Have you always wanted a computer to learn programming, surf the internet, check e-mail, or just for fun,...
Impacts of the Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), in operation since January 6, 1980, was designed to broadcast date and satellite...
Cecilia Payne, the unsung hero of astronomy
Cecilia Payne was the first female astronomer to be granted a professorship at Harvard and the first female...
Happy Birthday World Wide Web
It was March, 1989, when Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, released a paper...
Tiny radios in your pocket
Did you ever wonder how that hotel room key card works, when it never enters a slot and...
Augmented Reality
One of the uses of QR-codes mentioned in a previous article was Augmented Reality (AR). Anybody who has...
What is that strange square?
QR-code link to www.thelickingnews.com You may have seen these on products in the store, posters advertising concerts and events, or...
