• The Sony Hack

    In November last year, Sony Pictures Entertainment was attacked by a number of very serious hacks, resulting in the leaking of thousands of confidential emails, and personal details such as Social Security Numbers and Passports. The suspected cause of the hack was by North Korea over the film The...
  • The Hour of Code: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

    Swap an episode of Jeremy Kyle to learn something completely different. Worst case, you find out it’s not for you. Best case, you realise making that killer app is a lot closer than you thought. In case you missed it, last week was Computer Science Education Week. The week...
  • Game of Drones

    The term ‘drone’ is the mainstream word used to refer to an unmanned, airborne device. Unfortunately, there is stigma attached to drones because of military use. Drones, vary in size, from a mini quadcopter to a delivery drone, there are even fully grown ones! It is inevitable that drones are here to stay. They provide a vast number...
  • Smart is the New Black: Lightbulbs to Reflect a Modern Age

    The lightbulb has changed very little since its invention in 1879 – until now. Lifx is a company that builds “smart lightbulbs”; lightbulbs which can be dynamically changed in colour to provide a number of applications. Simon Walker, Chief Marketing Officer at Lifx, gave a talk at Web Summit in...