This week in Computer Science: #5

This week Alice was finally finished, concluding with a quiz on which I got a 100.  began exploring jeroo, the next teaching program. It actually lets you use real programming language!!! I then had to brush up on my java syntax as it had been a while since I actually used it. In the meantime a messed around with visual basic. The program seems a bit limited as to what it can do, but hopefully it will open up more later as I learn to use it.

Cool stuff from my blogs: #5

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/nerd-chief-obama-appear-mythbusters

President Barack Obama will be appearing on the Discovery channel show Mythbusters to help bust a myth. The show will air on December 3.

Cool stuff from my blogs: #4

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/prototype-greenhouse-demonstrates-future-farming-moon

The University of Arizona has set-up a prototype hydroponics plant inspired by a South Pole green house at a research station. It is designed to be able to travel to travel to other celestial bodies and provide plants for colonists.

This week in Computer Science: #4

This week I finished up the lasts Alice labs, Events. Events are input from the outside world usually, and I learned how to use them with no major difficulties. Next week I will start on Jaroo and see how that works.

Cool stuff from my blogs: #3

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/worlds-first-carbon-neutral-convention-center-opens


A new convention center recently opened in Dublin that emits zero emissions. It is regulated by a highly advanced central computer that monitors various atmospheric levels inside the building.

This week in Computer Science: #3

This week in Computer Science I did more Alice labs, focusing on parameters and methods.There were no significant problems to report, and what I have said before still stands.

Cool stuff from my blogs: #2

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/solar-wind-could-replace-solar-wind-renewable-energy-source

This is pretty cool. Scientists are again trying to conquer huge forces of the universe and somehow succeeding. A magnetic field surrounding a very large satellite could theoretically capture electrons from solar wind, funnel the stream through a receiver, make it a current, and transmit the energy back to earth in the form of infrared beams. This apparently could provide terawatts of electricity and end the energy crisis. I can't wait to plug my electric car in a know i'm getting energy from solar wind. Solar wind could replace solar and wind as clean energy sources. Somebody somewhere is laughing at their little joke.

This week in Computer Science: #2

This week I first finished off the alice assignments I had been given, with absolutely no problems. Then I made two large armies consisting of robots and dinosaurs battle it out on an epic scale. Hopefully lessons for real java will be compiled quickly so I can move on to them. The reason I chose regular computer science was because I hoped that instead of just learning what I needed for the AP exam, I could experiment and play around with whatever my imagination threw out. I can do some pretty cool things when I'm really tired. I recognize that others in my class are not at an advanced level yet and they need to go at their own pace, but it would be nice to have lessons completed on all levels so students could go at whatever pace they are comfortable with.