Category Archives: computers

Nim and the Sinclair Cambridge Programmable calculator

Posted on September 10, 2018 by blogmywiki

The game of Nim comes in many forms, but the idea is same: players take turns to remove objects from a pile and the player left taking the last object loses. Or wins. You can play it so you win … Continue reading →

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Microbit class votes

Posted on April 13, 2018 by blogmywiki

Up to 25 pupils each has a micro:bit which they can use for voting YES or NO to any question. Pupils press button A to answer ‘no’ to a question, or button B to answer ‘yes’. They can shake their … Continue reading →

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Microbit treasure hunt

Posted on April 13, 2018 by blogmywiki

This is a much-simplified version of the MakeCode Hot/Cold game using Python. You hide beacons, players have to find them. You will need: – 2 or more micro:bits with battery packs – a computer with which to program them – … Continue reading →

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The Flu Game

Posted on April 11, 2018 by blogmywiki

Inspired by the totally awesome Hannah Fry’s BBC Four programme on pandemic flu and this also awesome micro:bit project, I present: The Flu Game. You will need: more than 2 micro:bits with battery packs a way of flashing Python code … Continue reading →

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piPlay

Posted on April 8, 2018 by blogmywiki

A simple Raspberry Pi audio playout system with GUI for radio or theatre. It runs from one Python 3 program (code on Github) on a vanilla Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and requires no other software or libraries to be installed. … Continue reading →

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