So, you have a Raspberry Pi…but what do you do with it?! Well, there are a few things that are required to turn your Raspberry Pi unit, into a fully working computer. 1. An Operating System (installed on a micro SD card). – First you will need to buy a microSD card (8GB should do …
The CS department has been blown away with the talent shown in this year’s robotics workshop for activity days 2019. Students have been building and programming several robots, powered by micro:bits. Some have managed to program their rovers to sense walls before turning to avoid them whilst others have programmed their robots to follow lines …
Exoplanet Explorer: Young People’s Advisory Panel The Computer Science department is proud to announce that it has been successful in its bid to be involved in an exciting innovative project, developing a game based on exploring distant planets orbiting other stars, working with scientists at the University of Exeter, professional games developers, visual effects and …
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Back in October 2017, the Computer Science department were lucky enough to be involved in a fantastic project, organised by the wonderful and inspiring ‘Sidmouth Science Festival’. A handful of Sidmouth students (with help from the amazing 2.timesDo team) wrote several programs to conduct experiments (to test their hypotheses) as the weather balloon ascended high …
