by The Conversation | October 24, 2019 | Curious Kids
Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? Nan Palmero/Flickr, CC BY-SA Author: Tim Dean, Honorary Associate in Philosophy, University of Sydney How do you know that we aren’t in virtual reality right now? It could be so realistic that it feels like normal life....
by The Conversation | October 17, 2019 | Curious Kids
Like magic. Shutterstock. Author: Bernie Tiddeman, Reader in Computer Science, Aberystwyth University How do mobile phones and tablets work? Tom, aged six, Quorn, UK Great question, Tom! There’s a lot of amazing technology packed into mobile phones and tablets....
by The Conversation | October 10, 2019 | Curious Kids
Many other key arrangements have been tried. Some are claimed to be easier to learn or faster to use than QWERTY. But none has proved good enough to beat QWERTY. Flickr/Jeff Eaton, CC BY-SA Author: Geoff Cumming, La Trobe University Why are the letters on the keyboard...