Continuing the celebrations of Tring’s 700 year Market Charter but bringing it bang up to date, the town now has a Heritage Trail both on a map and an ‘app’ – probably the first in the County.
Technology
BBC Micro Fix-a-Beeb Day reboots three dozen BBC Micros
A crack volunteer repair team descended upon The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park last weekend (12-13 September) to restore 1980’s BBC micro-computers, one of the most popular features of the Museum’s Learning Programme.
‘Morning After’ drink drive reminder to Rugby World Cup fans
Transport for Buckinghamshire (TfB) is advising rugby fans to be mindful of driving after drinking alcohol during the forthcoming Rugby World Cup 2015 (18 September – 31 October).
TNMOC Team wins Best in Show at the world’s largest hackathon for young people
Have you ever put the wrong fuel in your vehicle? A team from The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) developed an app to tackle the issue and won Best in Show at the Young Rewired State Festival of Code last weekend.
The Imitation Archive
The sounds of 70 years of computing archived and remixed into music
Fascinating Ada
Competition to inspire female students in computing to mark the bicentenary of Ada Lovelace
Every school urged to champion fight against online sexual predators and bullies
Every school in Buckinghamshire should appoint cyber safety champions to prevent children from becoming victims of sexual exploitation or online bullying.
Broadband Survey Ongoing
Broadband performance analysis team Actual Experience are seeing some interesting trends in their ongoing survey on home broadband experience in the UK
Flossie, the first mass-produced business computer, is rescued
One of the first mass-produced business computers has been rescued from the scrapheap for the third time in its 50-year history
