How Many Letters?
Can you remember all of your ABC's? Computers need to "remember" letters too. Every time we use a computer to write a story, the computer needs to "remember" the letters in the story by saving them to the computer's memory as a file. In this experiment find out how much memory it takes for the computer to "remember" a series of letters.
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Font and File Size
What is your favorite font? Is it Chalkboard, Comic Sans, Futura, or Curlz? Whatever your favorite font is, you can test it out with this fun experiment.
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Getting More Out of Less : Google Hits and Search Terms
"Google" is the name of the most often used search engine on the Internet. "Googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. It's a very large number! Want to know how to get less than a googol hits on Google? Do this experiment to test different search terms and find out.
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Wild About Wildcards
Everybody's favorite card in UNO is the wildcard, why? Because you can use it to play on anything! The same concept is behind using a wildcard when searching for something with your computer. Do this experiment to find out if using wildcards to conduct a search can help you get better results.
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CD Burning: Take it to the Edge
Did you know that you can tell how much information is on a CD-R without even using a computer? Find out how in this "reflective" experiment.
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Image File Types and Size
There are so many different ways to save an image file it can be mind boggling! If you want to know whether to save your favorite photo as a jpeg, bmp, gif, or tiff then try this simple experiment.
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The Point of a Parabola: Focusing Signals for a Better Wireless Network
Here's a project with practical applications for homes with a wireless network. This project shows you how to build and test parabolic reflectors for the transmitters on your network. You may be able to increase the range of your transmitter to cover a location you would like to use but couldn't reach previously. You may also be able to find ways to make your network more secure, by reducing signals transmitted beyond your property.
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How Fast is Your Computer?
Computer technology continues to develop at a rapid pace. A new home computer is noticeably faster than a machine from five years ago, and dramatically faster than a machine from ten years ago. Exactly
how much faster? This project will show you one way of measuring.
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