Skip to content

Pages tagged as Computing

Syndicate content Feed of latest pages tagged: Computing

Give an hour and help someone go digital Creative Commons Image By hdzimmermann via Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

18 October 2011

On 30 October, the clocks go back and everyone in the UK has an extra hour. Why not use this hour to transform someone’s life...  Read more : Give an hour and help someone go digital

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 2 ratings
2 votes   0 comments

DIY animation Featuring: video, Jupiter Images

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

16 September 2009

The 15th September 2009 edition of Digital Planet looked at Kenya's growing animation industry. Here we explain how you can try your hand at animation...  Read more : DIY animation

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 1 rating
1 vote   0 comments

Maps without boundariesDreamstime

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

14 September 2009

Tony Hirst looks at how our Global Positioning Systems can contribute to collaborative map making  Read more : Maps without boundaries

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 2 ratings
2 votes   1 comment

Chiptunes Featuring: audio, Nixdorf via Wikimedia

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

26 May 2009

It's not just the computer industry that took inspiration from the code-breaking machine Colossus. The BBC/OU series Digital Planet discovers a unique fusion of retro...  Read more : Chiptunes

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 3 ratings
3 votes   0 comments

Colossus Featuring: audio, Bill Thompson

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

26 May 2009

At the heart of the code-breaking effort during WWII was an incredible piece of engineering - Colossus - the world's first programmable computing device.  Read more : Colossus

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

DIY tech - just making it up with the Arduino Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image by Randomskk, some rights reserved

By Dr Tony Hirst (The Open University)

25 March 2009

Arduino is an exciting, but simple way to get into electronics, as Tony Hirst explains  Read more : DIY tech - just making it up with the Arduino

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 2 ratings
2 votes   2 comments

Photosynth Featuring: audio, Production team

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

24 March 2009

The Digital Planet team made use of Microsoft's experimental Photosynth service, which allows you to take a bunch of snapshots and turn them into something...  Read more : Photosynth

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

Make a font: Gareth New RomanOpen2 team

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest)

24 March 2009

The font created using Gareth Mitchell's handwriting, from the BBC/OU series Digital Planet  Read more : Make a font: Gareth New Roman

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

Maker Faire Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image dave_chatting via Flickr

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

23 March 2009

Although many of the electrical goods and gadgets we buy today come in pre-sealed boxes, which makes it hard to take them apart and look...  Read more : Maker Faire

0
You haven't rated.
0 comments

Show us your Digital Planet Featuring: activity, BBC

By Click on BBC World Service (The Open University)

27 January 2009

We want to see your Digital Planet - use our map to show us where and how you listen to the programme  Read more : Show us your Digital Planet

4.5
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.5 out of 5, based on 16 ratings
16 votes   0 comments

About OpenLearn

Hide

Explore

Try

Study

OU Courses

Open University

OpenLearn Now

Hide
The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

Once upon a wine
OU on TV and radio this week

Tag Clouds

Hide

Site Cloud

My Cloud

Discover the latest about your passions - Sign In or Register and start a personal tag cloud.

What are Tag Clouds?
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/flash/tagcloud.swf

Creative Commons License Except for third party materials and otherwise stated, content on this site is made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence

/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/