In the early 2000s, the idea that you could write programs on microcontrollers that did things in the physical world, like run motors or light up LEDs, was kind of new. At the time, most people ...

Physical computing offers particular potential for teaching: the interactivity of physical devices increases pupils' motivation , while at the same time encouraging creativity and collaborative ...

Being middleware, BOINC isn’t nearly as well known as some of the grid computing-based volunteer projects – like SETI@home and Rosetta@home — that exploit it. But the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for ...