Fed2 Star - the newsletter for the space trading game Federation 2

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: June 19, 2016

Fed2 Star Index

In this week’s Fed2 Star: Alan’s progress with the ship fighting code, a mad scientist builds a dangerous robot, don’t forget how to read a map, mobile phones previously given clean bill of health now may be dangerous, life saved by innovative wound-plugging device, why emoji can increase misunderstanding, how a criminal cleaned out the Apple store, geeky carved vegetables, and a beautiful video involving drumbeats and powdered paint. Plus Winding Down, the tech newsletter from Alan.

Official News

Alan is working on the ship repair code

Real life news: building a robot that can hurt humans

Real life news: Scottish hill walkers urged not to forsake maps for GPS

Real life news: hold on, mobile phones may cause cancer after all! (Or maybe not…)

Real life news: gunshot plugging device saves its first life

Real life news: confusing emoji

Clever criminals of the week: Apple store masquerade

Vegetables of the week: Star Wars

Video of the week: slow-motion drums with paint powder

Winding Down