Category Archives: MODAL

Point Gamma at Polytechnique: The Hacker Experience?

By | May 13, 2017

This evening, students at Ecole Polytechnique organize “Point Gamma 2017” – a gigantic party for students and others, with music, entertainment, – and, according to the flyer, something special this year…. I cannot help but wonder if this is related to a class I teach (and, taught, just this Friday) entitled “Cybersecurity – the Hacker… Read More »

Walking Through the 1602 LCD Keypad Shield for Arduino

By | January 30, 2017

Some months back, a student at Ecole Polytechnique came to me asking for help with an Arduino shield, that he’d acquired on Amazon: a “LCD Kuman 1602 v3”. The shield is a clever little combination of a 2 lines / 16 characters LCD display and 5 buttons, that snap on top of an Arduino Uno, and makes… Read More »