Software

1. Software : Java Implementation for Windows;

2. Software : TextEditor.jar;

3. Software : BinEd.jar binary editor;

4. User Guide : Using the Binary Editor;

5. Software : Python.

The Basics

1. Wikipedia Reference : Positional Notation;

2. Wikipedia Reference : International System of Units;

3. How Stuff Works Reference : Bits and Bytes;

4. Lecture Notes : Representing Information;

Compression

1. Handout : Compression;

2. Wikipedia Reference : Huffman Coding;

Digital Audio

1. Handout : Digital Audio and Images;

2. Wikipedia Reference : Sound;

3. How Stuff Works Reference : Hearing;

4. Wikipedia Reference : Wave Files;

5. Wikipedia Reference : MP3 Files;

6. How Stuff Works Reference : MP3 Files;

Digital Images

1. Wikipedia Reference : RGB Color;

2. Wikipedia Reference : Visual Perception;

3. Wikipedia Reference : Bitmaps (aka Raster Graphics);

4. Wikipedia Reference : Bitmap File Formats;

5. Wikipedia Reference : JPEG;

Digital Video

1. Wikipedia Reference : MPEG-2 Video;

2. How Stuff Works Reference : Digital Television (DTV);

3. How Stuff Works Reference : HDTV;

4. Wikipedia Reference : HDTV;

5. Cryptography in Home Entertainment, A look at content scrambling in DVDs;

Radio

1. Wikipedia Reference : Electromagnetic Spectrum;

2. How Stuff Works Reference : Radio;

3. Wikipedia Reference : Radio;

Cell Phones

1. How Stuff Works Reference : Cell Phones;

2. Wikipedia Reference : Cell Phones;

The Internet

1. How Stuff Works Reference : Internet;

Ownership

1. Copyright this; OpEd, Los Angeles Times, February 27, 2008;

2. File 'Sharing' or 'Stealing'?; OpEd, Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2008;

3. Public Knowledge;

4. The Electronic Frontier Foundation;

5. Intellectual Property, Article in the Guardian;

6. Wikipedia Reference : Copyrights;

7. Wikipedia Reference : Patents;

8. Free Culture Lecture (Flash): By Lawrence Lessig @ OSCON 2002;

9. Intellectual Property Laws Lecture : By Lawrence Lessig @ TED 2007;

10. Cryptography in Home Entertainment, A look at content scrambling in DVDs;

Cryptography

1. Slides on Cryptography from April 23/24 class.

2. How Stuff Works Reference : Cryptography;

Radio Frequency ID

1. How Stuff Works Reference : RFID;

2. Wikipedia Reference : RFID;

3. RFID and Digital Tracking Lecture : By Katherine Albrecht @ Harvard;

Miscellany

1. Wikipedia Reference : the bandwidth of everything;

2. Download Text File : The Telltale Heart;

3. Wikipedia Reference : Claude Shannon; the father of information theory.

4. Why the future doesn't need us Reference : an article by a worried computer scientist, Bill Joy;

5. As We May Think Reference : a prescient article by Vanever Bush;

6. Multi-touch Interfaces Presentation/Demo : By Jeff Han @ TED 2006;

7. Digital Photo Synthesis Presentation/Demo : By Blaise Aguera y Arcas @ TED 2007;