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     We're almost to the end of camp. Hope you all have enjoyed your time! Day 9 Y'all ready for Thursday? Let's do this! And if you're one of the people in the room thinking I'm crazy and just want it to be Friday, here's your meme! Today's theme is Crazy Hair Day!! So no, everybody is not having a bad hair day on the same day, it's on purpose! Now it's time for a crazy fact about hair. "The average human will grow 590 miles worth of hair during their lifetime." ( hair facts ). Isn't that insane to think about? My hair feels like it's growing too slowly for that. For more crazy hair facts, click the link above. Computer science is everywhere, including hair. Some computer scientists are training computers to be able to visually identify hair better. This may not seem important, but someday, these algorithms could be applied to things like identifying skin cancer and improving self-driving cars. Read more about this fascinating proj...

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Welcome campers to the daily morning blog! Day 8 Happy Wednesday everybody!! Let's get this day started with an energetic meme to wake everybody up! Annnnnd for the grumpy ones with the Friday addiction, here's your meme. Today's theme is ........... drumroll........Hawaii Day!! Starting off with some fun facts about Hawaii. Did you know, Hawaii is the only US state with a royal palace? This is because it was first settled by the Polynesians who ruled for about 100 years and then it was its own Kingdom before it was a state. For more fun facts about Hawaii, click here . Even though it is an island separated from the rest of the US, Hawaii still has a lot of computer science going on. They have tons of jobs for computer scientists as well as schools that go all the way up to PHD research! To browse computer science jobs in Hawaii, click here . That's all for today's blog; have a wonderful day!

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   Welcome to the second day of the second week of the 2022 summer camp! Look at all those twos! Day 7 Let's get you all excited for this Tuesday with a happy dog meme! For those of you who aren't feeling this Tuesday, here's your meme. Today's theme is the wacky tie dye!! How much do you know about tie dye? I bet you didn't know this! The technique of tie-dye is actually much older than the hippie period of the 1970s. It dates all the way back to 4000 B.C.E! Read a little bit more about different tie-dye techniques here . What does computer science have to do with tie dye you ask? https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2021/09/can-robots-create-fashion/  cs with tie dye read more?

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     Welcome to another week of YWiC summer camp! Day 6 Let's get this day rolling with a happy Monday meme! And for the ones not as happy to be here this lovely Monday morning, here's a meme just for you! Today's theme, in case you forgot, is rainbow!!  Fun fact about rainbows,  Earth is the only planet in our solar system with rainbows! "Sure, Jupiter has constant hurricanes of gas and Mars may even have some frozen water … but Earth is the only planet in our solar system capable of creating rainbows – so far as we know. That’s because Earth is the only planet with consistent liquid precipitation and direct sunlight. On the Saturn moon of Titan, scientists believe there may be liquid methane rainstorms, but the atmosphere is so hazy that it’s unlikely enough sunlight passes through the methane drops to create a rainbow." ( Rainbow Facts ) If you want to read a few more facts about rainbows, click the link above. And for our CS, what does it have to do wit...

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You guys all made it! It's the end of the week!      Day 5 You all know what's coming! It's Friday and here's our happy meme! For the ones who aren't satisfied with it being Friday and want the weekend already, here's your meme. Today's theme is the lovely pajama day! Ready for some fun facts about pajamas? "The World’s Largest Footed Pajama Party was held in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2012 where 309 adults were dressed in their footies and broke the Guiness World Record." ( Pajama Facts ). And did you know? "In the roaring 20’s high society men and women would wear their PJs to the beach." ( Pajama Facts ) How crazy is that? If you want to learn some more fun pj facts, click the "Pajama Facts" link above. The two subjects of computer science and pajamas may seem like they have nothing in common, but you'd be surprised! There is an up and coming project with "smart" pajamas. These pjs would monitor your heart rate,...

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 Everybody get ready for day four!! Day 4 Who's ready to have a great day? Yoda sure is! And if you're sitting here wishing it was Friday instead, here's a meme for you. Today's theme is.........Disney!! Most or all of you are familiar with Disney, but here's a fact you may not know about this popular animation studios! "As part of a brainstorm for Frozen, Disney Animation held a 'Sister Summit' for women at the company to share stories about what it's like to have sisters. In an interview at the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program, Jennifer Lee, the film's director and the current chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios, said the summit 'really helped the movie.'" ( Disney Facts ) If you want to read about more Disney facts you might not know, click the link above. Disney also has a ton of computer science jobs! It may not seem like it because they create movies and TV shows, but there's a lot of CS behind the sc...

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 Everybody ready for your third day of camp? If you're not now, you will be after you read this blog! (hopefully). Day 3 You all know the drill by now! Here's a happy meme for you morning people! And here's the flip side meme for the non-morning people! If you look around the room, you might be able to guess today's theme. It's animal day!! Here's a fun fact about animals! "Roosters prevent themselves from going deaf due to their own loud crowing, by tilting their head backs when they crow, which covers their ear canal completely, serving as a built-in ear-plug." ( Animal Facts ) Read more interesting animal facts at the link above. So, where's the intersection between CS and animals? Well, there's a new emerging field called Animal-Computer Interaction, similar to Human-Computer Interaction, but, obviously, with animals! One researcher is developing software to tell humans what horses are thinking and why they act the way they do. Pretty cool,...