2019-08-10_The_Week_Junior_UK

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10 August 2019•The Week Junior 23

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herecent celebrations of the 50th anniversary

of the Apollo 11 spacemission may be over,but

thereare stillways torelive thefamous Moon landing

and learn moreabout it.

One of them isamobile appcalled MoonWalk

–Apollo 11 Mission, whichwasrecentlyreleased for

Android and iPhone smartphones. It’sanother app

that uses AR technology,inthiscase to makeyour

real-world surroundingsareplicaofthe Moon’s

surface, as it would have beenexperienced by

astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the

first two people ever to set foot on the Moon. The app

also uses thereal recordings of the astronauts’

conversations during the Apollo 11 mission,

as they took their small steps (or giant

leaps) on the Moon.

The app is free to download

and try,but uses in-app

purchases to unlock the

different layers of its AR app:

so makesureyou check with

an adult if youwant to spend

any money.

VIRALVIDEO

WEBSITE WEEK

OF

THE

ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA

ancient.eu

If therecentHorrible Historiesfilm has fired

up your enthusiasm for the not-alwaysrotten

Romans, this website offers stacksofinfo–with

ancient Greece, China, Japan and othercountries

included. Browse maps, scan timelines andread

about topicsranging fromcookery towarfare.

GIANT NOSEBLOWER MACHINE

tinyurl.com/TWJ-noseblower

Whatreally happens when you blow your

nose? Dr Chris and Dr Xand, the stars of the

CBBC showOperationOuch!,have builta“giant

noseblowing machine” toexplain–complete

withfakesnot.

SECRETS&HACKS

REX SHUTTERSTOCK

I

fyou’reinterested in plants, whether they’reinyour

garden oranearby park, wood, field or your school,

there’snow an app thatcanhelp you tell your moth

orchids from yourcornstalks.

The app iscalled Candide Labels–Plant ID,and it

uses augmentedreality (AR) to help you identify any

plants you don’t know.ARisthe technology that

shows you digital information (plant info in thiscase)

on yourcamera’sview of thereal world. The app

also lets people create virtual labels, filled with

information about the plant and how to look after it.

Oncecreated, they’ll appear whenever the person

points the app at that plant again.

It’snot the onlyexample of AR technology being

put to green-fingered use.AFrenchcompanycalled

Connected Garden has shown offasensor that is

planted inagarden, which then uses an AR app to

show users whereand when they need towater,

plant or weed. An appcalledYa rd uses AR technology

to help people to design their dreamgardens.

Take your phone

on aMoon walk

Is this gardening or is it g-AR-dening?

See what itwaslike

to step on the Moon.

The app labels

your plants.

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ever built.

IMPROVEYOUR YOUTUBE SKILLS

The plus and minus

symbols aregood

for morethan just

maths: use them

to filterYouTube

searches. Searching

for “donald -trump”

will find videos

without the US

president, for

example, and

“donald +duck” will

focus on videos of

Disney’sfamous

cartoon character.