Quirks and oddities

Computer scientists at play

Find out about some of the rather surprising things computer scientists have got up to when they're in a playful mood.

Computer scientists like a joke and there are several famous examples of April Fool’s jokes in the field of computing. Even when not joking some of the solutions computer scientists have come up with to solve a problem seem quite entertaining too.
Here, for April 2025, we’re collecting some examples of some of the more surprising things computer scientists have come up with.

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1 April 2025 – April Fools (except it’s all real!)