Audience: Transition, Fifth and Sixed Year (ROI)/P 12-14 (NI).

There are numbers all around us that make our modern lives possible. From rescuing your lost words in text messages, to taking selfies, maths is always there making things work. This session will show students the mathematics behind modern technology and emphasise the importance of learning maths for a career in technology. Topics: barcodes and check digits, error correction, binary numbers & ASCII, mathematics behind digital images.