Fed2 Star - the newsletter for the space trading game Federation 2

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: April 22, 2018

Fed2 Star Index

In this week’s Fed2 Star: the new way to report bugs, identical futures not a bug but a feature, Charon’s craters and valleys given names, how a mutant plastic-munching enzyme could help recycling efforts, autonomous car gets traffic ticket, baboons break out of research facility using ingenuity and teamwork, teacher cuffed for running fight club in his maths class, a robot that can put together an IKEA chair, and pictures from under the sea. Plus Winding Down, the tech newsletter from Alan.

Official News

Players flock to new bug reporting site

Why the futures list is not always randomised

Real life news: features on Pluto’s moon Charon now have official names

Real life news: mutant enzyme eats plastic bottles

Real life news: passenger in self-driving car given ticket for bad driving

Real life news: the great baboon escape

Dumb teacher of the week: supervised fights in class

Robot of the week: IKEA chair builder

Pictures of the week: underwater photos of the year

Winding Down