Following this morning's announcement of the BBC's Micro Bit programmable computer, WIRED.co.uk takes a closer look at the new piece of technology, and speaks to one of the people behind its creation.
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The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming. Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; ...
It’s a rather odd proposition, to give an ARM based single board computer to coder-newbie children in the hope that they might learn something about how computers work, after all if you are used to ...
PORT ANGELES — Children ages 10-14 can register to receive a free BBC micro:bit kit through the North Olympic Library System. To register for a kit, visit www.nols.org. The micro:bit is a pocket-sized ...
We all remember the fun of growing cress at school and now Kitronik is bringing the experience into the 21 st century with the launch of its BBC micro:bit compatible Smart Greenhouse Kit. The Kitronik ...
Measuring 4cm by 5cm, and designed to be fun and easy to use, users can create anything from games and animations to scrolling stories at school, at home and on the go - all you need is imagination ...
Here's a lockdown challenge for young Gadget Masters: build an ecopod, with the BBC micro:bit board and the Kitronik Smart Greenhouse Kit. It's a STEM project kit that's intended to provide an ...
It’s been a long wait, but our latest single board computer for review is finally here! The BBC micro:bit, given free to every seventh-grade British child, has landed at Hackaday courtesy of a friend ...