Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...
The BBC Micro Bit is the latest tiny programming board to arrive. As the name suggests, the BBC is hoping that the Micro Bit will follow in the footsteps of the legendary BBC Micro and inspire a new ...
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 ...
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 ...
Micro:bits are being used to help primary school pupils get an understanding of machine learning. Back in 2015, the BBC micro:bit was created to help pupils understand the world of coding in a ...
The BBC is set to continue its history in educational computing with the Micro:bit. First displayed in March, the broadcaster just revealed the final design and programming environment of the tiny ...
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; ...
The BBC Micro Bit, a tiny programming board aimed at giving children a taste of coding, is now available to everyone to buy. In March, the BBC started distributing a million of the diminutive boards ...
Starting from this morning, March 22, about a million teachers and students across the UK will begin to receive a free BBC Micro:bit computer. The idea is to get an ...
Farnell, in partnership with the Micro:bit Educational Foundation, has announced that it has reached the milestone of having manufactured and distributed more than 10 million BBC micro:bit computers.