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 ...

Hi again! The one and only MICROBIT at your service. You really helped us out last time – you made your own Sonic Gadget to help fend off the Dalek menace but we’re not much closer to saving the ...

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 collaborates with 29 partners to send thousands of miniature computers to every grade 7 child in the UK. This is the BBC you're thinking of – the news organization – and this is not the first ...

Schoolchildren have used the mini-computers to learn to code The BBC Micro Bit mini-computer - used by millions of schoolchildren across the world - will receive its first major update since 2016. The ...

The Micro:bit is a fun microcontroller development platform, designed specifically for educational use. Out of the box, it’s got a pretty basic sound output feature that can play a single note at a ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

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; ...

What if you could take control of the air you breathe indoors, making sure a healthier and more comfortable environment for you and your loved ones? With indoor air quality directly impacting ...