Kids! You won’t have to hide your phone in your IT lessons later this year; you’ll be able to use them to code the BBC’s micro:bit mini computer instead. The BBC has teamed up with Samsung to create ...

Details have been announced of version 2 of the BBC micro:bit educational computer. micro:bit v2 is built around a Nordic Semi nRF52833, which will run application code, Bluetooth stack and handle USB ...

Q: You must be pleased with the launch of the BBC Micro:bit and its embracing of Bluetooth Smart? A: Absolutely. One million UK school kids will be receiving a BBC Micro:bit and for many of them this ...

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Making gadgets is no longer just for super-nerds. And to prove that we’re entering a golden age of tinkering, the BBC last week started sending its micro:bit computers to one million lucky UK students ...

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 Micro Bit - a small computer designed to power internet-connected projects - is being handed out to thousands of British school children. The device has been made for Year Sevens ...

Just how fast can a BBC micro:bit travel? Pretty fast it would seem. Schools across the country are taking part in the challenge to build a rocket car using a micro:bit. Will Tranmere Rovers triumph?

One million micro:bits are being delivered to British school children to help teach STEM, but is it the right way to do things? 1. One million 11- to 12-year-old students will receive this tiny ...

The Micro Bit was given to schoolchildren across the UK in March The Micro Bit mini-computer is to be sold across the world and enthusiasts are to be offered blueprints showing how to build their own ...