The BBC had started delivering the first of its Micro Bit programming boards to students, a project which it hopes will help create the next generation of coders and tech entrepreneurs. Up to one ...

The computer-education market is crowded with hardware -- the Pi, Arduino, kits such as Kano -- but Koby believes the micro:bit is unique. "There's nothing designed for this age group," Koby says.

The BBC Micro Bit mini-computer - used by millions of schoolchildren across the world - will receive its first major update since 2016. The new model includes a speaker and microphone, as well as ...

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 ...

But the BBC began giving away micro:bit computers to students earlier this year. Now they’re available for non-students willing to spend £13 (about $19 US). Premier Farnell/Element14 is ...

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation, a non-profit formed in late 2016 by the project's original founders, reports that there are currently over five million of the original mini computers in ...

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 versions. The announcements were made by a new non-profit ...

The BBC micro:bit single board ARM computer aimed at education does not feature as often as many of its competitors in these pages. It’s not the cheapest of boards, and interfacing to it in ...

usp=sharing When you plug the micro:bit into your computer’s USB socket, it will appear on your computer like a USB memory stick called MICROBIT. After the download, drag and dropthe code (.hex file) ...

Nearly 700,000 BBC micro:bit computers, worth millions of dollars, will be given away for free to every primary school across the United Kingdom in a bid to support the country’s ambitions to ...