Leah: Hi! As you know, we love games, and we’re going to be playing a game of Hot Potato. Not with this – with this!It’s a BBC micro:bit.

The micro:bit hardware is based on the ARM-mbed platform in the form of a ARM Cortex-M0 32 bit processor and supports Bluetooth 4.1 with Bluetooth low energy connectivity.

Last year, the BBC embarked on an ambitious project to help inspire children to code. The BBC’s “Make it Digital” initiative aimed to put one million Micro:bit computers into the hands of ...

The BBC has begun delivering up to a million of its micro:bit mini computers to school children in the UK for free. Announced last year as part of the organization's Make it Digital initiative ...

The BBC has unveiled the Micro:bit, the spiritual successor of the 8-bit, beige-box BBC Micro released way back in 1981. To try and propel the Micro:bit to a comparable echelon of usefulness and ...

Owners of the :GAME Zip 64 can also laser cut or 3D print their own cases for the handheld, and the Kitronik MI:pro protector case can be used to protect the micro:bit – and in a nice touch it ...

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 ...

Two former ARM executives launch the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to train millions of children on technology and IoT.

On Tuesday, the BBC sent one million of Micro: bits, pocket-sized programmable devices to teachers and students across the country.