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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new version of the pocket-sized BBC micro:bit computer is coming to schools worldwide, packed with new features designed to keep young students up-to-date with the latest hot trends in technology.

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; ...

A little over 18 months after first announcing its intention to inspire the coders of tomorrow with its freely distributed micro:bit computer, the BBC has given the project independence. The ...

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 ...

While almost all of the electronic distributors, hobbyist sites, and online electronic shops have the BBC micro:bit available for pre-order (officially available starting next July), thanks to ...

The BBC, along with Lancaster University and Nominet, has demonstrated a prototype method for safely and securely turning its micro:bit children’s computer into an internet of things (IoT) device. The ...

After experimenting with different versions of the BBC micro:bit, I decided to try out its add-ons/accessories that might help make my upcoming projects easier. Currently my choice is the micro:bit ...