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 ...

A new book - "Coding with the micro:bit – Create Cool Programming Projects" - teaches children how to use the BBC micro:bit. Update: The book has now been published, with an updated title After ...

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 micro:bit is a pocket-sized code-able computer with a lot of features including an LED light display, buttons, sensors and a couple of input devices like a microphone.The micro:bit introduces ...

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 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; ...

This week the BBC unveiled the design of the BBC micro:bit, part of the BBC's Make it Digital initiative, at an event for its partners in London.element14 is a major partner in the project to produce ...

Pocket-sized computer micro:bit is being updated for the first time since 2016 with the latest technology to help children code. The device is now four times faster and includes a built-in speaker and ...