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; ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE - School-going children in Singapore will soon be using a pocket-sized, codeable computer, called the micro:bit, to pick up coding skills. The move is aimed at instilling passion for ...

The BBC Micro:bit programmable device for school children was first announced back in March, along with a prototype. And the finished article was formally launched today at an event in Broadcasting ...

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 ...

The original BBC Micro was arguably the most influential computer ever built. The processor developed for it by Acorn computers was the foundation of ARM, the world’s largest semiconductor ...