Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...

It took longer than expected after the original announcement, but the BBC’s Micro:bit project started shipping to school age children in the U.K. in March. Now, the programmable mini-computer is ...

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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 ...

The partnership of BBC Education, Micro:bit Educational Foundation and Nominet, will give nearly 700k micro:bits to UK schools and is boosted by familiar CBBC brands In an ever-evolving digital age, ...

Earlier this month, the BBC unveiled the Micro:bit computer. Part of the Make It Digital initiative, the Corporation will distribute 1million MicroBits free in October to Year Seven children across ...

In a move that will bring a nostalgic smile to some British kids (and teachers) of the 80s, the BBC has announced that it is to produce a new educational mini-computer — codenamed the ‘Micro Bit’, a ...

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 ...

Micro:bits are being used to help primary school pupils get an understanding of machine learning. Back in 2015, the BBC micro:bit was created to help pupils understand the world of coding in a ...

It's the first year of a major new coding curriculum in the UK, and now the BBC wants to play its part in training the next generation of star programmers. The broadcaster is developing a spiritual ...