Starting from this morning, March 22, about a million teachers and students across the UK will begin to receive a free BBC Micro:bit computer. The idea is to get an ...

The BBC micro:bit’s formal product partners have led on the software, hardware, design, manufacture and distribution of the device, whilst our formal product champions are playing a vital role in ...

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Schoolchildren have used the mini-computers to learn to code The BBC Micro Bit mini-computer - used by millions of schoolchildren across the world - will receive its first major update since 2016. The ...

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Hi again! The one and only MICROBIT at your service. You really helped us out last time – you made your own Sonic Gadget to help fend off the Dalek menace but we’re not much closer to saving the ...

For a million kids in the United Kingdom, a version of Christmas came early this year. That is, if your version of Christmas includes a Micro: bit computer and the promise of a tech savvy future. On ...

Farnell, which manufactures and distributes the BBC micro:bit, is rolling out a programme called ‘super:bit’ in Norway. The project is a collaboration between the national science centres in Norway, ...