The BBC launches the Micro Bit computer by giving a copy to thousands of Year 7 pupils - but is it too late to inspire a fresh generation of coders?

The Micro Bit will be more than double the price of the Raspberry Pi Zero mini-computer The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the ...

Canada is the latest country to choose the micro:bit for coding education Newark element14, the ‘development distributor’, is helping KidsCode Jeunesse roll out 100,000 micro:bits across Canada to ...

Those projects are great at the basics, introducing you to what the micro:bit is, the coding languages that you can use, and how to connect physical inputs and outputs such as LEDs and motors to it.

Technology opens up possibilities and can help us achieve near-miraculous things, but it can also be complicated. In fact, ... Zach Shelby, CEO Micro:bit Educational Foundation.

At launch, the BBC said the 4cm/1.6in-by-5cm/2in device was the corporation's most ambitious technology initiative since it launched the famous, and rather larger, BBC Micro desktop computer back ...

The BBC launches the Micro Bit computer by giving a copy to thousands of Year 7 pupils - but is it too late to inspire a fresh generation of coders?

The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the general public. The device is already being delivered, free, to one million Year 7 children in ...