The BBC is set to continue its history in educational computing with the Micro:bit. First displayed in March, the broadcaster just revealed the final design and programming environment of the tiny ...

The BBC Micro Bit is the latest tiny programming board to arrive. As the name suggests, the BBC is hoping that the Micro Bit will follow in the footsteps of the legendary BBC Micro and inspire a new ...

A special KS3 or 3rd Level computing Live Lesson on coding, making and digital creativity with the BBC micro:bit.

The BBC had started delivering the first of its Micro Bit programming boards to students, a project which it hopes will help create the next generation of coders and tech entrepreneurs. Up to one ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

Much like the original BBC Micro from the ’80s, or the Raspberry Pi, the BBC Micro:Bit has proved a successful way to encourage programming and hardware hacking in younger generations and bedroom ...

Winning an award for creating a digital dictionary while he was still in school has inspired Prabhath Mannapperuma to foster a legion of budding young programmers in remote corners of Sri Lanka.

The BBC has unveiled the Micro:bit, the spiritual successor of the 8-bit, beige-box BBC Micro released way back in 1981. To try and propel the Micro:bit to a comparable echelon of usefulness and ...

The BBC micro:bit is a tiny little motherboard designed in partnership with Microsoft, and it is a wonderful way to get kids into coding. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

It promises to revive fond memories for a generation raised on the BBC Micro. Now the BBC has shrugged off calls to rein in its “imperial ambitions” by unveiling the BBC micro:bit, a successor to the ...