The micro:bit was conceived as a device to get children interested in computers, emulating the excitement around early PCs like the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum in the 1980s. With the micro:bit, the BBC ...

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 ...

Research to mark the device’s first anniversary suggests both students and teachers are impressed with the coding tool. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Daily ...

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 ...