Following this morning's announcement of the BBC's Micro Bit programmable computer, WIRED.co.uk takes a closer look at the new piece of technology, and speaks to one of the people behind its creation.

A tiny programmable board designed as part of an educational initiative for UK kids to learn programming skills and originally distributed by the public service broadcaster, the BBC, to one million ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Find out more about the free courses - both online and in-person - to help primary school teachers gain the experience they need to teach using the BBC micro:bit with confidence. Learn about the micro ...

Pocket-sized computer micro:bit is being updated for the first time since 2016 with the latest technology to help children code. The device is now four times faster and includes a built-in speaker and ...