Everything you need to know about the BBC micro:bit

We offered a free classroom set of 30 micro:bits to primary schools across the UK as part of our BBC micro:bit - the next gen ...
SlashGear

BBC Micro:bit Explained In 5 Steps

The BBC collaborates with 29 partners to send thousands of miniature computers to every grade 7 child in the UK. This is the BBC you're thinking of – the news organization – and this is not the first ...

Playground survey - Investigating biodiversity

Learn how to investigate biodiversity in your school playground with the BBC. Use our activity guide, teacher notes and video ...
Ars Technica

BBC Micro:bit—a free single-board PC for every Year 7 kid in the UK

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 ...
Hackaday

Tips On Building The BlackIce BBC Micro

You can look at pictures and video of the Grand Canyon, Paris, New York City or anywhere else, and yet when you finally see those places with your own eyes it is somehow different. Fielding an old ...
ZDNet

BBC Micro Bit and Raspberry Pi Zero: How do they compare?

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Android Authority

What is the BBC micro:bit - Gary explains

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 ...
Gizmodo

This BBC Micro Emulator Takes You Back to 1981

If you are of a certain age and nationality, you’ll remember the BBC Micro or Beeb, a computer produced by Acorn for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, an effort by British Broadcasting Corporation to ...
BBC

Gladiators and BBC micro:bit join forces on a new competition to design a fitness gadget

The winning primary school will receive an in-person Gladiators visit We’re calling on primary school teachers around the country to harness the power of the Gladiators and fire up children’s ...
Wired

How the BBC micro:bit will kick-start a coding revolution

This article was first published in the October 2015 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional ...
GamesIndustry

The BBC Micro's macro impact

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This installment was contributed by Philip and ...