After just a month and a half, Orbotix's education initiative using Sphero to teach children programming is gathering serious momentum. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get ...

The SPRK program, short for Schools Parents Robots Kids, is divided into two main segments: Core and Stem. Core is a series of lessons designed to help kids build their coding skills, both visual- and ...

Analysts, researchers, and even governments believe that IT jobs will still be en vogue by 2020, but the number of jobs will outnumber the roster of students capable of filling those openings. That's ...

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - August 04, 2015) - Sphero, leaders in connected play, announced today the launch of the new Sphero SPRK Edition -- the robot designed to inspire tomorrow's inventors and ...

Sphero might have been commissioned to create what could be the new Star Wars mascot, but it's definitely not pouring all its resources into that lone one hit wonder. While its main focus is still on ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

Have you always wanted to program and play with your own robot? Challenge and inspire your mind with the new Sphero SPRK Edition. New Scientist and Sphero are giving away five of the popular spherical ...

Although the importance of programming education is being questioned around the world, programming work is hard to attach, so many tools for expanding its "entrance" have been developed. Among them, a ...

The Sphero SPRK, the orbicular glowing robot that jumps and spins on command, is a nifty little thing. Pair it to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, then download the companion software, and a ...

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2014) - Today, connected toy maker Orbotix announced the launch of their first education program, called SPRK (pronounced spark). By fusing technology with robotics ...