The Micro:bit includes two important elements that make this project work: the LED matrix and a gyro sensor. [Turi] built a 5×5 button matrix for inputs and paired each to one of the diodes, ...

See the micro:bit used as an alarm for the secret den in CBBC series The Dumping Ground and then have a go at the activity with your class. Attribution. KS2 • Ages 7-11.

The BBC launches the Micro Bit computer by giving a copy to thousands of Year 7 pupils - but is it too late to inspire a fresh generation of coders?

Zach Shelby, CEO Micro:bit Educational Foundation For more information on how you can get involved visit microbit.org Signal Boost is your chance to tell New Scientist readers about an amazing ...

The Micro Bit’s LEDs are just red. It could manage a colour screen of course if you fitted one. I think 360 degrees is asking a lot from light pipes.

It was also far less powerful than the super tiny computers we're able to manufacture today. The micro:bit is more powerful than the original Micro by a magnitude of 18x according to the BBC's report.

The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the general public. The device is already being delivered, free, to one million Year 7 children in ...