ZDNet

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

The BBC Micro Bit is the latest tiny programming board to arrive. As the name suggests, the BBC is hoping that the Micro Bit will follow in the footsteps of the legendary BBC Micro and inspire a new ...
Wired

BBC defends delay of 'truly transformational' micro:bit

The BBC has defended its plan to supply a million schoolchildren with free micro:bit computers after it was criticised for delaying the launch until at least 2016. Problems with the micro:bit's power ...
Digital Trends

BBC creates foundation for Micro:Bit, announces international launch

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 ...
ZDNet

BBC Micro Bit: Can one million of these tiny computers create the next generation of coders?

The BBC had started delivering the first of its Micro Bit programming boards to students, a project which it hopes will help create the next generation of coders and tech entrepreneurs. Up to one ...
Geeky Gadgets

Deals: Crowbits Inventor Kit for Micro: Bit

We have an amazing deal on the Crowbits Inventor Kit for Micro: Bit in the Geeky Gadgets deals store this week. The Crowbits Inventor Kit for Micro: Bit is available in the Geeky Gadgets Deals store ...
Mashable

I've built a metronome with BBC's micro:bit and British school kids can too

The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming. Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; ...
Hackaday

BBC Micro:Bit Gets An App

It’s a small, cheap, British single board computer, and nobody can get hold of them. Another Raspberry Pi Zero story, you might think, but no, this is about the other small cheap and difficult to find ...