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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

BBC micro:bit learn-to-code device up for public pre-order in UK

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 ...
Engadget

BBC Micro:bit delayed further due to 'fine-tuning' issues

The BBC launched the "Make it Digital" campaign early last year as a multi-pronged effort to get our young ones interested in coding and other creative pursuits within technology. A key piece of the ...