Get Inspired For her inventing badge Rose has been researching into female inventors by searching online. She was interested in a famous actress named Hedy Lamarr, who as well as acting had a hobby of inventing things. Her most famous invention was an extraordinary new communication system used with the Continue Reading
Micro:bit
Micro:Bit v2 – so close, yet so far…
After a bit of a delay, the 2nd generation of the BBC Micro:bit has been delivered. Unfortunately as it’s a Christmas present for my daughter I can’t play with it too much, but I did take a quick opportunity to open the box and take a few pics of each Continue Reading
SnowPi RGB
A while ago, a Kickstarter project caught my eye, SnowPi RGB, an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and Micro:Bit. The Snowman board is kitted out with 12 neopixels for colour changing goodness, and thought it would be a good project to try with my daughter now she is getting Continue Reading
Micro:bit v2
I’ve raved about the BBC micro:bit in past posts, and today I learn there will be a new 2020 version released in November. This new versions increases the storage, RAM and CPU, as well as adds a microphone and speaker. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this Continue Reading
Playing with the BBC Micro:bit (part 1)
In my attempts to be the over eager encouraging dad, I bought my 6 year old daughter a BBC Micro:bit recently in an attempt to spark an interest in programming. Turns out it was quite a success, as she enjoys creating icon patterns which can then be loaded onto the Continue Reading