LAST week it was rain. This week, our mini weather station will measure temperature and humidity. And by using a second BBC micro:bit, we can get the readings before heading outside. First, we need a ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...

The BBC has a long history of supporting technology education in schools. The BBC Micro introduced a whole generation of students to computers, and more recently the Micro:bit is teaching today’s ...

It promises to revive fond memories for a generation raised on the BBC Micro. Now the BBC has shrugged off calls to rein in its “imperial ambitions” by unveiling the BBC micro:bit, a successor to the ...

BBC technology correspondent Rory goes hands-on with the Micro Bit The BBC has revealed the final design of the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer set to be given to about one million UK-based ...

In the CBBC series Bro’s in Control, Adam, Joe and Callum have fun with the BBC micro:bit mini computer. Adam uses the sound recording and playback functions on the micro:bit to surprise Joe during a ...

Deliberately invoking the legacy of the BBC Micro of the early 1980s, the device is aiming to change the emphasis from consumption to creation when it comes to young people and technology. As well as ...