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Code without the cord – BBC Micro:Bit gets Bluetooth app from Samsung

Kids! You won’t have to hide your phone in your IT lessons later this year; you’ll be able to use them to code the BBC’s micro:bit mini computer instead. The BBC has teamed up with Samsung to create ...
Electronics Weekly

Interview: Making the BBC Micro:bit Bluetooth Smart

Q: You must be pleased with the launch of the BBC Micro:bit and its embracing of Bluetooth Smart? A: Absolutely. One million UK school kids will be receiving a BBC Micro:bit and for many of them this ...
Electronics Weekly

Updated: Micro:bit v2 for STEM gets built-in speaker, microphone, Bluetooth 5.1

Pleased to see this – version 2 of the excellent Micro:bit STEM teaching aid is imminent – as I was lucky enough to be at the launch of the original, at the BBC ...
BBC

The BBC micro:bit

Measuring 4cm by 5cm, and designed to be fun and easy to use, users can create anything from games and animations to scrolling stories at school, at home and on the go - all you need is imagination ...