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Have you heard of Raspberry Pi? It may be on it's way to your house. The UK
is going to be giving them out to 11yrs olds, in order to up the tech level in the UK.
Raspberry Pi is a circuit board the size of a credit card that contains a working computer chip for about $35. This is part of the a diy kit of breadboards, resistors, soldering irons, and electronic stuff that you can build yourself. For about 80$ you can get a working system.
For my 75 birthday I got me a Raspberry PI.
https://www.google.com/search?q=raspberry+pi+b%2B&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GsEBVeKOCbKHsQST4IGQAQ&ved=0CD4QsAQ&biw=800&bih=471
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Very cool!
Pic before I did any work on it.
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after he entered the engineering program at UCLA.
BBC gives children mini-computers in Make it Digital scheme
By Jane Wakefield
The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital.
One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar to a Raspberry Pi - will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term.
The BBC is also launching a season of coding-based programmes and activities.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
By Jane Wakefield
The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital.
One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar to a Raspberry Pi - will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term.
The BBC is also launching a season of coding-based programmes and activities.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
I may build a desktop computer around a Raspberry Pi, depending what turns up in my junk pile, but I'm also playing around with the idea of sticking one inside a broken Windows 95 era laptop just for kicks.
