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Mover Kit #75

Open nelsonic opened 7 years ago

nelsonic commented 7 years ago

https://www.techwillsaveus.com/shop/mover-kit/ This looks like a really good way to teach kids about tech/programming.

YvesMuyaBenda commented 7 years ago

@nelsonic Wrong link before, what I meant was:

I would love to mess about with this: littlebits Perhaps the kit could form part of your curriculum of constructive practical skills?

After watching a course on design patterns in Javascript on Pluralsight, I can now use the lingo and say stuff like: well, within an analogy, I suppose littlebits can be considered an application of the facade pattern applied to basic electronics (I love learning lingo!).

Though not playing with it, the reason why I think it would be a good addition to your curriculum of constructive skills and blends well with programming is its nature of modular components that have fixed means of combination, with the combining of components creating open-ended possibilities.

Here is the founder, Ayah Bdeir, giving a short ted talk on the whys of the project: building blocks that blink, beep, and teach.

nelsonic commented 7 years ago

@YvesMuyaBenda the LittleBits kit(s) are amazing! (we saw a demo the other day, super cool!) image More detail: http://littlebits.cc/about

Hardware is definitely on our "road map". 📝 We just need to balance out the "accessibility" of hardware for people who cannot afford $50 for a kit which they might not see a "return" on. 🤔

YvesMuyaBenda commented 7 years ago

@nelsonic The littlebits concept is amazing, but of course the company has to make money, and the price is prohibitive especially considering that one would have to buy more kits and parts to experiment with; unfortunately, as is the pattern, those that might benefit the most probably won't have access, and those that have access probably have many other avenues. Stil, though, one can easily imagine the construction kit sparking a fire in many who get to build from scratch working electronic prototypes, and it is something I would have super enjoyed in primary school, the constructive making stuff side of it!

They have apparently released kits more focused on briding the gap between hardware and software. Welll done Ayah Bedeir!