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Its an arranged marriage The proud surrogate parents gave us some quiet time (not) so we get to know each other, hoping we get along, tinker playfully and build a meaningful
relationship before taking the big leap (three, to be precise) Setting us on our way with a handful of instructions of do’s and don’ts they did say if I play my codes right I can make her do anything I want
!Here I am almost 5 weeks into a whirlwind relationship and people have asked
me questions like “Whats that?” Scrambling because I still didn’t know enough to give a satisfactory response, I
began digging up all I could Find to make sense of this relationship;
Strange & exciting times
and get to know my arduino a little bit better
of micros and acorns
The year is 1981 and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is all set to launch a massive computer literacy project that included a TV show “The Computer Programme” and the production of an accompanying machine called the “BBC MICRO” developed by ACORN for the BBC
BBC MICRO-What it was
Born: 1981
Place: United KingdomCreators: BBC & AcornPrice: The 32 bit RAM MICRO was priced at £399Units sold: Acorn expected to sell 12,000 units and ended up selling a whopping 1.5 million units worldwidePurpose: The purpose of the MICRO was not just programming but also graphics, controlling peripheral devices, sound and vision and Artificial Intelligence
BBC MICRO-What it did...
“The BBC Computer Literacy Project became one of the most successful computer literacy projects in history”
BBC Micro was an excellent tool to introduce young people to programming
The widespread availability of BBC BASIC led to the creation of a cottage industry to provide software for the computer
Many of the ‘companies’ that were formed were started by young people who would later go on to establish the UK gaming industry as the third strongest in the world
“I started coding games at home when I was 11 years old
There was an explosion of creativity, most of it coming from self-taught young
men like us working at home”
David Darling CBE is the co-founder of Codemasters and now runs Kwalee, a smartphone
game developer.
!!!!“It was the BBC Micro that had the impact - mainly because of its spread throughout UK schools
I hope machines like the Raspberry Pi can go on to do something similar for today's kids!
It was so easy to learn on, to the extent just about everyone could write the program like this without even realising they were learning:
10 PRINT "Fred smells of wee"
20 GOTO 10”
David Braben is chairman and founder of Frontier Developments, and a co-founding trustee of the charity The Raspberry Pi Foundation which plans to sell
an ultra-low-cost computer.
“Because of its expandability and capability, it was probably responsible for more small start-up companies than any other computer of its time
A huge number of companies started designing, manufacturing and selling third-party add-ons from bedrooms and garages across the country.
I was one of them. I created a simple little memory expansion and sold a few via the classified ads”
Jason Fitzpatrick is the Chairman and Chief Geek at the Centre for Computing History near
Cambridge. He also runs a technical props company for the film and TV industry.
“It captured the imagination of a generation of programmers
A great community grew up, with magazines such as Beebug, and user groups across the UK
The community encouraged experimentation and sharing: almost everyone was figuring out computers for the first time, so there was a strong sense of learning together.
Tips and techniques were shared as people discovered all the things you could do”
Dan Crow is chief technology officer at the tour date tracking service Songkick. He previously worked at Apple and Google
Born: 2005
Place: Interaction Design Institute at Ivrea, ItalyCreators: Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, David MellisOrigin of the name: Inspired by a bar in Italy “Bar Di Re Arduino”, originally a boys name in Italian meaning “brave friend”Price: $30Units sold: Approx 250,000Purpose: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments
-What it is
-What it is doing...
opportunities galore
Hackerlings?
A 12-Year-Old's Quest To Remake Education, One Arduino At A TimeTwelve-year-old electronics prodigy Quin Etnyre wanted to make education more fun. So he became a teacher.
A shining star in the next generation of “makers”
Enjoyed soldering circuit boards at Maker Faire Bay Area and started ordering components online and taught himself how to code
Teaches Arduino coding and programming
Launched his company Qtechknow in 2012. Struck a deal with SparkFun which now sells his product the “Qtechknow ArduSensors Kit” with tutorials written by Quin
Quin Etnyre,Inventor
FUZZ BOT: Quin started with a robot chassis kit for Arduino
that he received last Christmas. "And then one morning, I decided
to hook up a Parallax Ping sensor so that it could avoid
obstacles," he says. "From then on, I worked on the code and
perfected it." Quin also added extra functionality; the FuzzBot
can clean floors. Now he's working on a wireless controller
Quin also developed the “Gas Cap”or what he likes to call “a fart sensor”.
A cap with LEDs that blinks when it detects Methane
Has her own YouTube Channel “Super Awesome Mini Maker Show” which has over 1.5 million views views with over 20 episodes featuring beginner level projects for kids
Her projects have included a pendant which measures your heartbeat & waterColorBot; a robot that paints with water colors
Sylvia ToddAge 12Inventor
Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show
Arduino for Disabilities
In July 2011, 5 Art & Design students from the University of Arts in Philadelphia were paired with 5 people with disabilities in an attempt at collaborative design
The purpose was to explore how micro-controllers can empower people with disabilities
Michael loves photography
a knee actuated switch (so Michael can steer the wheelchair with his hands) allows him to take photographs when a servo motor is activated within the mount and clicks for him while he is on the move
Google to Put Arduino, Raspberry Pi Computers in U.K. Classrooms
!
Google chairman Eric Schmidt announced that Google would help pay for 100 new science teachers
and equip classrooms with Arduino kits and Raspberry Pi
microcomputers.
“The success of the BBC Micro in the 1980s shows what’s possible. There’s no reason why Raspberry
Pi shouldn’t have the same impact, with the right support”
Mr Schmidt said
a revolution is in progress and we are a part of it
in the end a moment of silence for the deceased BBC MICRO
(it played its part but failed to evolve because it was neglected by its creators)
and a prayer that may my arduino and I live happily ever after
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