There’s a new weapon in the fight to keep kids engaged in computer science — a tiny single-board computer from the U.K. called Kano. Kano’s the brainchild of Alex Klein, whose young cousin Mika ...

Anyone interested in learning about technology will appreciate all that Kano has to offer. In short, it’s a computer and coding kit that’s as simple to put together as a Lego house, yet provides the ...

NEW YORK — Don't count on your child becoming a rich professional coder some day just because he or she is using the new Kano computer and coding kit. But this clever, entertaining and educational ...

Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Kano has announced the latest iteration of its DIY computer that’s ...

NEW YORK — Blame it on The Matrix. When a 12-year-old Alex Klein first saw that classic dystopian-tech movie, he glimpsed his future. "That notion of living in a computer-generated world where the ...

Billed as "the computer anyone can make," the US$99 Kano kit supplies a Raspberry Pi computer board with the various accouterments (save for a display) required to make it into a complete computer.

Kano, the company behind a variety of build-it-yourself computer and coding kits, has unveiled a "laptop" today. A portable computer is probably more accurate. Whereas most laptops have a clamshell ...

They set out with a mission to enable any kid to build their own computer from a lego-like kit, now for Kano the next step is to make sure children across Asia have that access – an interesting ...

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Which Kano computer kit is best? Are you the parent or guardian of a young child with a true fascination for computers and all they have to offer? Kano computer kits are great for allowing your child ...

From Hackaball to the Mover Kit to Apple’s Swift Playgrounds, a cottage industry has lately sprung up of gadgets and apps dedicated to helping kids learn how to code. Kano, which launched in 2013 as a ...

Learning to code isn’t as easy as snapping a photo, but Alex Klein is betting that the two are more closely connected than you might think. Klein is the co-founder of Kano (the British company that ...