The Piper Computer Kit is a DIY laptop with a Raspberry Pi, battery, LCD display, and wood case. Designed to teach kids the basics of computers and coding, it also has electronics breadboards, switches, wires, and even a little built-in toolbox. I got a chance to check out the original Piper Computer Kit last summer, […]
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Kano PC is a DIY Windows tablet kit for kids
Kano sells line of DIY computing kits designed to help kids learn to assemble and use computers and learn to code. Up until now most of the company’s kits have been built around Raspberry Pi single-board computers and GNU/Linux software. But the latest Kano device is something different. The Kano PC is still a kit that […]
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Kano’s latest DIY computer kit lets kids build a touchscreen PC
Kano has been offering DIY computer kits for kids for a few years. Each kit is designed to help young people learn how to assemble a computer and then learn to use and create software, and I was pretty impressed with the kit I tested a few years ago. Since then Kano has released a […]