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BBC MicroBit Announcement Now Live

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From classrooms to wearable tech - the beeb is back!
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Not sure if you guys have heard about this one yet, but the BBC MicroBit seems like it'd be right up the Top Members' techno alley.

 

The Beeb has announced the program now, which means we've run out some content around the initiative as well. Thought you guys would like to check it all out:

 

hexwab has kicked things off with a great retrospective on the BBC Micro of 30 years hence, and I've put down my own broken memories of high school computer rooms to usher in our micromemories tag.

 

If any of you guys spent your school days tapping away at the Beeb's colourful keyboard, blog it up in the The specified item was not found. (or comment on the existing coverage) to tell the community about those hallowed days of yore! And don't forget to add in the micromemories tag to put yourself in the running to win a C64 plug 'n' play game thing.

 

Let's go, retro!

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  • in reply to Workshopshed

    Andy Clark (Workshopshed) wrote:

    Rather than needing phones it would be much more fun if the kids could send messages to each other using the blue tooth for communication between two devices and the two buttons to enter the data in as binary.image

    With two buttons you can send Morse Code using the same trick as an Iambic Paddle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_key#Iambic_.28dual-lever.29_Paddles

     

    Pressing one button gives you a series of dits, pressing the other gives you a series of dahs, and pressing both alternates dits and dahs.  You can send data really fast using this technique, and don't have to injure your neck staring at a tiny keyboard.  The buttons have to be really responsive, though.