Kano Ships 18,000 Learn-To-Code Computer Kits

drkim writes Kano Computing is a startup that plays in the learn-to-code space by adding a step-by-step, hand-holding layer atop the Raspberry Pi to make learning about computational thinking child's play. Kano has now shipped all the hardware kits in its first batch of crowdfunded orders and pre-orders. That's around 18,000 kits in all, co-founder Alex Klein confirmed to TechCrunch. The lion's share of the first batch of Kano kits — almost 13,000 kits — were ordered via its Kickstarter campaign last year, with a further 5,000 pre-orders taken via its website. The kits cost $99 (plus shipping) to crowdfunder backers, or around $160 (plus shipping) if pre-ordered on the Kano website. The company plans to focus on selling mainly via its own web channel from here on in, according to Alex.

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Re:It's more than the H/W

[davester666]

Um, I bought one of these, and read through the manual about the whole 'learn to code' thing. It is "code" only in the sense that both are done on a computer.

One is a some kind of game, with a graphical UI for "coding", where you have two blocks, one is the game, the other is using to set the color. You place one next to the other, then click on the 'color' block to select the color you want to UI.

Others are just starting apps from the command line, and you just give different options to the command line.

Hell, I don't understand why they didn't throw Logo from 25 years ago onto the thing.