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It's a microbit, and one million of you across the country | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
are being given one for free by the BBC. | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
Martin's been finding out more about these | :00:24. | :00:24. | |
You can programme them to do what ever you want. | :00:25. | :00:33. | |
You can put your name in it, a smiley face, what ever you want. | :00:34. | :00:51. | |
These codeable computers include built in compasses and blue tooth | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
You can connect it to other places and even telephones, | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
robots, tablets and more, to get them doing all | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
This is a microbit connected to a ping-pong bat and it tells | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
you how many keep ups you can do with the ping-pong ball. | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
Every time I take a step on that foot it adds another one onto it | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
The microbit aims to be a fun and practical way to inspire | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
you to get active and develop your skills in science, | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
Maybe could even lead the way to a job in digital in the future. | :01:24. | :01:38. | |
Joining me are Katie and her teacher, Peter. My microbits has my | :01:39. | :01:47. | |
name across the front of it. How did you do it? First, you need a forever | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
block. What is that? It runs of the code forever. Otherwise it would | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
just say your name once and then stop. Then you want to write | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
something, so you need a show string block and type in what you want to | :02:04. | :02:13. | |
write. Which is Haley. Yes. Then press run. Amazing! And there it is, | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
on the computer screen, and also on my badge. Brilliant! Peter, what | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
else can you do with these microbits? The really cool thing | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
about the microbit is that you can create objects that would have been | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
in the physical world, you can turn it into music or a burglar alarm, | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
and we have an example of something else you can do with it, we have a | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
plant that is in desperate need of watering, and we know that because | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
the microbits has a sad face him of because it is connected to the water | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
sensor and it is reading the water sensor and knows that the plan needs | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
watering so it is showing a sad face. If we water it, we get a | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
smiley face. That is amazing! It really has a relation to things he | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
can see and do. How is this technology useful for kids to learn | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
about? The great thing about this is, all of the sensors and | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
components of the computer are exposed and you can see everything | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
going on, unlike your phone or your tablets, so it really allows the | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
young people to see what is there and be able to code something that | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
is of use to the environment, and maybe will inspire people like Katie | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
to become programmers in the future and help build our digital economy. | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
No pressure there, just help develop our digital economy! Thank you very | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
much, guys. Absolutely brilliant. Next in our latest Newsround special | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
we're setting one year 7 class a challenge to see how much | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
technology is taking Some of them will be asked to go | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
tech-free for three whole days! Here's how the class reacted | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
when the groups were selected. Let's find out what group you are | :03:53. | :04:08. | |
in. For three days, what do you think you will do instead? I do not | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
know, probably just hide in my room. Think about the positives, maybe you | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
could go out and play. No. It is the worst news ever, because every day | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
when I get back from school, I am on my gadgets, so now I am just going | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
to be bored. She is one unhappy lady, and she is not the only one | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
who faces a tech than for the next three days. I will probably just sit | :04:33. | :04:42. | |
in my room. The thought of no technology for three days is | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
unbearable for this bunch. Here we go! And that is restricted to just | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
two hours a day on their devices... Are not taking the news any better. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
I am going second. I'm going to miss out on group chats. I just chill | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
out. The kids are facing a restriction on their technology, | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
they might be judging the next three days, but for some... Unlimited | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
technology! It is time to celebrate. How do you feel? X static! | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
You won't want to miss that Newsround Special - | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
You've been online to let us know if you think you're | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
Joseph says he's definitely addicted - he loves it and can't | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
Molly is in the middle - she uses it a lot in winter, | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
but when the weather's good in summer she'd rather be outside. | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
And Sophie says she's not addicted to tech because her Mum | :05:39. | :05:40. | |
gives her time limits for using her gadgets. | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
Here at 4:20pm. Don't forget our special on at 530 this evening. I do | :05:43. | :06:01. | |
not know how I would cope without technology, do | :06:02. | :06:02. |