Boris Johnson, is a leader of the UK diplomatic ministers, a leader of the European camp, the British Bao, the most "monster" politician.
When he was still in the Mayor of London, he and the Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York have launched a century! The respective teams (with the assistance of school children) Assembled children's education computer Kano ... scene is very happy:
Boris (blonde): "Let's open, let me look at how they spell."
Alex (Kano founder): "I still explain it to you."
Although Boris is very hard, the last New York Mayor Mike is a winning 2 minutes' weak advantage. Of course, Mike still doesn't forget to ridicule Boris.
Mike (Right): "Children, we won yeah! Come, high five!"
Boris: "You a Bear"
Their computers of them are called Kano, as shown below:
And there are no longer, highly recommend Obama in computer education, also with Kano. (The table is piled in the table is Kano and some accessories)
Obama: "Child, the game is so good, you are still sorry ~"
So, what kind of magic is Kano, let the European and American important leaders have given strong attention?
What is KANO?
Kano is an educational computer made based on a raspberry (card computer), which is suitable for children at all ages. This computer is sent in our hands in the form of each component. Kids can experience from assembled computers, to the installation system, to run games, and modify games, and can write procedures in autonomous.
(Based on the Raspberry Pie, you can do drones, technology houses understand)
Kano sells more than just computer hardware, they have their own Kano open source operating system, using graphical programming methods, children can easily learn to program, while also have a variety of APPs and mature community support.
start-up team:
Founded in 2013, Kano was headquartered in London, England. In 2012, it easily raised $ 1,522,160 in Kickstarter. In 2015, Jim Breyer gains 15 million US gold A round financing.
As for the founder, first come to the two cute little, a bloody look:
The Alex Klein on the right is a joint founder and CEO, a master's degree in Jeda, Jianqiao; on the left Yonatan Raz-Fridman, continuous entrepreneurs, working in the Israel Decree Department, has opened the company and has been investing.
Another founder called Saul Klein, continuous entrepreneurs, investors, various startups and mature corporate advisory committees ... Cambridge University Graduates, more than 20 companies and positions.
The following will have their deep interview content, first understand the product and look at it.
By the way: in the UK, the boys graduated from the private school or universities, then go to the Kraft to read British literature, political science, economics, philosophy (or Oxford's PPE Cambridge EPE) and historical, then enter all walks of life Is a standard routine! Your performances male gods, the political commander Boris and Cameron, etc., all this is coming out.
Take your product
The little exploration takes you Kano Basic suits, which is priced at £ 119.99. Amazon is available on Amazon (good man doing the bottom, small exclusive hand).
This basic suit box is equipped with:
Kano painted guidance;
A 8G SD card with Kano operating system and procedures;
DIY speaker;
Raspberry Pie Model B;
KANO keyboard combination;
Custom housing;
Kano card mold and leakage panel;
Sticker! (Y! Didn't miss the wrong, it is Meng Meng Post);
HDMI line and mini USB cable;
Intelligent power outlet;
Wi-Fi connector
The corresponding physical figure is as follows:
Kano also has a matching display set and power supply.
Assemble them together, connect your own monitor, you get a such computer.
Of course, you can also use Kano to give you a display tablet.
The assembly process is very simple, all components are plug and play, there is a detailed painting manual, not only the computer-white little exploration can be easily assembled and programmed, the children over 8 years old can also (saying that the IQ " A bit of a a bit).
Dress it, it seems to have no big technical content, but it naturally understands what each module is dry during the assembly process.
KANO's operating system and application:
Kano's operating system is an operating system based on Raspbian Linux, so if you use Windows or OS X systems, then users need to write first, once the system is written to disk, the KANO system will expand a "fantasy trip". For the first time, Kano will speak, then the next is set the user name and a series of settings to ensure the normal setting of the keyboard operation, and the children only need to follow "Little White Rabbit".
There are various procedures and games in Kano. Users can program their own app, or you can do Minecraft games yourself and even play Pokémon.
Plastic drawing
Transform Minecraft
You can customize the rules of the game, play Minecraft according to your idea
Disco Pong
This is a game similar to the "pocket monster" on the head of Nintendo.
You will find Kano to make and modify it is very simple and interesting.
According to its official website, so far, the code written by Kano has been as high as 17,818,767.
Media report and evaluation
"Many people try to create a successful education computer for the children but fail. And Kano successfully solved this problem, and successfully did this." (Connection, 2014 our favorite small application)
"He is doing, even though he doesn't know how to program. But he can do it because Kano has made programming educational." (Guoji, Kano how to turn my eight-year-old son into a program? " )
"This is a bit like a computer entry course, but it is more interesting, more playful suit. This product brings me the lasting interest in my son in these courses." (Ashley Vance, Bloomber Business Week)
"For suitable children, Kano is a gift that is much more than $ 150 than those who can play games and movies." (Wall Street Journal)
Raspberry Pie has derived a lot of similar products
Pimoroni Pi Starter Kit
Pimoroni is a manufacturing company in Sheffield, UK. They developed a Pibow box for the Raspberry. Since 2013, they have sold up to 150,000 Pibow boxes in the world, and they are also the largest sales of Adafruit in the UK. Pimoroni's products are manufactured in British local production. Their Pimoroni Pibow Raspberry Starter Kit is priced at 72 pounds, pro, also package it. This price is very competitive, not to mention the six patterns and the transparent PIBOW boxes match. In addition to the screen, this set, everything starting to play with the Raspberry Party.
2. Maplin Raspberry Pi Starter Kit
Maplin's initial set price is 59.99 pounds, no post, or bare metal, their own box is 6.49 pounds, of course you can buy more beautiful Pibow boxes. This set has a 4GB SD card with a pre-installed RaspBian operating system, a USB mouse, a USB keyboard, a power supply, and a USB HUB.
3. fuze
Fuze looks like a old computer like an 80s? This old computer's keyboard can be a big mystery. This box comes with a keyboard (looks like not explained), there are 6 USB sockets after connecting the mouse and the keyboard. FUZE's General Input Output (GPIO) board can make the Raspberry Party. Its pin can be programmed to connect to the real world, accept an analog input signal, which can control LED lights, joysticks, robots, and other components.
FUZE although the price is expensive, 129.99 pounds, but with it, you can connect lights, heat, sports and sound sensors, you can contact the world around you. Fuze also comes with 16 interesting program cards to help students understand programming.
Those things that come from eight-eighth
Saul Klein's philosophy:
Saul Klein is a famous man in the British high-tech creation. When he left Index, someone gave him such a gift, which is the picture below, which contains his event growth since 1993.
About Kano, he talks about this interview with Techeu founder IVO SPIGEL in 2015:
"The purpose of Kano is not to do the cheapest computer. In fact, most well-known technology industrial design, such as Apple and Nest, their hardware is closed and irreparable, all of them tell consumers What to do. So, when Kano created, one of our assumptions is that there are millions of people in the world who want a more open technology experience, they want to have more creative technological experience, they want to see How does technology work. They want to assemble it, want to disassemble it, they want to reorganize it. "
Alex created the company's reason:
For Alex, it is a very casual thing to create Kano. Like a superfluous Alex as Superman, a reporter has been doing some financial reports. In 2012, he came to the British Cambridge to study, at this time, he is ready to write an article about the founder of the Raspberry Party. During this period, he came into contact with the Raspberry Pivot, he has a powerful but powerful open source. Product is very interested. His nephew Micah made a challenge to him. He said that he wants a computer that can be assembled in his own like a height. You can see yourself, you don't need to teach him how to do it. Thus, Alex and Yonatan began to run all over the UK and Israel to find suitable components, try to put all the components in a box by the children themselves. Among all fairy tales, they successfully develop Kano, this complete DIY computer based on the Raspberry. The first generation of the first generation is no screen, combined with user feedback, has introduced a second-generation product with the LCD screen.
Design philosophy of Yonatan chat Kano:
Yonatan said that Kano is not only for the children, Kano is designed for beginners and designs for people who want to experience their own hands. This world does not lack interesting small applications, but like Apple mobile phones, people need a user experience, and Kano wants users to learn and assemble computers through interesting ways. Kano is based on creation and experience-oriented products. I hope that next generation is young, whether it is in Silicon Valley or in Shenzhen, it can show their ability to show their abilities through technology's power.
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