Kano Touch Computer Kit

• Grades: K+

The Computer Kit Touch is a touchscreen computer anyone can make, like LEGO. Build and code your own Raspberry Pi 3-powered portable computer, with a 10.1'" HD screen, speaker, wireless keyboard, sound sensor and battery. Understand how touch controls work, look inside and see how a computer is made. Tall and small, young and young at heart, anyone can do it. Simple and fun, no technical wizardry required. Once built, learn to code as a means to a creative end. Make art, hack Minecraft, paint with your fingers, make music, with 100's of step-by-step challenges guiding the learning experience. It lets anyone get familiar with real coding languages like Javascript or Python through simple steps and beginner-friendly projects. 

Under the hood, the Computer Kit Touch is a fully working computer. It includes entertainment and productivity apps like a web browser, YouTube, Google Docs, Wikipedia or WhatsApp, with access to the many more online. It doubles up as a companion for the bedroom, and a friendly introduction to computing.

The Computer Kit has been distributed to over 350.000 households in 150 countries, and remains the educational system of choice for thousands of educational programs worldwide. It serves as the gateway to Kano World, a safe online community where makers can share their creations, see what others are creating and remix any project to make it their own.

What's In The Box

• Computer Brain: A Raspberry Pi 3, the most powerful microcomputer in the world.
• 10.1’ HD Touchscreen: A 1280x800, 720p high definition screen to watch movies, code and much more
• Battery: Makes your computer kit portable, take it with you, code on the go.
• Step-by-step storybook: Assemble the Computer Kit Touch with easy-to-follow illustrated steps, and learn all about computers.
• Wireless Keyboard: Kano’s signature orange keyboard. Loved by fans worldwide, with track pad included.
• Colorful HDMI & Power cables: All the bits and pieces needed to assemble your Computer Kit Touch.
• 16GB Memory Card: Ships with the latest version of Kano OS, the best learn-to-code operating system in the world.
• Power plug: To get the energy into your Computer Kit.
• Case and stand: Protects the screen and components, holds the keyboard and lets you view the screen in 2 different angles
• Power Button: Turn off your Computer Kit safely.
• Stickers: Because everybody loves them. Customize your Computer Kit to make it truly your own.
• DIY Speaker: Wire it up, listen to music, code beats.
• Sound sensor: Detects voice, music, and noise. Code it, make art that reacts to your shouts, games that can be controlled with music and more.
• 3 USB ports: Connect sensors, expand your coding and learning experience.

Creative Technology

The Kano Computer Kit Touch provides the best learn-to-code software, including

• Hack Minecraft. Don't just play Minecraft, hack it. Learn the coding language Python as you take on challenges that show you how to instantly build your own worlds.
• Kano Code. This visual programming editor teaches you code with simple, intuitive graphical blocks and step-by-step challenges and tutorials. Make your own apps, animations, games, photo filters, light shows and much more. Simple challenges teach you how, powerful code blocks unlock endless potential.
• Make Art. Learn to code by making visual art, with simple Javascript. No pen and paper needed. Learn how to code simple shapes, beautiful mathematical patterns, pixel art and more. Then create your own marvellous masterpieces.
• Story Mode. Travel a vast virtual world in this Legend of Zelda-inspired application to learn more about hardware, software and code. Meet characters, take on quests and develop your coding superpowers.
• Terminal Quest. A choose-your-own command-line adventure. Use Linux commands to solve a mystery, save the town.
• Kano World. A global online learning community. Anyone can share creations, check out other people’s inventions, and learn from their code to make your own versions. Like an incredible recipe website, but for software!

A Real Computer

• Kano OS. A fully-working, Raspbian-based operating system, with ongoing support by the Kano team. Works like a regular Linux-based system, and can be easily upgraded with new applications, packages and software.
• Entertainment apps. Watch YouTube, chat with friends in WhatsApp, travel the world with Google Maps or play a game of Transport Tycoon.
• Productivity apps. The Computer Kit Touch includes Google Docs, Gmail, Google Drive, LibreOffice, a PDF reader, a web browser, Wikipedia and many other applications, straight out of the box.
• Educational apps. The world’s best educational software comes included. Aside from the entire suite of Kano applications it includes Scratch, SonicPi, Codecademy and Numpty Physics, with an even larger catalogue easily available through the system package manager.

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