Companion smartphone apps on Android and Fire OS will
launch upon availability to help buyers set up and get started with the speaker, but everyone else (including iOS users) will need to access it via a web app.
The workshop group's plan hinges partially
upon the
availability of NASA's heavy - lifting rocket, the Space
Launch System, and the space agency's deep space crew capsule, the Orion spacecraft.
«Whilst it is too soon to evaluate the impact of the
launch of the BBC micro: bit in changing the current generation of students from passive end users into creators of technology, showing capability in coding and digital creativity, feedback at this early stage is suggesting that the device has created excitement in learning amongst students and its widespread
availability now means that schools can build
upon this to create a diverse, cross-curricular platform for the teaching and learning of digital skills,» comments Geoff Hampson.