and Saul, has come up with an amazing DIY computer kit. It's
designed to furnish young kids, and even the adult ones, a
better 'know how' of the computer hardware and assist them
build their own computer, which is as simple as building a
Lego game.
It should be as simple as a Lego
game, the main idea behind the
development of a magnificent
device which can transform you into a
hardware engineer in just 107 seconds, all
it takes to build your own computer from
scratch to magic.
It was November 2012, when three men
Alex, Yonatan and Saul were trying to
imagine, how they can change the world?
How they can build something, capable
enough to attract kids and teach them
some good things at the same time.
Finally, their messiah was Saul's six-year-
old son Micah, who was interested in their
thoughts and suggested to build their
computer kit "as simple and fun as Legos",
and so marked the beginning of new era of
computing.
The technology is a major breakthrough,
as described by a former technology
advisor for British government, Rohan
Silva, he said:
After getting a proper idea about what
they had to build, the three men Alex
Klein – a writer and designer, Saul Klein –
a venture capitalist, and Yonatan Raz-
Fridman – an entrepreneur, were fully
determined to transform their dream into
reality.
To initiate the development of Kano, they
came out with the first prototype build in
January, 2013. They conducted workshops
all around the world in collaboration with
CodeAcademy and Raspberry Pi, and also
introduced cost-efficient Kano kits to
children in London schools.
On the technical note, Kano Kit is
basically an implementation of the
Raspberry Pi hardware accompanied by a
wireless keyboard with touchpad, a carry
case, a WiFi dongle and a speaker. It runs
on a home-grown version of Linux, named
Kano OS. Kano founders have also put
their sincere efforts developing an open-
source visual programming language
capable of generating the output code in
Java and Python.
The Kano kit is not a mere Lego building
game, you can stream high definition
videos, make your own music, browse the
internet, and the most amazing thing,
Kano gives you the power to re-code your
favourite games like Pong and Minecraft,
and make changes you like.
Now, in order to push Kano's
development to the mass production
phase, the three men Alex, Yonatan and
Saul, launched a Kickstarter campaign on
November 18, 2013, with a goal to raise
$100,000.
But, the enormous response overreached
their expectations, and numerous backers
helped the three men with reaching their
$100,000 goal in the first 18 hours of the
campaign, including buyers like Steve
Wozniak and Kickstarter's Yancey
Strickler, who pre-ordered the $99 Kano
Kit. The campaign concluded on December
19, 2013, and they were able to raise
$1.5million from 13,387 backers.
Kano Inc. is very excited about their Kano
Kit, but they do discern the hurdles and
allegiance they need to perpetuate, and
they do indicate their belief regarding the
same:
Get your Kano Kit and write your first
expression in the comments section
below.
www.josiahdele.blogspot.com
Comments