Yes We Kano
The Kano Kit learning platform puts the Pi in easy reach for even the youngest users.
Exploring the Kano Kit Pi pack and learning environment
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Kano Kit is a simple accessory kit and learning platform for the Raspberry Pi. Kano creator Alex Klein says he built the Kano Kit because of a challenge from his young cousin to make a computer that is "as simple as Lego." (See the interview with Alex Klein elsewhere in this issue.) The goal of the Kano Kit is to offer a product that is intuitive enough for a young child to set up and use with little guidance, but that is equally useful in a classroom or workshop.
After many months and many iterations of the Kano Kit, the team took to Kickstarter to launch the idea to the public. They needed to sell around 1,000 kits to make it a viable venture, and at a price of $99, they had a total target of $100,000.
They smashed that goal in around 19 hours and went on to raise $1,522,160 from 13,387 backers, with Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple) and Yancey Strickler (co-founder of Kickstarter itself) among the ranks.
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