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Kano originally was an education kit build around a Raspberry Pi [1]. I was a backer of that and the hardware and instruction book you received was great. I pl

Kano originally was an education kit build around a Raspberry Pi [1]. I was a backer of that and the hardware and instruction book you received was great. I played with it for a bit, but I ended up gifting it to a friend who had two young kids. His daughter ended up using it to create same games in Scratch. Interesting to see that they've moved onto Windows instead now. I wonder if it's so parents are more familiar and able to help with projects on it? [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexklein/kano-a-computer-anyone-can-make https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexklein/kano-a-comput...

DoingIsLearning 6y ago
> Interesting to see that they've moved onto Windows instead now. I wonder if it's so parents are more familiar and able to help with projects on it? That is a possible reason, but the Kano PC kit also seems to be sold from the Microsoft store directly. So it is not unlikely that they made an agreement to sell with windows 10. It probably is important for MS that Windows has some degree of penetration in this 'edutainment' sector (early user adoption etc.).
- zrobotics 6y ago
  I found it really surprising that, aside from color and what is printed on the key caps, the keyboard appears identical to the keyboard on my surface pro. Which would explain why the article raved about how impressive the keyboard connector is, I have been extremely impressed with mine and have had zero issues with it. My guess is they are sourcing the keyboard from the same supplier as Microsoft, which isn't a bad thing. However, the extremely thin typecover doesn't feel that out of place on the surface, but it looks kind of strange attached to this very chunky Kano computer.
nelsonic 6y ago
Microsoft must have made them an offer they couldn't refuse. The Raspberry Pi based Kano Kit was great and kids loved it!
- alexnklein 6y ago
  Thank you so much.
squeezingswirls 6y ago
You might be interested in https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspberry-pi-untethered https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspb...

DoingIsLearning 6y ago

> Interesting to see that they've moved onto Windows instead now. I wonder if it's so parents are more familiar and able to help with projects on it? That is a possible reason, but the Kano PC kit also seems to be sold from the Microsoft store directly. So it is not unlikely that they made an agreement to sell with windows 10. It probably is important for MS that Windows has some degree of penetration in this 'edutainment' sector (early user adoption etc.).

zrobotics 6y ago
I found it really surprising that, aside from color and what is printed on the key caps, the keyboard appears identical to the keyboard on my surface pro. Which would explain why the article raved about how impressive the keyboard connector is, I have been extremely impressed with mine and have had zero issues with it. My guess is they are sourcing the keyboard from the same supplier as Microsoft, which isn't a bad thing. However, the extremely thin typecover doesn't feel that out of place on the surface, but it looks kind of strange attached to this very chunky Kano computer.

nelsonic 6y ago

Microsoft must have made them an offer they couldn't refuse. The Raspberry Pi based Kano Kit was great and kids loved it!

alexnklein 6y ago
Thank you so much.

squeezingswirls 6y ago

You might be interested in https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspberry-pi-untethered https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspb...