Kano: A computer anyone can make

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A computer and coding kit for all ages, all over the world. Simple as Lego, powered by Pi. Make games, learn code, create the future.
Backers: 13387
Average Pledge Per Backer: $114

Funded: $1,522,160 of $100,000
Dates: Nov 19th -> Dec 19th (30 days)
Project By: Kano
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Latest News

Startups Kano and Cubetto sell coding toys that teach children to become computer engineers

November 4th - via: qz.com
So you want your kid to grow up to be Mark Zuckerberg? Get them started early. Toymakers are creating everything from board games to wooden logic puzzles (Read More)

Kano's Motion Sensor Kit: gesture controls, for kids!

August 18th - via: theverge.com
Gesture-controlled gadgets were all the rage at CES back in January. I'm still not convinced it's a good way to change TV channels, but it can't hurt to learn how to program for a motion sensor. (Read More)

Brief: Kickstarter Success Kano Announces New Computer Kit "Raspberry Pi 3"

March 1st - via: crowdfundinsider.com
This week, Kickstarter alum Kano announced its latest upgrade, Raspberry Pi 3. The DIY computer kit reportedly has new games and art (Read More)

Top 10 crowd-funded PCs: How Steve Jobs' heirs are building the next great computer

February 17th - via: zdnet.com
The crowd-funding revolution has led to a number of fascinating desktop, laptop, and tablet PC projects. Here are some of the most noteworthy -- and successful. (Read More)

Kickstarter-Success Kano Announces First Shipment of Its Learn-to-Code Computer Kits

October 2nd - via: crowdfundinsider.com
Last year, London-based company Kano launched a crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its learn-to-code computer kits. The project was a huge success on the platform, banking $1.5 million dollars from over 13,000 backers. Recently, the company announced it is ready to ship the first 18,000 kits. (Read More)

Kano Ships Its First 18,000 Learn-To-Code Computer Kits, Fueled By $1.5M Kickstarter

September 27th - via: techcrunch.com
Kano Computing, a startup that plays in the learn to code space by adding a step-by-step hand-holding layer atop the Raspberry Pi single-board microcomputer to make hacking around with code and learning about computational thinking child’s play, has shipped all the hardware kits in its first batch of crowdfunded orders and pre-orders. (Read More)

A Fool and His Money: My Kickstarter Misadventures

January 21st - via: techvibes.com
Most lists of New Year's resolutions include a vague vow to spend more frugally. This year, one of my resolutions was a much more pointed money-saving plan: no more Kickstarter. (Read More)

The Kano Build-it-yourself Computer For Kids Raises $1.4M On Kickstarter

December 19th - via: techcrunch.com
Built on top of the Raspberry Pi, Kano is a build-it-yourself computer which launched on Kickstarter with the aim of pulling in $100,000 in crowd funding to get 1,000 of its Kano kits to market by summer 2014. It’s only six hours away from closing its campaign and has raised just over $1.4 million so far. (Read More)

THE FINAL STRETCH

December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Twenty hours left...As the year rolls over, it's hard to believe how far you've taken us. We're hacking and testing down to the wire, ready to stuff your stockings with Kano OS and the Kano Books in just two short days. Follow along on our blog,... (Read More)

Steve Wozniak just backed a DIY computer on Kickstarter—and so have 12,000 others

December 17th - via: qz.com
The creators of Kano, a kit to assemble your own mini-computer, asked for $100,000 on Kickstarter. One day short of the end of the company’s campaign, they’ve raised $1.35 million from nearly 12,000 backers including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler. Alex Klein, one of the three creators of Kano, says people from 44 countries have chipped in (though the majority—some 40%—are American). (Read More)

Make a Pong game, win a Kano Kit!

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Something simple for our last 68 hours. Play with Pong, learn some awesome code, and get the word out – then, whoa, you can win a whole Kano Kit!  (Early Bird style, with stickers and t-shirt.) The best Pong game wins The coolest creation gets a... (Read More)

Make PONG! One week left! Backers FTW!

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Make your own Pong game!In 1972, Al Alcorn got handed a "warm-up exercise" at his new job (Atari), and came up with Pong: two paddles, one ball, and soon after, lines of people around the block to play it, all over the world.  Pong's still classic,... (Read More)

Everyone, everywhere, loves a good story

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Shalom,...from a little café in Tel Aviv, fresh off a week flying across South Africa, Kenya, and Sierra Leone. We're running on crushed coffee-beans and wacky Pong hacks and thinking, whoa, if this is the beginning of the story, what's next?  We... (Read More)

(Quick Update on Africa)

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, we're about to head to Nairobi, Johannesburg, and Sierra Leone with dozens of kits, notebooks, cameras, and suntan lotion for our pale selves. Follow along as we make and play around the continent where it all started -- http://blog.kano.me... (Read More)

One. Million.

December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
When you start something like this, a lot of people call you crazy.  "Why would people want to make their own computers? Just buy one! My phone has a fingerprint scanner!" etc. ...Well to that, we say, the words of Breaks, you can play: Suli... (Read More)

Lego-like $99 computer for kids can be assembled in less than 20 minutes

December 2nd - via: bgr.in
A new Kickstarter campaign by Kano Computing lets one build a fully-functioning computer in less than 20 minutes and the whole package costs $99 (Rs 6,200 approximately). This DIY computer package includes basic components that fit together like Lego pieces and the whole thing has been kept simple with the aim of helping kids understand the technicalities of a PC. (Read More)

STRETCH GOALS!!! Robots! Light-shows! Kano on mobile!

November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers, we want to make all this stuff for you! Our first two stretch goals will bring Kano Blocks to your browser and phone!!(here's how it looked a few weeks ago) THANK YOU!!! You've gotten us so much farther than we ever wildly dreamed – we've... (Read More)

Come to Africa with us

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers, awesome and mighty, You came from Nairobi to New Jersey to help us build an affordable computer kit for all. Now, as we reach our fingers towards the $1 milllion mark (whoa), it’s time to stretch (goal) – we know this is bigger than our... (Read More)

Christmas Special

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Christmas is coming, the goose is cooking, and we want to ship you some love for the holidays. After much demand, we've come up with the Kano Christmas Special -- a great stocking stuffer available this week only. It's a perfect pack for people who... (Read More)

Kano Computer Kit Lets Anyone Build a PC From Scratch [VIDEO]

November 24th - via: mashable.com
Kano is a computer kit designed to help people of all ages put together a computer together from scratch, and learn basic coding skills. (Read More)

5,000 Backers

November 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you. We're so honored to have your support, and we're committed to getting you your kits on schedule. And yes, the Kano kits are still available – a pledge of $119 reserves you one (that includes free worldwide delivery). Keyboards too, and... (Read More)

Blown away by 500k

November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to you all!  Thanks to everyone who has supported us on this amazing journey.   (Read More)

Team Kano grows

November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Humans of Kickstarter, Hey you – you got us to $400,000 and more ahead! We're now a nearly 4,000-strong team, hailing from Oslo to Lookout Mountain.  We love what you're planning: ideas for translating Kano into tons of languages, astronomy... (Read More)

Steve the Robot Celebrates $250k

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Steve the Kano Robot Meet our friend Steve the robot who was built using the Kano kit, a box and some toilet roll. He was as excited as us at hitting $250k with 27 days still to go! Unfortunately he was so excited about the Kickstarter that his... (Read More)

Shipping Update!

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone for being so wonderful and patient while we worked through our shipping teething problems. We've now made it super easy and combined the cost of shipping with each pledge, so the price you see is the price you pay. The Kano Kit is... (Read More)

Double double!

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, we can't find the words... We just hit $200,000, twice our original funding goal, and just two days later. (Thanks to Michael Mansfield for the pledge that did it!) What's next? You decide! We're psyched to roll out stretch goals but we want... (Read More)

If you pledged $99...

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
First, THANK YOU - we love you. Second, you have one more tiny thing to do: To pay for worldwide shipping, just click on "Manage My Pledge" and change your amount to $119. (For the full kit, early or regular, it's a flat addition of $20.) Sorry for... (Read More)

Thank You!

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it! We've hit $100k in just 18 hours and the amount keeps climbing. We are so grateful to each and every one of you who has pledged their support for Kano. We can now start production and soon you'll be able to begin making you're own amazing... (Read More)

Kano simplifies Raspberry Pi, smashes Kickstarter target

November 20th - via: wired.co.uk
Kano has developed a kit comprised of a Raspberry Pi and various other components to allow anyone to build a computer in around an hour. (Read More)

“Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always”

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
We don't always lead off with Dante lyrics – but we're feeling on the road to paradise and it's all thanks to you. You've gotten us to $25,000 in 5 hours. Thank you – we're wowed, humbled, bowled over, and more determined than ever to get funded... (Read More)

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