Build your own computer. Comes with step-by-step book, Raspberry Pi 3, programmable LED lights, DIY case, power button, wireless keyboard with track pad, memory, HDMI and power cables, stickers, Kano unique operating system, 100+ coding challenges, and 100+ apps.
Kano lets kids build their own PCs and learn to program with a nice combination of simplicity, education and even charm.
Kano is a new kind of computing. It lets Kids Build Their Own Computers and Learn to Code
For creation and not just consumption.
Makers of Kano Computers – which anyone can build and change themselves.
The programming blocks are, in the background, creating real code in the Python programming language. All of this is done using the company’s operating system, Kano OS, which is built atop a version of Linux.
Kano is for kids and kids at heart! We’ve found it works really well for kids between the ages of 6 and 14, but it works equally well for anyone of any age interested in learning to code!
To make it totally safe, the Kano PC does not have a camera on board, but it works with any USB camera! The computer does not have a camera, but there are a handful of apps that will allow you to use your iPhone as a webcam, for example, Iriun.
The tablet can teach the child about the inner-workings of a computer, and also how to code through the different apps onboard the device. Kano and Microsoft, are supporting the product with ‘hundreds of hours of curriculum.
Providers of Kano Club – where millions learn to code, draw, and make music together.
Kano OS (operating system) is the software that makes your Kano Computer Kit work. Since the Kano Computer Kit is built around a Raspberry Pi, Kano OS is based on the Raspbian OS which itself is based on Debian, a Linux based operating system.