Hackaball - a ball that teaches kids to code - subject of Made by Many and Map launch Kickstarter campaign
Made by Many, and design company, Map, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to begin production of an interactive ball that would teach kids the basics of coding.
The iPhone-compatible ball would allow kids to “invent games by adjusting the ball’s colourful lighting, sound and vibration effects on the free companion iPad app, then upload them wirelessly to the device.”
Children are becoming more and more familiar with coding, as schools in both the UK and US have begun adding the skill to their syllabi.
“Hackaball represents a whole new attitude to computers and learning, turning technology into something you do together not alone, something to be chucked around and that isn’t fragile, and where you learn through creative play, not instruction,” said William Owen, founding partner of Made by Many.
The campaign aims to raise $100,000. If that happens, Hackaball, should be available to the public by the end of this year at a cost of $69.