Faster Bluetooth pairing and a better app come to Sphero's educational platform. From painting to swimming to maze-running, we put it through its paces. Sphero, of course, got its big break last year ...

When I was growing up, kids at my school were far more likely to be taking a typing class than learning how to code. But computers have become such an integral part of our lives – from the powerful ...

Sphero were founded in 2010 with a mission statement to inspire the creators of tomorrow by making cool, fun app-enabled robots. In the nine years since their birth, Sphero have produced a variety of ...

When it comes to introducing the world of programming, coding and hackery, we all know what platforms to go to: Raspberry Pi, Arduino... Sphero? This little white ball, controllable with your ...

The easiest way to get kids interested in robots is to show them Star Wars, but that’s admittedly a limited experience. The next best thing might be Sphero’s new kid-friendly robot called indi which ...

Facebook has announced a new initiative that aims to teach coding skills to more school kids. Targeting primarily underrepresented student groups — such as Black, Latino/Hispanic, Native American and ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

It may be best known for the BB-8, but Sphero's robotic toys have uses well beyond Star Wars. Aspect Hunter School in Sydney, Australia is a school for children on the autism spectrum. The school is ...

When you think about learning how to code, you may imagine people hunkering down over a laptop in a dark room, staring at lines and lines of incomprehensible words, letters and symbols. You probably ...