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  • Explaining the Tinkercad microbit Neural network
    In a previous post, I looked at developing a neural network in Tinkercad around the Microbit (details available here ) and the whole model ...
  • Making a neural network in Tinkercad from Microbits
    Tinkercad and microbit neural network In a previous post I produced a single neuron based around microbits in Tickercad - see here . To exte...
  • VR robot in a maze - from Blocks to Python
    Recently I produced a post about playing with Vex Robotics VexCode VR blocks and the Maze Playground. The post finished with me saying I w...
  • Easy, Free and no markers Augmented Reality - location based AR
    For a few years, I have been a fan of Aframe and AR.js - these are fantastic tools for creating web-based Virtual and Augmented Reality.  No...
  • Tinkercad and Microbit: To make a neuron
    The free online CAD (and so much more) package Tinkercad  https://www.tinkercad.com/ under circuits; now has microbits as part of the list ...
  • Blog stats: Most read posts in January 2021
    Popular Posts Playing with Marty the Robot: Set-up and go This post forms part of occasional posts about playing  with Marty the Robot V2 ( ...
  • Escape the Maze with a VR robot - Vex VR
    You don't need to buy a robot to get programming a robot, now there are a range of free and relatively simple to start with robot simula...
  • Build yourself a Planet - Web VR
    Using Mozzila's brilliant AFrame, a web-based Virtual Reality model of a planet with rings and include a moon with an image on it. St...
  • How to produce a Microbit neural network
    This is really part two of a set of post  in response to a question from Carl Simmons ( @Activ8Thinking ) concerning building a   micro:bit ...
  • Speech Recognition in Scratch 3 - turning Hello into Bonjour!
    The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently released a programming activity Alien Language , with support Dale from Machine Learning for Kids , tha.


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