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Wake Up with the micro:bit

Join the Centre for Computing History to learn how to code the micro:bit mini computer to become a light-sensitive wake-up alarm.

  • 17th February 2025 - 17th February 2025
  • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Learn how to code the micro:bit to become a light-sensitive wake-up alarm at the Centre for Computing History. Put it under a lamp with a timer and you’re all good to go!

We need an extra prod to wake up on cold, dark mornings! Making it digital and something you have programmed will be even more cool (at least you won’t be irritated when it won’t let you sleep in!).

The session is aimed at children aged between 8 and 12 and is ideal for upper Key Stage 2 and early Key Stage 3 students.  Please note that this is a beginner’s workshop and provides a great introduction to the micro:bit.

This event is part of Twilight at the Museums.

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Did you know?

In 1958, a group of engineering students managed to hoist an Austin Seven car onto the roof of Senate House, with the help of some clever calculations. It took the university a week to remove it – and will surely go down in history as one of the boldest student pranks ever!