These wireless blocks are your kid's newest coding teacher
Coding isn't always easy to learn, and some of the products that are designed to teach coding can be equally as difficult to figure out. These new building blocks on Kickstarter, however, are aiming to make coding lessons a snap.
Cubroid is the latest toy that wants to teach kids programming at a young age. This building block set includes blocks with motors, LED lights, touch sensors, light sensors, sound function, and proximity sensors. How you use them and what you build is completely up to you. (Or, er, your kids.)
Cubroid blocks can be constructed in a variety of ways and are even compatible with run-of-the-mill Legos. The blocks with extra functions can be manipulated through a companion app in a variety of ways. For example, if an LED light is programmed to show a smiley face when exposed to light, you can program it to show a frowny face when there isn't any light. The app makes your entire learning experience completely wireless, so you can create a function and watch it go.
You can use these blocks to create anything from cars that speed down a hall to tiny robots that lumber around at your command. Experienced programmers can open up a Scratch program with Cubroid, and have their creations show off some more advanced functionality.
Visit the Cubroid Kickstarter page to learn more and show your support.
Carlos is a New York-based ecommerce content writer ready to tell you what to buy. He has previously written for Adventure Publishing Group with toy and movie reviews as well as Anime News Network on anime interest articles because liking anime is the least nerdy thing about him. When not reviewing products, he's probably doing sociological analyses on pop culture that no one asked for. He has been told on several occasions that he does a really good Mickey Mouse impression.
