At the Maker Faire in Rome Massimo Banzi presented the new electronic card Genuine 101, a collaboration between Intel Corporation and Arduino.cc. which aims to transform the students ‘digital craftsmen’. The card, the first in the world to integrate the new low-power chips “Curie” unveiled by Intel at CES 2015, has accelerometer, gyroscope and Bluetooth connectivity. It will be available from 2016 in 160 countries for the price of 27 €.
Controllable with smartphones and tablets, the board explained Banzi, will be part of kits for schools within the project Creative Technologies in the Classroom (CTC), the courses already underway in 300 schools to introduce children in elementary and secondary schools in programming, electronics and mechanics.
The card is useful for learning, for beginners and for makers learning environments. Besides being easy to use, Genuine 101 is perfect for prototyping technology products that connect and process data, thanks to the potential of the Intel module Curie. The card enhances the number of electronic platforms open-source Arduino and will benefit from a broad ecosystem of components and a programming environment software, which facilitates the creation of interactive projects.
“We will work together for two years – says Massimo Banzi, co-founder and CEO of Arduino.cc -. For us it is a great opportunity. Given the potential in the field of education, this partnership will allow us to rapidly grow the educational program of Physical Computing, Creative Technologies for the Classrooms (CTC), currently active in 300 schools around the world. The goal is to work with teachers and create a new class of trainers, able to propose a new way of teaching technology. “
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