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The micro:bit is an open source hardware ( ARM -based embedded system) designed by the BBC for use in computer education of software development and hardware learning for kids and adults of all ages. The concept was so perfect that it quickly outgrew the UK and, to date, over two million BBC microbits distributed globally in over 50 countries. Not to mention that within the previous year it was a proud addition to my and Viktor's shelf of educational toys and, of course, cause and effect for several of our YouTube contributions and several more in production. In the latest video, we used a micro:bit powered by Elecfreaks' IoT kit with an IoT:bit wifi board and assembled a weather station to measure temperature, pressure, humidity, and pollution with BME280 and dust particle sensors. Micro:bit was successfully acquiring the weather data every 60 seconds and sent all of them from our test to the ThingSpeak website for analysis and chart presentation. YouTube video link: Inte...

Well, it is inevitable and I mean both the real doomsday and me writing about it and the time is just right - we entered deeply the year of 2012, the one and only with major doomsday prophecy, maybe the biggest and the most talked about than any 'end of the world' fairytales in the history. But first I need to create a big firewall around my thoughts about this topic - I simply want to say that I am 100% positive that there will be no end of the world on December 21st and yet my mission is not to do any debunking of the internet hysteria about Mayan prophecy, it is just another humble opinion based on the scientific facts and my skeptical point of view to the world that surrounds me. That said I only need to add here that prophecies simply belong to the pseudo-science and effective sociological tools for spreading delusional stories typically created in order for someone to gain something, like money and fortune. Mayan calendar But what is it really all about? Let...