Arduino

'Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.'

I'm really looking forward to doing the one day workshop, I have been wanting to learn it for a while. It is programmed using the same language as processing. There are so many thing that you can do with it.

They are even starting to teach children this, imagine what their generation are going to be capable of when they are my age?

Arduino the Cat, Breadboard the Mouse and Cutter the Elephant from hmt on Vimeo.

When I was 6 I thought it was amazing when you could print off a picture of a lion with your computer, internet wasn't even around then and now kids have grown up with programs like photoshop and the global information form the internet and learning basic programming at such a young age means they will be miles ahead by the time they are 21.