This Avengers coding kit lets kids build their own superpowers like Shuri

You don’t need otherworldly powers to be a superhero: some superpowers include just being really rich or insanely smart. Now, you can actually be Tony Stark or Shuri with LittleBits’ Avengers Hero Inventor Kit, which was made in collaboration with Marvel. Each kit comes with interchangeable “bits,” or electronic building blocks, that attach magnetically to a transparent sleeve that kids can wear.

Using a companion app, kids can follow along with step-by-step instructions and video tutorials to receive their “hero training” from the Avengers. Each superhero teaches a different lesson: Iron Man’s activity is centered on the LED matrix; Ant-Man and the Wasp’s lesson uses the accelerometer to teach kids about speed and movement; Black Widow…

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This Avengers coding kit lets kids build their own superpowers like Shuri
By Dami Lee

August 1, 2018 at 08:19AM
via The Verge – All Posts https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/8/1/17638994/marvel-littlebits-avengers-hero-inventor-kit