It’s effective too, recognising when you’re trying to aim at something specific or pull off one of the app’s Hogwarts-inspired gestures.
Inside the wand sits a slimline module incorporating the button and the LED along with a nine-axis accelerometer and gyroscope (for motion) and a magnetometer (for direction), allowing the app to sense the wand’s position and angle relative to your tablet or PC, and register any movements you make. You might want to invest in some rechargables, as you’re likely to burn through a few packs.
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It runs from two AAA batteries, which thanks to the use of Bluetooth LE should last six hours or so of continuous use. The connection seems extremely stable and the wand will happily work a few metres from your laptop or tablet – at least to the extent where you can actually see the screen. It works through Bluetooth, with the button pairing and the light flashing red and blue while you try to pair, before the connection’s made and the indicator turns a steady blue.
Once built the wand is a slender object roughly 35cm long with a single button inlaid in the handle portion, alongside a single LED. By the time you and your kids have put the thing together, you’ll already have the sense that you created something interesting. Pull back the gauzy coverings and you’ll find the wand in pieces, ready to assemble by following the nicely illustrated instructions in the accompanying booklet. The magic starts as soon as you open the rather beautifully presented box. Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit – What’s in the box? Looking for a way to draw your kids into coding? The Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit might not have the entertaining robot ball antics of the Sphero Bolt, but it’s a cool – and slightly cheaper – way to get into programming, and one that comes with an extra splash of wizardry and magic. The block-based coding language and the app’s various challenges are designed to make the most of the wand’s motion controls, so that kids can build and tinker with activities where the wand becomes the main controller. The Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit gives you a cool, wood-effect black plastic wand which works with the accompanying app to teach kids the principles of programming, only in a more accessible and exciting way.
Kano has made a name for itself with its innovative, Raspberry Pi-based coding kits, but with its latest set they might have hit the big time. What is the Kano Harry Potter Coding Kit?
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