Experience CS: A safe, creative way to teach computing

Reading Time: 3 minutesExperience CS is our new free curriculum that helps elementary and middle school educators (working with students aged 8 to 14) teach computer science with confidence through creative, cross-curricular lessons and projects. Designed for teachers, by teachers, Experience CS is built to be easy to use in classrooms, with everything you need integrated into one […]

Make World Book Day interactive with Google Play Books.Make World Book Day interactive with Google Play Books.Director, Product Management, Google Play Books

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo celebrate World Book Day on April 23rd, Google Play Books provides tools to make reading extra engaging for families and children. Here are two ways we’re creating a fun and rewarding space for future bookworms: A modern twist on storytime with Read and Listen: Google Play Books‘ Read and Listen feature brings stories to […]

Arduino is at work to make bio-based PCBs!

Reading Time: 4 minutesApril 22 is Earth Day – a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to preserve the planet for future generations. While the call for climate action grows louder, Arduino is committed to making sustainability an ongoing priority through concrete projects and global collaborations every day of the year. One of the most exciting steps in […]

This custom flight joystick provides force feedback with stepper motors

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe joysticks found on ordinary controllers are quite simple, and as a result, they fail to provide much in the way of haptic feedback for the user. This is especially tough in racing or flight simulator games where making sharp turns should require a greater amount of force. YouTuber zeroshot’s project aimed to overcome this […]

How we’re helping Google Play developers deliver better user experiences through improved performance insights.How we’re helping Google Play developers deliver better user experiences through improved performance insights.Director of Product Management, Google Play

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re sharing the latest Google Play Console updates that make it easier for developers to gain actionable performance insights and deliver better user experiences. Highlights include: A redesigned app dashboard that puts important metrics front and center New pre-review checks and Android vitals quality metrics, including an excessive wake locks metric that identifies potential battery […]

This machine helps to experimentally find an estimation of absolute zero

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow can we ever really know anything? If you listen to the anti-science types, you might believe that we can’t. But if you get past Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, you can start identifying basic truths, through logic and experiments, on which to build upon. One important foundational building block is absolute zero. Most of […]

Research insights to help learners develop data awareness

Reading Time: 7 minutesAn increasing number of frameworks describe the possible contents of a K–12 artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum and suggest possible learning activities (for example, see the UNESCO competency framework for students, 2024). In our March seminar, Lukas Höper and Carsten Schulte from the Department of Computing Education at Paderborn University in Germany shared with us a […]

Code faster with the new Arduino AI Assistant

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re very excited to share that the Arduino AI Assistant is now available in the Arduino Cloud Editor! This expert coding companion truly understands your project and board, and can generate and fix your code in seconds. We know that many of you already use other AI tools to assist with coding, but switching back […]

tinyML in Malawi: Empowering local communities through technology

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, recently participated in a workshop titled “TinyML for Sustainable Development” in Zomba, organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), a category 1 UNESCO institute, and the University of Malawi. Bringing together students, educators, and professionals from Malawi and neighboring countries, as well as international experts from Brazil, […]

How to bring digital literacy into your classroom: practical tips from the Hello World podcast

Reading Time: 4 minutesAre you looking to strengthen digital literacy in your classroom? In the latest episode of the Hello World podcast, three experienced teachers from the USA and the UK share practical tips they’ve used in their classrooms to help their students build digital literacy. Whether you’re just getting started with digital literacy or looking for new […]

Find the right Arduino Cloud plan for you

Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino Cloud has grown tremendously over the past year, adding powerful features to make development smoother and IoT deployments more scalable. From real-time collaboration to interactive digital twins on a dashboard and AI-powered coding assistance, our platform has evolved to support everyone. Now, if you tuned in to Arduino Days 2025 (watch the video), you […]

Raspberry Pi Pico Ticket Game

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChris emailed us a little while ago (sorry, Chris!) about his fun little Raspberry Pi Pico project which he describes as “a simple stand-alone Q&A game or ice-breaker for a party, using a Pico, a thermal printer, and a big red button” – although we’d say the button is medium-size compared to the 100 mm ones […]

Solar upgrades the Nebulophone synthesizer to enhance playability 

Reading Time: 2 minutesWoodwinds and brass are so 19th century. We’re living in the future and now it is synthesizers all the way down. There are many to choose from and the Bleep Labs Nebulophone is a neat example that was sold from 2012 to 2016, with the design files now available on GitHub for DIYers. Marcus Dunn […]

Raspberry Pi Foundation joins UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntroduction We are thrilled to announce that the Raspberry Pi Foundation (RPF) has been accepted as a member of UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition (GEC).  Initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when 1.6 billion learners were shut out of the classroom, the GEC aimed to provide continuity of education in times of crisis. Since then, the Coalition […]

Using a racing sim rig with a real RC car

Reading Time: 2 minutesMost of us will never get a chance to drive a Ferrari F50 around the Nürburgring in real life, but we can all do so in a racing sim. To get the most out of that experience, many people build serious and elaborate racing sim rigs. What if one could use their racing sim rig […]

Introducing the Image Map widget: A smarter way to visualize your data

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re excited to introduce the new Image Map Widget in Arduino Cloud! This powerful feature allows you to overlay live data onto an image, creating interactive and highly visual dashboards. Whether you’re managing a factory floor, an office space, or a piece of industrial equipment, this widget brings your data to life in a whole […]

A homemade launchpad for compressed air-powered rockets

Reading Time: 2 minutesA conventional model rocket engine is simple combustible solid fuel (black powder or more advanced composites) molded into a cylinder that uses expanding gas to produce thrust. Though it is minimal, there is some danger there. An alternative is compressed gas, which will also expand to produce thrust — just without the explosive chemical reaction. […]

Hello World #26 out now: Digital Literacy

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe often believe we understand the meaning of ‘digital literacy’, but it can be a misleading term. Do we mean digital skills? Online safety? Where does AI fit in? As computer science education evolves to meet the needs of our increasingly digital world, we believe that true digital literacy empowers young people to engage with […]

A Minecraft Movie – Out Now!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWill you lovingly tame wolves as Dawn or build your own Chicken Shack as Steve? No matter what type of adventurer you are, there’s a hero and skin to suit your playstyle.  FREE WALLPAPER A MINECRAFT MOVIE isn’t just for the silver screen! Bring the adventure to your small, medium, and big screens with a […]

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for April 7 to 11

Reading Time: 11 minutesWelcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Age of Empires IV: […]

Next Week on Xbox – Neue Spiele vom 7. bis 11. April

Reading Time: 9 minutesWillkommen bei Next Week on Xbox! Wie immer stellen wir Dir alle neuen Spiele vor, die bald für Xbox Series X|S und Xbox One, Windows und im Game Pass erhältlich sind. Klick Dich einfach durch die Spiel-Details, um mehr zu möglichen Vorbestellungen zu erfahren (Änderungen vorbehalten). Konsole & PCBegib Dich mit Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose, dem neuesten […]

F/A-18C Right Console

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo many readers, ‘F/A-18C Right Console’ will look like a bunch of letters and numbers thrown together. To aviation enthusiasts, though, those letters and numbers clearly refer to the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a fighter plane developed in the 1970s for the US Marines and US Navy. This replica control console by ValeNoxBona was apparently […]