Gadgetory

spero looks like a bb-8 but it's a rolling robot that's been around for years it's also a programmable educational toy the education targeted Sphero spark launched last year along with an app that works at step-by-step programming which can create and share educational plans with teachers and students the new versions spark Plus adds an anti-glare and anti scratch coding and faster tap to connect Bluetooth smart for educators using a bunch in classrooms if you haven't used Sphero spark it shows how much this hundred $29 robot can do painting maize running precise turning and this little balls waterproof and shockproof Sphero has LED lights and inductive charging and it's motors can make it spin at various speeds and directions using Android iOS or Amazon tablets and phones to remote-control it unlike bb-8 Sphero is silent but the updated lightning labs app adds programmable sounds to make it feel like your little coding buddy is beeping and beeping there are hundreds of free activities to browse and crowd creative projects curated by Sphero it's already in use in over a thousand schools and the new app has both Sphero and community created activities some use coding or building and completing tasks like chariot or boat enclosures to win races or designing completing a maze others model systems like planetary motion or use the sphero's to make art or just dance a number of activities are designed to stem challenges and the included course instructions can organize into classes in app it's another great example that coding toys for kids are everywhere and even without a class of my own to teach they're pretty fun too