Kano is the first computer that anyone can make. Founded by Alex Klein, who is only 23, Yonatan Raz-Fridman and Saul Klein, its mission is to make sure that anyone, anywhere, can make, code and build their own computer.
"Coding is about creativity. It's about bringing your ideas for life. If you make it about unemployment, you're gonna lose and alienate another generation of kids. The message of Kano is the aspect of exploration and playing. What coding gives you is a practical application of the fundamental ideas that make computers work and those ideas are actually quite beautiful."
Kano went on Kickstarter a couple of months ago and raised over $1.5 million, becoming the most crowdfounded learning invention ever.
Alex talks about his journey from being a student in politics and economics at Yale and Cambridge universities, to teaching himself computer science and bringing his idea to life.
Alex talks about his journey from being a student in politics and economics at Yale and Cambridge universities, to teaching himself computer science and bringing his idea to life.
"These are really exciting times not only for computer science and coding, but also for creativity in the world. Kids, who are born into a wholly digitally native world, felt communities since the first moment they log into the internet. But only 1% of 1% of all of us actually know how technologies work."
Listen to Matt Cowen interviewing Alex Klein on 20th February at Cass University, as part of the TechTalks events.
TechTalks@Cass (in partnership with Thomson Reuters) are intimate, in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s most innovative and inspirational tech entrepreneurs.
TechTalks@Cass (in partnership with Thomson Reuters) are intimate, in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s most innovative and inspirational tech entrepreneurs.