The reason why the self -made PC "KANO" for children has returned as a Windows compatible notebook PC

Silicon Valley dreamers have long envisioned the world where every child has a laptop.In theory, it seems to work well, but it knows that realization is quite difficult.

It must be a low -priced PC that can be sold to a financial school, and it also needs software that pays attention to the famous customer base for being able to shift as a child.

The educational market is full of smart toys, robots and apps, as well as products for children to actively participate in STEAM learning -related activities.However, few companies have succeeded as KANO.

More powerful and faster

Kano originally sold a DIY computer kit that can be assembled by children, based on Raspberry Pi.However, thanks to the new partnership with Microsoft, Kano has newly announced a "KANO PC" with low -priced, high -performance Windows for the educational market.].

The KANO PC, which can be repaired, has a new feature, is colorful, easy for children to use, and some have inherited the appeal of the conventional model assembled.

KANO's CEO Alex Klein explains that it was a realistic choice not to adopt Raspberry Pi."The school has already invested a lot in Windows," Klein says."Children want to play in" Fort Knight ", and teachers need" Microsoft Office "."

There is also a speed problem.Raspberry Pi computers are low and adaptable, but they are unlikely to be the highest -performance processor in the classroom.

Websites that children and teachers have to browse frequently and online tools that must be used use large -capacity "JavaScript", so the processing capacity is not very high as installed in Raspberry Pi.Chips will slow down the data.Klein says that the difference in reading time is "obvious," between the former model of Kano and the new KANO PC.

Investment from Microsoft also has a positive effect on KANO's business.Microsoft, who has recently been competing with the “iPad” and “Chromebook” in the educational market, has gained a new method of having the school introduced to schools through this partnership.

The same philosophy from the evolving PC

Klein does not turn his back to the new Kano PC, which triggered the KANO computer kit to be born.Rather, he believes that this is the fusion of the ethics of the Maker Movement and the Microsoft Reach and Power.

In 13 years, when Kano began selling computer kits, WIRED US version described KANO's product as a kit that would be a kit that would be a kit that would make children create a computer.