<story><title>MicroView: Chip-sized Arduino with built-in OLED Display</title><url>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516846343/microview-chip-sized-arduino-with-built-in-oled-di</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>owenversteeg</author><text>This is going to be a lot more revolutionary than a lot of people think. I mentor Lego Robotics teams, and this year&amp;#x27;s season will mark my eighth year doing Lego Robotics. During this time, I&amp;#x27;ve shown the kids (ages 9-14) hundreds of programming-related things, ranging from quadcopters to Arduinos to WebGL experiments to Leap Motion devices, and what never fails to captivate them is when they make the Lego Mindstorm brick &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;display&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; something.&lt;p&gt;When kids on the team seem reluctant to start programming, I always bust out the smiley face demo: they push a button and the smiley face smiles. It&amp;#x27;s ridiculously simple, but that&amp;#x27;s part of the appeal - they see that it&amp;#x27;s simple and they want to know how to do it themselves. If I were to show them an Arduino blinking out a message in Morse code using an LED, they assume that it&amp;#x27;s over their head and could care less how it was done, but when I show a simple demo using the Mindstorms display everyone&amp;#x27;s captivated.&lt;p&gt;Each Mindstorms brick costs $200-$250, and parts can add hundreds of dollars to this cost. Since the price of the MicroView is 4-5 times smaller, there can be 4-5 times more people captivated by them - not to mention how school districts that have fewer funds can now introduce students to programming as well.</text></comment>
<story><title>MicroView: Chip-sized Arduino with built-in OLED Display</title><url>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516846343/microview-chip-sized-arduino-with-built-in-oled-di</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>iSloth</author><text>Few comments on here suggesting that it might be over priced, and yes it probably is, however some people like my self just want something simple to play around with, without buying loads of different parts when you don&amp;#x27;t really know what&amp;#x27;s required, if that costs me a few extra dollars to be lazy well that&amp;#x27;s ok with me :)&lt;p&gt;Never used an Arduino before and like the idea of having a screen to use, so ordered one to play around with.&lt;p&gt;Good luck with the project!&lt;p&gt;Edit: Just realised, I&amp;#x27;m a long time lurker on KickStarter, but this is my first backing!</text></comment>