Gallery: Kano, The Beautiful DIY Computer, Just Got Three New Kits

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    Kano, the DIY computer, is releasing three new kits.
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    A camera, a speaker, and a pixel board.
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    The standalone kits.
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    All of the kits run on single board computers.
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    Early sketches of the pixel board.
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    Each kit comes with a sensor.
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    The sensors attach via USB.
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    Early sketches of the camera
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    Using the browser-based Kano OS, you can code the camera, speaker, and pixel board to perform a virtually unlimited number of commands.
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    You can code the camera to take a filtered picture.
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    Early sketches of the speaker.
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    The speaker.
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    The kits can connect to any computer, including a Kano.
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