When the pandemic struck in last year restricting children to households, many parents are complaining on increased use of mobile phone, computer games and tec. Addiction to technology can cause damages yet moving away form the technology is not option in a world ever evolving with the advancements leading into another revolution called industry 4.0. What if this enthusiasm for technology in children can be directed to innovation?
That’s why, many countries have Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to create combined subject area help children to be more innovative, creative and become critical thinkers who find solutions with technology. Not only future engineers of technicians will need this knowledge, but also future farmers, doctors, musicians and basically everyone in every profession will have to be equipped with this knowledge.
This is where Magicbit comes in. Magicbit is a tiny computer which can be programmed in to creating different innovations. It’s a learning platform for robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), programming, electronics and Artificial Intelligence(AI). This small device revolutionizes the system by introducing more features, ease of use and cost effectiveness.
For example, we all are worried about our pets when we are away from home on vacation. How about feeding your pet remotely using a pet feeder at home and automatically loading food into that or remotely watering a plant at home when you are way. This kind of an automation can be developed with simple steps using Magicbit.
There are no limitations for number of innovations with Magicbit and anyone can explore the limits of their creativity with Magicbit.
Anuruddha, Akalanka and Migara were electronics and telecommunication engineers with over 8 years of industry experience. They were trying address a bunch of issue with technical innovations such as difficulty, complexity, cost and domain knowledge hurdle for non-technical people. As a solution, they have created Magicbit with over 2 years of research and development, for everyone to learn and practice technical innovations more easily, cost effectively and attractively.
This uniqueness of Magicbit has been recognized with over 8 national level awards and recognition in many international conferences specially in Education Technology (Ed-Tech) and community service categories.
Team behind Magicbit believes that knowledge in technical innovations should be more accessible and available to all and they have crated free resources for everyone available at their website www.magicbit.cc
Taking Sr Lankan innovation one step further, they will be launching Magicbit with an international campaign next month. This will be a global crowdfunding campaign in the largest online crowdfunding platform in the world called ‘Kickstarter.com’. This is the first time a Sri Lankan technical innovation is launching a campaign of this nature. They are providing the opportunity to everyone to buy, gift to someone or donate a Magicbit.
Donating a Magicbit is a special project they are doing with Sri Lanka Inventors Commission (SLIC). Anyone around the world can get a Magicbit and select the option to ship it to SLIC where it will be given to student innovators in Sri Lankan schools. This provides an opportunity for all to encourage and uplift the future innovators in Sri Lanka.
Not only children, anyone interested in technology and finding solutions to problems in the world can develop new innovations with Magicbit. From Sri Lanka to the world, team Magicbit is working with a mission to ignite the spark of creativity with innovation.
