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littleBits invite Silicon Valley firms to create new R2-D2 Droid Inventor Kits builds

November 16, 2017

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The BBC have reported a nice feature of Star Wars licencee littleBits inviting several top Silicon Valley companies to take part in a competition to hack the R2-D2 from their Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit and create new and exciting Droid functions.

The aim of the event was to promote tech careers to children.

With the Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit kids can create their own custom Droid and bring it to life it with littleBits electronic blocks.

Create a Droid from scratch
Go on 16+ missions in the free app
Customize & reconfigure for new powers

Take the link to check out the video on the BBC.

SourceDave Lee, BBC

Dave Tree has been an active participant in the UK collecting and fan community for a number of years and was the brains behind the fondly remembered Palitoy Archive at 2007's Celebration Europe. The owner of All The Cool Stuff Dave had been a panelist at Star Wars Celebration, was a member of Caravan of the Force which journeyed to Essen with Jeremy Bulloch and is the co-host of Making Tracks on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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The BBC have reported a nice feature of Star Wars licencee littleBits inviting several top Silicon Valley companies to take part in a competition to hack the R2-D2 from their Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit and create new and exciting Droid functions.

The aim of the event was to promote tech careers to children.

With the Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit kids can create their own custom Droid and bring it to life it with littleBits electronic blocks.

Create a Droid from scratch
Go on 16+ missions in the free app
Customize & reconfigure for new powers

Take the link to check out the video on the BBC.

SourceDave Lee, BBC

Dave Tree has been an active participant in the UK collecting and fan community for a number of years and was the brains behind the fondly remembered Palitoy Archive at 2007's Celebration Europe. The owner of All The Cool Stuff Dave had been a panelist at Star Wars Celebration, was a member of Caravan of the Force which journeyed to Essen with Jeremy Bulloch and is the co-host of Making Tracks on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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