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Kano is a DIY "computer kit designed to help people of all ages assemble a computer from scratch, and learn basic coding skills." A month-long Kickstarter campaign initiated in November 2013 raised over $1.5 million, and helped launch the mass production of the device. Kano is the most crowdfunded learning invention ever and Kickstarter's fourth most-funded design project. Backers included Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler, who pre-ordered the kit. ==Overview== The founders of Kano are writer and designer Alex Klein, venture capitalist Saul Klein, and Israeli entrepreneur Yonatan Raz-Fridman. Alex and Saul are cousins. In November 2012, "Alex, Yonatan, and Saul were trying to imagine what a computer for the next generation would look like."〔 They "wanted to know if it was possible to make a computer kit that would be fun enough to hold kids' attention, but smart enough to actually teach them something."〔 They drew inspiration from Saul's then 6-year-old son Micah,〔 who advised that he wanted the kit to be "as simple and fun as Legos."〔 The founders chose Kanō Jigorō, the creator of judo, as the eponym of the company because of his renown as a dedicated teacher, and democratizer of martial arts.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kano (computer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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