How do we get kids excited about programming? Make programming tangible with embedded devices. Did you know that after kids learned to code with the BBC micro:bit, 90% of kids "thought coding was for everyone" and 86% said it made CS topics more interesting?

One person doing great work in this space is Nina Zakharenko. She's here to tell us all about her projects with CircuitPython.

Full show notes at https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/221/empowering-developers-by-embedding-python