I was directly involved in this project. For the record, the micro:bit was originally based upon the CodeBug (http://www.codebug.org.uk/ http://www.codebug.org

I was directly involved in this project. For the record, the micro:bit was originally based upon the CodeBug (http://www.codebug.org.uk/ http://www.codebug.org.uk/) by Andrew Robinson, who definitely deserves a mention in this story. I, too, share your hope that it has "Sparked" curious minds (old and young). ;-)