What is it?

The Ada bundle, named for Ada Lovelace contains:

• The Ada transparent backpack, made from clear PVC vinyl with black trim. The backpack's front panel is designed specifically to hold the Bright Board and allow the LEDs to shine through a laser-cut star pattern in the front for a lovely effect.

• The Bright Board micro:bit accessory board along with a 3xAA battery pack (batteries not included) to illuminate the the backpack with colors and patterns you you code yourself.

• (optional) a micro:bit micro controller is required to control the colors and patterns on the Bright Board. If you do not already own a micro:bit, please select the "with micro:bit" option when you purchase the Ada Bundle.

Why did you make it?

This fun, modular, wearable system lets you write code at home and display special colors and patterns when you go out, or you can code on the go, using the micro:bit phone apps to program the micro:bit over Bluetooth. I designed it in the hopes that codeable wearables might interest kids in learning physical computing - particularly those who are not engaged by more traditional educational programming environments.

What makes it special?

This is the first micro:bit-based ready-to-wear LED wearable on the market. It gets all the benefits of the existing educational system build around the micro:bit, and it's attractive, fun and practical to boot. Turn the Bright Board on to stand out and show off your code. Turn it off, and you're incognito with a cute, clear mini-backpack with a secret that only you know about.

The Ada bag is part of a modular system of codeable wearables which use the Bright Board. You can pop out the Bright Board and put it in a different bag, or take out the micro:bit to use for a project, and put it back in your bag when you're done. Using the micro:bit phone apps, you can code the Bright Board via Bluetooth wherever you are. Change your colors whenever you want, and gain coding skills while you do.

The Ada bag dimensions are 11" x 8" x 5"