![]() ![]() “Since day one, DragonBox has made learning math more fun and engaging for children around the world. That speaks to an opportunity to build more content to serve that third sector, which is where DragonBox will fit. Furuseth said that of the 1 billion plays that its platform saw in 2018, 700 million came from K-12 classrooms, 30 million came from enterprises, and the rest - around 270 million - came from people using Kahoot at home, playing around 100 million games. That’s an area where Kahoot already has a sizeable business. Furuseth sees DragonBox as supplementing the first of these, specifically by helping it expand into more parent-led and home learning that supplements what children might be getting in classrooms. That Kahoot platform up to now has grown organically through a combination of both Kahoot-created, and user-created content (users can build their own games on Kahoot) as well as through serving two markets: K-12 users, and enterprise customers for corporate training. Today the smaller startup already has millions of users in Europe, including schools that use it to teach K-12 math curriculum subjects, but alongside that it will also to start to develop more educational content for the main Kahoot platform. The plan will be to bring DragonBox - which, like Kahoot, has roots in Norway - on wholesale to continue growing DragonBox’s existing business, as well as to supplement Kahoot’s offering. It’s a relatively strong exit for DragonBox, which had raised less than $500,000 since 2012 primarily from going through incubators and accelerators, according to PitchBook. Åsmund Furuseth, Kahoot’s CEO and co-founder, said in an interview that the deal was being done at an uptick to Kahoot’s previous valuation of $376 millon the bigger company is now creeping up to $400 million. You can follow the progress of the progress on Twitter and the forums.Kahoot, the popular e-learning platform that provides a range of games to teach subjects (it has described itself as the “Netflix of education”), has made its first acquisition: it has acquired DragonBox, a startup that builds math apps, for $18 million in a combination of cash and shares. It’s clearly a niche product which explains why the price is quite high, and manufacturing delays are long a well as it is handled by a small team. Michael says there’s no clear ETA for new pre-order, and it may take around half a year to buy those from stock. VAT for the standard version, and up to 626.05 euros ex. Now that the mini portable PC is out, you may wonder whether you can order it, and indeed you can with pricing starting at 529.41 Euros ex. Since the device is open-source hardware, you’ll find hardware design files, software, and other resources on the Wiki. Misc – Fully configurable RGB-LEDs for notifications, vibration motorĭrasgonbox Pyra handheld Linux PC is quite versatile since it ships with Debian, but it was designed with gaming in mind, and supports games such as Diablo II, Call To Power II, Jedi Knight, or Return to Castle Wolfenstein.Sensors – Accelerometer gyroscope pressure, and humidity sensor.USB – 2x USB 2.0 host ports (one usable as SATA with adapter), 1x micro USB 3.0 OTG port, 1x micro USB 2.0 port for debugging and charging.Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.1.Gaming controls – D-Pad, 4x shoulder buttons, 6x face buttons, 2x accurate digital controls with push-button.Audio I/O – High-quality speakers, digital volume control, headset port, built-in Mic.Display – 720p 5-inch LCD with resistive touchscreen.Storage – 32 GB eMMC flash, 2x SDXC card slot, 1x internal micro SDXC card slot.SoC – Texas Instruments OMAP 5432 SoC with 2x Arm Cortex-A15 1.5 GHz with NEON SIMD, 2x ARM Cortex-M4, Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX544-MP2 3D GPU, and Vivante GC320 2D GPU. ![]() Since so many years have passed, you’d be forgiven if you completely forgot or did not know at all about the specifications: ![]() ![]() It eventually took over four more years, but the Dragonbox Pyra is finally getting assembled and shipping to backers has started. Michael Mrozek (EvilDragon) finally decided to keep going with the OMAP5 processor due to the good documentation and software support, and pre-orders started in 2016 with a 330 to 400 Euros downpayment and no clear timeline about shipping. We first covered the Dragonbox Pyra in 2014 when it was described as an open-source handheld game console powered by Texas Instruments OMAP5432 SoC, or maybe AllWinner A80, Intel Bay Trail, or Qualcomm Snapdragon processors since the exact specifications were still in the works for the Pandora successor. ![]()
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