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Can You Teach Programming With Plywood?

Primo is a $262 kit that consists of two main components—wooden robot called Cubetto and a plywood compiler. In a world where everyone is expected to learn to code, why wait until kids can read and type to start teaching computer science? It’s an important question a startup called Primo is asking, and if their Kickstarter campaign is successful your child will have her first exposure to algorithms right after nap time and just before recess.

The Cheapskate's Cyber Monday picks

Five incredible deals that definitely won't last long. Cyber Monday. The online yang to Black Friday's brick-and-mortar yin. Truth be told, I don't usually find this day terribly exciting, if only because the deals rarely exceed what I find all year 'round. That said, there are deals to be had, oh yes. Here are five especially good ones.

Make-A-Wish Foundation Turns San Francisco Into Gotham for 5-Year-Old Batkid

SAN FRANCISCO – Meet the Bay Area’s Caped Crusader. He’s five years old, likes to wear costumes, loves superheroes, and his secret identity is Miles. Since he was one, he has also been fighting leukemia. When the Make-A-Wish Foundation asked him what he wanted, he said his one wish was to fight crime, just like his hero Batman. So today, Miles — aka Batkid — got his wish when thousands of people showed up in San Francisco and turned it into Gotham City.