Coding the future: the tech kids solving life’s problems
by Juliana Piskorz from Technology | The Guardian on (#5AZXT)
They're too young to vote or drive. But meet the children writing computer programs to track our health and wellbeing, choose a new school... and even how to cheat at online games
I started getting interested in coding when I was about 11. I joined a local community lab where biologists and computer scientists come together and conduct experiments. I wanted to join the lab because my brother was really into biology and at the time I wanted to be exactly like him. I was too young to participate in the experiments, so my mentor pushed me more towards coding.
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