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FUZE is a learning environment designed to make learning (and teaching) real text based coding as easy and as accessible as possible.
It gets students and teachers coding very quickly. FUZE is already in use by hundreds of schools across the UK and tens of thousands of young people have experienced FUZE first hand at our workshops and STEM events around the UK. |
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FUZE is available as an app to download for
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and coming soon for
and as comprehensive coding workshops teaching real, text based coding, to primary and secondary students.
To see what the fuss is about, take a look at our Workshop page. The testimonials are all real!
and finally, as a totally focused coding and electronic workstation, designed specifically to maximize learning and inspire creativity.
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With a FUZE Workstation you can:
■ Design, write and code your own games and programs ■ Create your own electronic projects from simple LEDs to proximity detectors, motor controls and endless others ■ Turn the FUZE into a controller for external robotics ■ Learn other languages like Scratch & Python ■ The FUZE runs the Linux operating system and as such can be used with free office tools for documents, web browsing, email and just about any other application. Perfect as a homework or home office computer! ■ Play included games like Minecraft ■ Make a proximity detecting security system ■ Connect Raspberry Pi compatible add-ons ■ Learn to read analog sensors and control simple circuits ■ Create your own spirit level or tilting maze puzzle game! ■ Create controllers for your games and robotic devices ■ Turn your FUZE into a synthesizer keyboard ■ Create your own games! ■ LEARN to CODE! This is only the tip of the iceberg – You write the code, you make it happen! |
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Coding is now deeply rooted in the curriculum and learning to code using text based programming languages is the expected outcome. FUZE expands the options currently available to teachers from simple visual code simulators to real-world text based coding, without prior knowledge or an understanding of advanced languages like Python, C, Java etc.
Computing devices will be woven (literally) into the fabric of our daily lives in ways we can’t yet even imagine. Our interaction with computers is also changing from keyboard to mouse to touch to gesture to… how about predictive behaviour, and other methods yet unknown.
Who is going to be responsible for all this, who will inspire and create this new technology and most importantly of all, who is going to CODE it?!
Computing devices will be woven (literally) into the fabric of our daily lives in ways we can’t yet even imagine. Our interaction with computers is also changing from keyboard to mouse to touch to gesture to… how about predictive behaviour, and other methods yet unknown.
Who is going to be responsible for all this, who will inspire and create this new technology and most importantly of all, who is going to CODE it?!
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FUZE is available as a programming and electronics workstation (The FUZE) or as an application you can download and run on your own device. The workstation provides a more focused and comprehensive solution with electronic projects adding to the learning experience.
FUZE requires no previous knowledge of programming whatsoever. It is a self contained programming environment. Load, follow the included projects, learn to code! Is it really that simple. Already in use not just in the UK but all around the globe, FUZE has proven itself to be more than capable of teaching computer programming skills to young and older minds alike, to engage, excite and stimulate computational thinking, problem solving and rapidly develop digital skills . |
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In an attempt to keep up with the curriculum, schools are employing the likes of Scratch, an excellent introductory tool into the world of coding for young minds. Fast forward a few years and suddenly these minds are hit with Python, C++ and Java – fully functional and real world languages.
You can see the problem. Some are super-simple, others far more complex. FUZE provides the perfect 'block-to-text' transition between these environment and when partnered with a FUZE Workstation, learning a real programming language becomes even more accessible. |
No previous experience using graphic based tools like Scratch is required before
you can start learning with FUZE.
From the ever popular “Hello World” (or in this case Hello ASUS")
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FUZE is widely accepted as an ideal resource for teaching coding across all ages and abilities. It has also won many accolades and received incredible press coverage. |
The Raspberry Pi Foundation
“BASIC is a fantastic, intuitive language with which to learn programming.”
David Braben, CEO Frontier Developments & co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation
to controlling robot arms
to reading sensors
PC Pro Magazine – Recommended
“… the most coherent introduction we’ve seen to computing and electronics,
realising the full educational potential of the Raspberry Pi in one neat package”
PC PRO
to writing your own games
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There's plenty of learning material too. Free to download are FUZE Project Worksheets. Ranging from 'Hello World' to making use of the BBC microbit, the Raspberry Pi senseHAT and Arduino devices, there's a wealth of content and it's all in line with the new computing curriculum so is perfect for schools and at home.
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Barrow Hills School
Rarely have I witnessed lessons where the children were that
engaged for that length of time. I went along to see what was
going on and I could not have been happier”
Matthew Unsworth – Head Teacher
Dunmore Primary School
The following day the children were still buzzing from the
experience and haven’t stopped talking about it.
I wholeheartedly recommend.”
Toby West – Specialist Teacher
Ickford Combined School
I can’t praise the FUZE enough and schools looking
for a robust, reliable, easy to use and
exciting tool to teach programming to invest”
John Ronane BA(Hons), MA, MBA, FCoT – Headteacher
Bentley Wood High School for Girls
“With such an easy to pick up language, our students
were controlling robot arms and interacting
with analogue sensors in less than an hour!”
Gavin Calnan, Head of Computing and ICT
Comments from a few young people that have used our FUZE computers:
Ickford Primary School (Ages 10 - 11):
Boys“When we first heard that we were doing programming we
thought it was going to be really hard, but now it’s really simple!”
“It practically teaches us, like a teacher,
cause it’s got everything that we need on it.”
“This is more fun than Scratch,
there is more to do and it is much easier.”
Girls “I thought it was going to be harder, but it’s pretty easy!”
“There’s lots of different things you can do compared to the computer.”
“I enjoy lighting up the lights, and love controlling it and making it!”
“It makes you feel quite proud - that you’re actually able to do this!”
“It’s built up my confidence.”
Featherstone High School (Ages 14-15):
“It helped me a lot to understand computer science and now I like it!”
“The workshop was fantastic. I wish they could do it again!"
“I now know how to do some coding and how to control the robotic arm and LED. Overall I give it 5 Stars!”
A FUZE customer (John Leonard from Germany – with permission) recently quoted;
“Your customer service is simply stunning! After over 40 years in
the IT field I can say without doubt that I have never
experienced such prompt and good service as with FUZE”