TANKS Powered by Tangibl™


OVERVIEW

TANKS Powered by Tangibl™ is an inexpensive programming tool that encourages the development of computing knowledge using a mobile application and paper tokens from a young age.

Various solutions exist on the market with the aim of introducing the youth to programming. All these solutions require the use of a computer; and in some cases, additional hardware. TANKS Powered by Tangibl™ makes the experience of introducing programming more accessible by only using a cell phone and paper tokens (which can be printed on normal paper).

The application is available for Android and iPhone. It contains 35 levels of increasing capacity. By playing the game, learners are introduced to basic turtle graphics command (move forward, turn left etc.) as well as if and looping constructs.

Value Proposition/Benefits

Software Development is one of the most sought-after skill sets in South Africa (and most foreign countries). Any growing economy requires an increasing number of software developers to maintain the growing dependence on software and technology. TANKS Powered by Tangibl™ aims to introduce more learners to computer programming to encourage them to consider computing science as a career choice.

Development Status

TRL 9: Experimental testing in real-world setting

IP Protection

Trademark

Inventor(s) Prof Jean Greyling

TANKS powered by Tangibl™ was developed in 2017 as an honours project by BSc Computer Science student Byron Batteson, at Nelson Mandela University, under the supervision of Prof Jean Greyling.

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