The Raspberry Pi

It's been a couple of months now since the world's smallest, and cheapest computer, the Raspberry Pi was unleashed upon the world. The £22 Linux operated device was launched by the charitable Raspberry Pi Foundation in March, with the aim of encouraging a whole generation to code.

The IT industry is thriving right now, but industry experts say that those coming through simply lack the skills to do the job effectively. David Cameron raised the issue recently, and has proposed scrapping the current IT curriculum in school's, in favour of teaching how to program, or code as it is more commonly known.

 It's still far too early to judge whether the Raspberry Pi has been a success, but I went and spoke to some computer science boffins at the University of Central Lancashire, to hear their