At Piper, we blend physical building and virtual storytelling to inspire the next generation of innovators.
WELCOME TO YOUR PIPER EXPERIENCE
HANDS-ON BUILDING
BLENDING PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
PIPER COMPUTER KIT
BUILD YOUR COMPUTER AND LEARN THROUGH
PLAYING MINECRAFT:PI EDITION
PIPER MAKE
EXPLORE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF TECHNOLOGY,
FROM YOUR COMPUTER
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PIPER COMPUTER KITS
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PIPER MAKE
USE YOUR BLUEPRINT TO
BUILD YOUR COMPUTER
With a blueprint and screwdriver, your first mission is to assemble your kit with custom laser-cut wood and electronics to build a functioning computer.
LEARN CIRCUITRY AS YOU
PLAY WITH MINECRAFT: PI EDITION
Play Piper StoryMode while learning the fundamentals of circuitry and computer science.
Not official Minecraft product. Not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. The Raspberry Pi Edition of Minecraft by the Raspberry Pi Foundation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
VIRTUAL MADE PHYSICAL
BRING CODING TO LIFE
With this essential 21st century skill, give the gift of digital confidence with the Piper Computer Kit V4. Learn More >
JOIN THE PIPER COMMUNITY
MEET SHREE
PIPER COFOUNDER & CO-CEO | GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR WINNER | FORBES 30 UNDER 30
HARVARD GRADUATE | DUKE MD/PHD STUDENT
"I created Piper to incorporate all the things that made me fall in love with science when I was a kid. Our products teach important scientific foundations, yes -- but most importantly, they teach confidence. Every kid has questions and cool ideas for new solutions: Piper makes them feel like they CAN create them."
My granddaughter learnt the pieces: motherboard, connectors, battery, screen. We talked about how computers worked (with the immense help of google for some terms and systems). That night, her face was glowing with excitement and pride. I was concerned that she would get bored as it is not a fancy colored machine, but it beat any app and game she had for two reasons:
she MADE it, and she felt she UNDERSTOOD it.
PIPER IS TRULY AMAZING.
My 9 and 11 year old daughters could not wait to set it up. Once we had it running they dove right in without fear. They love the game so navigating was seamless to them. Piper may seem intimidating to adults but trust me, it is not intimidating to your kids. They will love it.
Great tool! My son has really started learning how to work on computers and develop
A FOUNDATION FOR WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CAREER IN HIS LIFE.
This is an incredibly teaching tool and platform, cleverly disguised as a children's toy. There's a ton of educational products on the marketing trying to get kids interested in STEM - things like Snap Circuits, Goldieblox, LittleBits, Lego Mindstorms, even code.org. The problem is that they are good at the science, but aren't actually "fun". They're great, but they're really just an incremental step over other building blocks like Legos.
Piper gives you the building blocks, captures the fun and power behind Minecraft, and then adds a whole engaging in-game story mode on top of that to give kids a REASON to use the building blocks.
My 7 year old was building real physical circuits right out of the box, the same kind of circuits that I didn't see until I was in engineering school! Incredible. Head and shoulders above and several generations ahead anything else on the market right now.
The Piper Computer Kit sparked] lots of creative and constructive conversations.
EVEN THE QUIETEST [STUDENT] WAS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING
As a teacher, it makes me happy to see all students – ELL, SpEd, and [general education] students – excited about learning and taking risks.
Rosa Hernandez
Piper Customer, Teacher
Los Angeles, California
As an educator who is a Piper customer, I have observed kids attain the maker-mindset and start on the road to becoming creators of technology rather than simply learning passively… I am convinced that the success they experienced completing the exercises gave them the confidence they needed for such an undertaking.
DOES PIPER INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN STUDENTS? IT DOES.
Paul Tremblett
Piper Customer, Teacher
Southwest Virginia
WHY THE COFOUNDER OF
APPLE LOVES PIPER
""I love Piper because it represents what enabled me to do all the great technology things in my life. This is the thing I would recommend to any kid I wanted to turn out creative."
