With only 18% of computer science degrees earnt by women, Google has announced an initiative to encourage more girls to code. Made With Code is being funded with $50 million over the next few years to encourage high school girls to get involved in coding and programming.

Knowing how to code is an increasingly important skill, but getting a young child enthusiastic about programming isn’t easy. Can gamifying the education process with toy robots help create a new generation of computer scientists?

The UK government has announced a £500k fund which will be put towards both teachers and students learning to code, ahead of the new curriculum being introduced in September, which will place more emphasis on science, technology, engineering and maths.

Technology is part of every aspect of our lives. But amongst the innovation, there are questions about what exactly we’re trading in for these advancements. Do smartphones actually disconnect us? Has Google made us stupid? And is making friends with robots messing up our kids?