Children’s computer kit runs Amazon’s Alexa!Full disclosure: My son, +Kevin Elgan, recently joined the awesome San Francisco-based startup Piper, which makes an amazing $299 computer kit for kids. The kit uses Minecraft to teach kids how to build the computer itself, then use the computer they built to learn about electronics and programming. Piper is fun, but not a toy. It’s a real computer (based on Raspberry Pi). My son last night put Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant on a Piper computer. Check out the video