Karel Now Has a Face!

Thank you for participating in the ballot! Your votes along with the votes of kids from dozens of our Partner Schools decided about the appearance of the robot: Karel invites you to earn Black Belt in Computer Programming!

NCLab in Mineral County SD

The Mineral County School District adopted NCLab for computer programming and 3D modeling courses. More details about the courses can be found on the course pages: Explore Courses

NCLab Textbooks Printed!

This was our first experience with Lulu.com, an online book printing service. The outcome is awesome – flawless quality hardcover and binding, quality paper, all pages in full color. PDF versions of the textbooks are included in NCLab Courses.

NCLab 0.9.6 Released

This release brings an extraordinary amount of new functionality that reflects an equally extraordinary effort that we have put into it: Karel Has a Debug Mode Based on many instructors’ requests, we implemented stepping through Karel programs. In the main menu, there is a new blue arrow button for that: You can either step through

NCLab Speaks German!

Willkommen! Based on increasing demand from our European users, NCLab was translated to German. The language menu is available in Settings. We have not stopped at texts on icons and menus. The PLaSM language itself has now German commands, which allows kids in Germany to create 3D models using their native tongue. Translating NCLab into

NCLab Comes to Mexico!

Tecnológico de Monterrey became a new NCLab Partner School! NCLab is used at the Escuela de Ingeniería to teach computer programming and parallel GPU computing. This partnership may develop into a future collaboration on educational modules for parallel programming in NCLab. We are very excited about this partnership!

PLaSM Language Revised

3D modeling with PLaSM is the second most popular module in NCLab after computer programming with Karel the Robot. Based on user input collected during the last months we thoroughly revised PLaSM, made it easier to use, and translated into Czech and Polish. Other translations will follow based on requests. Here is a list of

Summer Camp 2013

Download NCLab Summer Camp 2013 Booklet! The first NCLab Summer Camp was a breathtaking experience, both for the kids and the NCLab Team! The 50-seat computer classroom was packed by kids of ages between 6 and 16 years. We have never seen anyone eat their lunch that quickly in order to get back to their

NCLab 0.9.5 Released

Yes, it is finally here! Significant improvements were made across the entire platform, but most importantly, NCLab’s model of operation has changed. New Model of Operation Here is an overview of the most important policy changes: All modules are free to use for anyone. Generous quotas in Free Plan include 100 MB disk space, 2

NCLab Version 0.9.5 Is Coming!

We are excited to announce that NCLab will be upgraded to Version 0.9.5 in a few days! The new version will bring many deep structural changes invisible to the user, but also major improvements in various modules that you will notice. Starting with K-12, the most popular module Karel the Robot is getting a professional