Quirkbot wants to help children build hackable robots – from drinking straws

Startup seeks $55k on crowdfunding website Kickstarter for its programmable microcontroller toy that aims to get kids codingIn 2015, there is no shortage of technology startups encouraging children to tinker with hardware and/or learn programming skills. The list of firms doing that using drinking straws, however, is considerably shorter.Quirkbot is certainly on that list: the Swedish startup has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise at least $55k to launch what it’s describing