Firia Labs

09/01/2026

Reminder: not every classroom has room for a drone zone or a full robotics course. And that's exactly what CodeX is for! 🎮

CodeX packs a display, sensors, and radio into a handheld device that fits right in a pencil case. Your students get to write real Python code and see real hands-on results. No floor space required.

To learn how we teach, try our interactive Python editor and virtual CodeBot for free, right in your browser (no account or download needed):
👉 make.firialabs.com

Questions about fitting CodeX into your room this year? Reach out to [email protected]!

08/31/2026

Teachers Asked for This. Firia Labs Delivered. 🎃

Haunted Code Chronicles is a free, year-round virtual robotics challenge. This new professional development workshop teaches you how to guide your students through it—with lesson plans, strategies, and engagement tips included.

Four sessions | September 22 – October 13
Registration closes September 18

Learn more and register: https://firialabs.com/blogs/lab-reports/mastering-haunted-code-chronicles-workshop

Four virtual sessions for grades 4-12 educators. Teach all six Haunted Code Chronicles missions with confidence, Sept 22 to Oct 13, 2026. Earn 6 CEU hours.

08/27/2026

This PD has no prerequisites. None.

Never written a line of Python? Come anyway. Been teaching it for five years? There's a project in here you haven't built.

Eight one-hour sessions, October '26 through May '27. One CodeX project every session, built together, with the lesson plan and slides to take back to your classroom.

You don't need prior Firia Labs experience. You don't need a CodeSpace license. You need one hour a month.

Up to 8 continuing education credit hours - $175, or $285 with a CodeX included

Registration closes Sept 11 - Click on link for more info and for registration- https://firialabs.com/blogs/lab-reports/get-a-grip-on-python

07/24/2026

We've got a stash of micro USB cables sitting around that Firia Labs no longer needs, and we'd love to put them to good use!
We're selling bundles at a great price — but here's the fun part: if you were a JumpStart customer, we want to give you some for free. Just cover the shipping and they're yours!
We also have a few battery packs for micro:bit users and Octopus bits — same deal!
These are perfect for classrooms still running hardware that uses micro USB or micro:bit. Why let them collect dust when they could be powering something useful?
If you know a teacher, IT department, makerspace, or anyone else who could use these, please share this post — let's make sure it gets to the right people!
Shoot us a message here or email us at [email protected] to grab yours before they're gone. First come, first served!
— Geri & the Firia Labs team
Micro:bit Educational Foundation

07/21/2026

CodeAIR: the only drone that teaches you why you don't want to learn to fly drones.
The future isn't pilots. It's autonomous systems that see, decide, and act on their own.
In CodeSpace's machine vision sequence, students don't just watch AI work — they build it. From scratch. In Python. On a drone.
→ Read individual pixels from a live camera feed
→ Apply the same convolution that powers modern AI vision
→ Deploy a neural network running on the drone itself
→ Watch it search, photograph a target, return to the helipad, and land — zero human input
This isn't a simulation. This is a student project.
Watch the full walkthrough

07/13/2026

Watch what happens when a student's Python code tells a drone to follow a line - from the air.
We just launched 3 new Machine Vision missions for CodeAIR. This one is called Line Patrol. There's NO remote control or human pilot! The drone's camera sees the path. An onboard student-written algorithm finds and tracks the line. The drone follows it, autonomously, because their code works.
As far as we know, no other educational drone in the world does this.
AND you don't need a coding background to run these missions. CodeSpace walks both you and your students through every step - the concepts, the code, and the moment it clicks.

Want to see exactly how we teach before committing to anything? You can right now - free, in your browser.
Click on make.firialabs.com

Tag a teacher who needs to see this.
Infosys Foundation USA WeTeach_CS Computer Science Teachers Association

05/04/2026

Sit. Stay. Watch (Code) the robot. 🐶
Even this pup couldn't look away from CodeBot running Python on the track. Your students won't either.
A handful of FREE seats left for Infosys Foundation USA Pathfinders Summer PD. Get your documents together and claim yours before they're gone.
👉 https://firialabs.com/blogs/lab-reports/blog-2026-03-09-pathfinders-2026

04/30/2026

Only a FEW seats left for Summer PD through Infosys Foundation USA !
See that zipping along a track? That's code in motion — and YOUR students could be writing it this fall.
Get your required documents together NOW and grab one of the last spots. This no-cost professional development won't wait.
👉 https://firialabs.com/blogs/lab-reports/blog-2026-03-09-pathfinders-2026

04/13/2026

Hello from Montgomery! 👋

The Firia Labs team is at the Alabama CS Summit today, and we're thrilled to be here with our home state teachers.

We love teachers, but we'll admit we're a little partial to the CS teachers. You're the ones putting Python in front of real students, and we think that's a big deal.

If you're at the Summit, come say hi. And if you can't be here, our newly rebuilt website is open for a look around. See exactly how we teach, mission by mission: firialabs.com

04/08/2026

What if your Python textbook came with a robot?
Happy National Robotics Week! (April 4–12) 🤖

At Firia Labs, our CodeSpace digital textbooks teach Python through hundreds of hand-crafted, scaffolded lessons. And then students prove what they've learned by putting their code in motion on real hardware.
The robot either follows the line or it doesn't. The drone either flies the pattern or it doesn't. No faking it. And that's where the real learning happens.

Our hands-on lab equipment brings the curriculum to life:
🤖 CodeBot - a wheeled robot for mastering sensors, motors, and electronic control
🚁 CodeAIR - students code autonomous drone flights and explore AI fundamentals
🎮 CodeX -a handheld device with display, sensors, and radio for physical computing projects

In a world where AI can write code, students need to understand code. CodeSpace builds that foundation! Real Python skills that make AI a powerful tool, not a crutch.

See how we teach → http://make.firialabs.com