What are some hobby tech projects for a tech-savvy teenager?

Question

I would like recommendations for a hardware/software project that involves coding, building hardware components for an interested 14 year old who knows python.

bosky101 · Accepted Answer

- creating their version of Google homepage, there is plenty to go down the rabbit hole beginning with the homepage
- creating home/iot alerts maybe with zapier/email/twilio
- creating a chatbot based on a pdf
- creating an RSVP site for your upcoming family _
- creating a browser extension
- creating a guest wifi login system with credits/timeouts
- creating a Dropbox alternative with S3
- a website that tells you which day of the week you were born
You're welcome

dominicdoty · Answer

If they're interested in software and hardware, robotics is a fun place to start.
Line following, object avoidance, maze solving, all sorts of cool options.
A relatively cheap option would be the micro:bit [1] and a chassis [2]. The micro:bit can run CircuitPython [3] which is an simplified version of Python that can run on embedded systems.
This setup offers lots of room for growth from graphical programming, to circuitpython, and then on to C programming.
[1] https://www.adafruit.com/product/4781
[2] https://www.adafruit.com/product/4575
[3] https://circuitpython.org/board/microbit_v2/