Firstmakers
Firstmakers
Firstmakers
Firstmakers
Firstmakers
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
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Firstmakers
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Programming in real life, made easy
Despite this era of programming and electronics, current technology is sometimes hard to understand for non-techie kids and educators. This campaign is intended to lower the entry-barriers to technology for every parent or educator who is unfamiliar with programming in real life.
Firstmakers is an electronic board that comes with easy programming software which simplifies prototyping, so that you or even your children can build automated projects.
Within the electronic board you will find seven different sensors (temperature, light, sound, humidity, a button and a potentiometer) and four different actuators (a buzzer and four LED's of different colors).
Besides we have other packs to complete the FirstMakers electronic board and develop more complex project prototipes.
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With Firstmakers you start from scratch: no soldering required, no previous programming knowledge, and yet enormous potential to build automated projects in real life.
With this technology, parents and educators alike are able to provide their children with a friendly tool to learn programming and have fun at the same time, as you can either program with building blocks or use the Arduino programming software.
The kit comes with instructions on how to build different projects on our website.
These are pictures from our early prototypes and final products.
Firstmakers is already a stable product. We have working prototypes and +150 units delivered to both schools and parents. Now we need your help to fund more kits and go for mass production of an upgraded version of the current kit, which comes with battery case and bluetooth technology.
You will be funding a techie training program for kids and teachers from disadvantaged schools. Plus, we will build 100 new kits and finish our new prototype, that comes with battery case and bluetooth technology, which allows you to get rid of the cables and automate your creations even more.
Indeed, you will be preparing children for a technological and programming world where they can actually fit in. Plus, you will receive one or more of these:
According to the U. S. Department of Commerce, STEM occupations are growing at 17%, while others are growing at 9.8%. And yet, the percentage of students pursuing STEM degrees is declining. Something similar is happening in Europe, as reported by the European Commission. In Latin America, there is an increasing technology gap that separates us from more developed countries. Sometimes programming is not even within the educational curriculum.
Here is why children should learn how to code and build projects collaboratively:
We need to better foster the love for programming and electronics in our kids, and that starts from home and from the schools. What a better way to learn these skills than by playing with low-entry barrier kits?
We have lowered our risks associated with hardware production, as we have proven confidence with our supplier companies and know exactly how much time they need to produce our kits. However, there is always a probability of an unforeseen event while producing hardware, specially in a new version.
As for software, even though we have a functional product sold in more than 15 schools in Chile and many other happy kids an parents, we are still working on new tests with complex coding to challenge our system. Our team is working hard to meet the goal of a 100% tested software with which to tinker by December 2016.
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