“I run a nonprofit which teaches underserved kids STEAM skills in public library branches. We have a firm “make-and-take” commitment, which means we believe kids must be able to take their creations home to share their accomplishments with their family and friends, and to continue to tinker. This can’t be accomplished with expensive kits currently on the market, because we have to keep materials costs very low - Sub $6 per child.
We’ve managed to do quite a few robotics and wearable electronics projects at this price point that are pretty incredible, such as an autonomous robot that responds to light and involves breadboarding and sensors. However, we’ve never been able to offer kids any Arduino-like microcontroller projects, because of the $20+ cost of even an Arduino Nano. This had been a pain point for us for many years.
This all changed after a casual conversation with Shaun, who went off and created a full kit with microcontroller, breadboard, LED display, its own codebase, and the ability to play Simon, Rock-Paper-Scissors, and Operation (so far), all for under $6. To say we are blown away (and very grateful) would be putting it mildly. Not to mention - Shaun is incredibly kind and fun to work with in addition to being a genius.
Long story short - Shaun is an incredible asset, and I highly recommend him to anyone with a technical problem they thought was unsolvable!”
– Mya
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