Happy Atoms is supported in part by the Institute of

Education Sciences, US Department of Education through

SBIR contract ED-IES-15-C-0025

@jesseschell

Targeting Player Transformation

➔ Main Users: Middle and high school students

➔ Secondary Users:

◆ Ages 7-12

◆ College Students

➔ Primary Market: Home

➔ Secondary Market: Schools

➔ Tertiary Market: Desk Toys

Gilbert N. Lewis

(my hero)

Jam Week!

Happy Atoms is supported in part by the Institute

of Education Sciences, US Department of

Education through SBIR contract ED-IES-15-C-0025

Got the Grant – New Experiments!

➔ Silicone Rubber Experiments!

➔ 3D Printing Experiments!

➔ Retractable String Experiments!

➔ Vision Experiments!

➔ Sensor Experiments!

➔ Lighting Experiments!

➔ Past prototypes & research support

Research

SBIR Phase I Grant

Awarded

Usability/Feasibility

Studies CompletedPrototype Development

& Iteration2014

Desperately Seeking Experts…

Yotam (Chemistry Degree!) Brooke (PhD and stuff!)

Science is the belief in

the ignorance of experts.

–Richard Feynman

Gilbert N. Lewis

(my hero)

Present Onwards

2015

Usability/Feasibility Study

w/ New Prototypes

RCT to Assess

Learning Impacts Holiday Release

Industrial Design/

Manufacturing

Further App Development &

Model Manufacturing2016

now

Ten Lessons Learned

1. If it bothers you, it might bother others.

2. The purpose of models is to give insight.

3. Respect fiddling fingers!

4. Specialized AI is powerful and magical.

5. People want magical interfaces.

6. Empty space lets you advance.

7. You don’t need to be an expert – you just need to be interested.

8. Be patient.

9. Let your reach exceed your grasp.

10. Kids can understand anything if it taught well.

I can think of nothing that

an audience won’t

understand. The only

problem is to interest

them; once they are

interested, they

understand anything in

the world. –Orson Welles

Thanks!

Jesse Schelljesse@schellgames.com

@jesseschell

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