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      Vickie on February 20

      2/19/2012 I have not heard anything in months, has anyone received their kits or stickers or anything??

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      Sarina Canelake on June 21, 2010

      Hey Josh & Zach - this is really super cool, I'm glad you guys are doing this. I am so excited to play with the Turing machine kit; I've wanted something like that for a long time now :D

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      Josh S on June 15, 2010

      Hurrah! I hope the donations keep pouring in!

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      Matthew Nelson on June 14, 2010

      Congrats. I am glad to see that this will go ahead.

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Thanks for being awesome and helping out! We'll list your name, link, or whatever under the 'Family' section of our website. You'll also get access to our community blog, where we'll post status updates and give you first dibs for getting our kits.

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We'll send you a personal thank you card for helping us make this happen. We'll also send you some shweet olopede (Olopoda modularus) stickers.

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GITHUB Solo - Gain access to all of our project files and documentation before they're released! Watch the kits grow! If you've got the parts you could even use our layouts to make your own kits before ours are released. Note, however, that this option doesn't come with anything else: see below for the more fun package.

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GITHUB - Besides a thank you card and stickers, we'll also hook you up with github access to all our project files and documentation. If you have the parts, you could make our kits yourself way before they're released. Or, fork our project and start your own line of kits!

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MICROPOV - On top of everything so far, we'll also send you an awesome little widget: the microPOV! We can even build it for you! Flash messages about how awesome you are for supporting us (or how much you love olopede!)

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GET A KIT! - Get a kit! Choose from any of our starting kits, and we'll send you it before it's released to the public. You'll also get an awesome thank you note, stickers and github access.

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LESSONS - Get everything above, and lessons! We'll be glad to meet with you either in person, or over skype or IM to help you with anything electronics related for an hour or two. It could be about the kits, extending them, or your own hobbyist project.

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TWO KITS! - Can't decide which kit you want? Get two! Pick your two favorites, and we'll send them out as soon as they're ready, along with a heartfelt thanks and some awesome stickers. You'll also be able to combine the kits to make something really cool.

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EXPERIMENTER'S PACK - Get your choice of 2 kits, and we'll throw in a personalized set of extra goodies to do your own projects with. Maybe some microcontrollers, extra ICs, or whatever you'll need to build something amazing.

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Love tinkering? Get EVERY kit in the initial set! We'll also throw in some fun extras so you can merge the kits together into an awesome überproject!

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LESSONS++ - Get everything in the tinkering kit, BUT MORE! Meet up with us for a day, and we'll work through the kits, help you with your own projects, and just experiment with electronics. (Boston/Cambridge area only)

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For being such an integral sponsor to our project, we'll send you everything in the tinkering kit, PLUS a custom metal-worked sculpture of your favorite Arthropod. (Or another phylum, if you're really obsessed. We won't cry that much.)

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Josh & Zach are self-taught electronic hackers in the Boston area. Josh is a junior in EECS at MIT, and Zach is still trying to get through high school. They met while interning at Instructables a few summers ago and have been collaborating ever since. They both really love tinkering, hacking, and sharing the art of electronics with the world.

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