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No blasters. No body armor. The targets work beneath everyday clothing. The "guns" fit into everyday objects.

Laser Tag for James Bond, not RoboCop

No blasters. No body armor. The targets work beneath everyday clothing. The "guns" fit into everyday objects.
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Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster
228 backers pledged $13,587 to help bring this project to life.
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Update for 007-Level Operatives and Above

Happy New Year!

Just a quick update. I'm still waiting on a shipment of infrared keychains like these:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11759

I rush ordered them at the beginning of December, but they... Read more

Kits Just Shipped

If you backed us at the Elite Operative ("Q"-Level) tier, then your kits just shipped.  If you backed us at a higher tier, then we'll be shipping your kits (and fully... Read more

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Accessing Online Schematics

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A Message to Everyone

For many of you, there's still time to avoid a delay in your shipment if you send me your address as soon as possible.  Preferably, please reply to the request... Read more

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A Message for All "007"-Level Operatives and Above

We're happy to announce that if your tier's ship date says January, you can expect to receive your shipment early.  Unless something goes horribly wrong, we'll be shipping everyone's stuff... Read more

A Message for All "Q"-Level Operatives


We're happy to announce that you'll be receiving a PCB board in your kit.  Originally, we didn't think we'd be able to afford this.  But as you can see from... Read more

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A Message For All "MacGyver"-Level Operatives

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Photos

The next generation of the hardware prototype looks beautiful, thanks to all of the Kickstarter backers:

Here, two students are working on adding a vibrational motor to the design:

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Thank You Video

As promised, here's a short documentary about ThoughtSTEM.  We made it to say thanks to all of our fantastic backers.

http://youtu.be/uyaUq_0OG8M
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Finish line!

Thank you everyone!   We've made it to the finish line!  Stay tuned for updates about the project's progress.

Sincerely,

Stephen
Successfully raised $13,587 with 228 backers

We made it!

Thanks to all of you amazing people, it looks like we've reached our goal!  I'm looking forward to thanking you with your rewards.

In other news, we were recently featured... Read more

We're in the news!

This Kickstarter and ThoughtSTEM were featured in UC San Diego's news today!

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/kids_can_code_too

Tell your friends! :)

Open Source / Open Hardware

I've gotten several messages asking whether the source code would be available and whether or not the devices can be reprogrammed.

The answer is, "Yes!"   Reprogramming our device is... Read more

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International Shipping

We've added the international shipping fee options to all rewards that didn't have backers already.  We've added a duplicate "international" reward for any rewards that did have backers (because we... Read more
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