Jubilite! The Dance Party Lamp that Kids Craft and Engineer

A project in Boston, MA by Tony Hu
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Kids explore electronics by building, wiring, and decorating a custom lamp that projects colorful light patterns. Dance parties follow!
Backers: 468
Average Pledge Per Backer: $79

Funded: $37,188 of $25,000
Dates: May 9th -> Jun 7th (30 days)
Project By: Tony Hu
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Latest News

Final 8 hours!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Yaktion-Packed Final Day!Lots of Yaktivity today! Quick update ... Fast Company swept in at the last minute and gave us an awesome write-up on their homepage!   Getting closer!Backer #235 David bumped up his pledge with a Jubilites to Schools... (Read More)

The Final Countdown! Our last day on Kickstarter!

June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
New final surprise reward! This is it!Yow - we made it to the final day! Yesterday was truly amazing. We can't say enough about how incredible you've been - supporting us, spreading the word, allowing us to make Jubilite a reality! And what may have... (Read More)

Magical Fluffy Cloud Reward! 36 hours to go!!

June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
It's magical ...We wanted to WOW you today, so we held a marathon lamp hackathon last night. And here's what we came up with ... Behold ... The Magical Fluffy Cloud! And can you imagine this with Lightning Mode or Sunset Mode?? No need to imagine... (Read More)

Personalized decorations! Last 60 hours!!!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Personalized decorations!There was so much excitement over our super-special, custom-made Jubilite decorations, that we decided to make them into add-on rewards! You can get these one-of-a-kind laser-cut metallic decorations (yup, lasers), customized... (Read More)

Donating Jubilites to Ravenswood Schools in East Palo Alto!

June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Amazing Makerspaces in Under-Served SchoolsWe're excited to highlight our partnership with the Ravenswood City Public School District that serves East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, CA, where 96% of the students live at or below the poverty level,... (Read More)

GOAL! ... Jubilites for Schools ... Stretch Goal!

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!! Woohoo! We hit the goal on the nose last night! Thank YOU all for making it happen. And special thanks to Backer Jimm who got us to that major milestone. Jimm will receive a one-of-a-kind Jubilite customized by Team Yak for his... (Read More)

Final Week! Stretch Goal!!

May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Only 7 days to go! Stretch Goal Time!!!But first ... THANK YOU!! We really appreciate all you've done to get us to our goal. We're just about there, and there's still a week to go! Now, exciting news - We've been hard at work with our factory and... (Read More)

Project of the Day + Invent Newsletter = INSANE DAY!!!

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy Yak - Yesterday really knocked our socks off! If you've never seen a sockless yak, it's a hilarious sight.  Late yesterday morning, we were wondering where all of our new backers were coming from when we discovered that Kickstarter featured us... (Read More)

Inside Maker Faire & Cool Surprises!

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! We can't believe we waited this long to hit Maker Faire. It was absolutely amazing!! There was so much energy, creativity, and overall good vibes. And it was especially rewarding to see so many kids (and parents) excited about... (Read More)

Maker Faire here we come!

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
All you Bay Area folks - we're heading to the humongous Maker Faire this weekend in San Mateo, CA! Join 100,000 creative/techie/maker-types for tons of hand-on activities, demos, and performances. Come check out the Jubilite in person in the Stanford... (Read More)

HALF WAY there!! And Kickstarter CEO backs us!

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Half way there by day 4, and now we're starting week 2! We are so pumped up by your enthusiasm for Jubilite. You've also enabled us to donate 15 Jubilites to schools so far - fantastic! And we're also incredibly Yakcited that one of our backers is... (Read More)

100 backers + $10,000 = Yaktastic Day 2!

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was a double milestone day: We hit 100 backers and $10,000 on Day 2 - something to celebrate! Huge thanks for all your continued support! Please keep spreading the word through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and emails. It's YOUR network... (Read More)

Big THANKS to you for a wild first day!!

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW - we never dared to dream that the first day of our Jubilite Kickstarter would be so amazing! Backer #1 somehow found us before we sent the first email, and then it just accelerated from there.  And we were literally jumping up and down... (Read More)

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