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Brainy Yak Labs' mission is to get kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) through creative play. Our first product, the Party Lamp Kit was successfully funded on Kickstarter and is being prepared for production.
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Co-founder and Chief Inspiration Officer Maria Yang earned her BS at MIT, PhD at Stanford University, and completed her postdoc at CalTech. These days Maria is a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and directs the Ideation Lab which does research in design with organizations such as the MIT-SUTD International Design Center, the National Science Foundation, and NASA. She’s won multiple awards for excellence in teaching and mentorship, including MIT's highest teaching award.
Co-founder and Chief Yak Tony Hu got his BS in electrical engineering at MIT, conducting research at the Media Lab, and got an MS in product design from Stanford. He's taught design at Stanford and now teaches MIT students how to design toys. He has spent his 20+ year career inventing, designing, and manufacturing toys, arts & crafts, and kids' electronics. He founded a VC-backed kids’ creativity website, licensed toys to Mattel/Fisher-Price, and has been VP of product development for consumer product start-ups to billion dollar companies.
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