Date post: | 07-Nov-2014 |
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Fun, educational kits for 3D printers
However, no one is quite sure what to print on a 3D printer. We can fix that.
We sell fun, educational things for children and adults to make on 3D printers. Iconic, amazing things that changed the world, from Stephenson’s Rocket, to Space Ship One, to the Model T Ford and the very first hovercraft.
Buy, download, print and build your kit and learn about the new 3D printing technology as you go. Putting the kit together is child’s play and you can trick it out with motors, micro computers, LEDs and more.
We want children to have fun, learn, and become the inventors and engineers of tomorrow.
We are I Can Make.
www.icanmake.co | [email protected] | @ICanmakeHQ
This is the year that most people – especially children – are going to meet their first 3D printer. From September 2014 the new design curriculum in the UK will include 3D printing, and schools nationwide will be purchasing 3D printers. Prices are dropping rapidly, and parents are also beginning to buy them for the home.
Founding Team We are all experienced business professionals - collectively we have a total of 63 years of internet-related work under our belts. Since I Can Make was founded in January 2014, the team has worked with determination and passion to understand the needs of our users, refine the product and concept, and to get it ready for market.
Chris Thorpe (Technology)Chris is the former CTO of Moshi Monsters and helped set up The Guardian Open Platform and Government Digital Service.
Becky Fishman (Partnerships)Becky is responsible for Branding and Outreach for the Entrepreneurship Centre and Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School, Oxford.
Dean Vipond (Design)Dean was the Interaction Designer for the BAFTA Kids Award winning Nightmare High, and has designed sites and services for The Guardian, Faber, BBC and Channel 4.
Mark Simpkins (Product) Mark was the project manager for BBC Games Grid among other products at the BBC and led the team builidng the Vogue UK iPad app.
Teaching the engineering of the
future using the engineering
icons of the past
NOWTHEN
Launching this summer
Downloadable kits to buyDownloadable kits for free
Helpful videos Tutorials“How we did it” materialsMaterials for teachers
All in time for the newschool year.
Market
About 250k “domestic” printers currently, rising exponentially
High quality machines now available from respected manufacturers at sub £1000 price point
Costs £5k-20k to produce a kit which sells for £5-10 and is evergreen
I Can Make is profitable when we hit 1% of the domestic market once a month and 1% of the school market once a year
“I actually voted for I
Can Make, you should
watch them, I have a
feeling that over the
next three years they’ll
pull it off and be very
successful”
Sir Richard Branson
We’re an experienced team, who’ve made
BAFTA award winning products and sites
used by 1 in 4 UK children.
Becky Fishman
Marketing
Dean Vipond
Design
Chris Thorpe
Technology
Mark Simpkins
Product