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Building blocks of electronics: UVic engineering student plugs the science of building for all ages
The startup targets children and researchers with no-solder kits that generate step-by-step build diagrams and working devices in minutes.
- Michell Brule, a third-year mechanical engineering student at The UVic, develops modular electronics kits with Copenhagen-based Atech. The kits snap together without soldering or wiring, enabling users to build sensors, games, and small robots in an afternoon.
- The tagline "Think it, describe it, build it" sums up how Atech hardware works. Users describe projects in included software, which generates a step-by-step diagram in around 30 seconds to a minute.
- Atech targets two distinct markets: families and university researchers. Labs across Europe use the kits for rapid data capture, while children build creative projects ranging from robot arms to the Flappy Bird game.
- Raised in North Vancouver, Brule joined the business while working at an advanced robotics lab in Germany. He spent five days sleeping on a Thermarest in a Copenhagen office, a sacrifice he deemed worthwhile for his childhood dream.
- These kits help young users learn engineering and artificial intelligence through hands-on building. Brule notes children's creative ambitions range widely, with some wanting "a car that drives when I scream at it. With disco lights.
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