"The World Is a Construction Kit!"
Jay Silver
Engineering - Philosophy - Wild Marketing
What would be Wonderful?
Jay Silver
Engineering - Philosophy - Wild Marketing
What would be Wonderful?
Bio
Work
Education
Education
- Founder of JoyLabz, Makey Makey, JoyKidz, and GameBender
- First ever Maker Research Scientist at Intel
- Designed many creative platforms such as Drawdio (Time's Top 15 Toys for Young Geniuses), Singing Fingers (millions of downloads), and Makey Makey ($500k in first month)
- Spoken and exhibited artwork internationally (TED.com / MoMA),
- Named Top 100 Inspirational World Changer by DELL.
Education
Education
Education
- Bachelors from Georgia Tech, Electrical Engineering, Minor Psych - named Engineer of the Year
- Master's from Cambridge University, Internet Technology - funded by Gates Scholarship
- Master’s from MIT Media Lab, Media Technology - funded by NSF Fellowship
- PhD from MIT at the Media Lab Lifelong Kindergarten - Lemelson Prize for Inventiveness
- Jay has many patents and publications
Community
Education
Community
- Jay created the Reinvent Learning Scene and the Gigahand Dreams Podcast
- Jay Silver has been a memeber of the board of directors of Maker Ed, One Day on Earth, Bailiwicks Enrichment Campus, and Sunseed Food
- Jay runs workshops, teaches classes, and volunteers as a counselor with kids and teens at places like Not Back to School Camp and JoyKidz
Founded Companies
Speaking and Videos
Speaking
Speaking
Speaking
- I give highly visual talks on creativity to crowds as large as 10,000 people.
- I have spoken at top companies, universities, and organizations on 4 continents.
- I cover original topics like Microcreativity, Gigahands, Playification, Code Metaphors, and Wild Project Spaces.
Videos
Speaking
Speaking
- I have made videos with Deloitte, Edutopia, TED, El Pais, America's Greatest Makers, and many more.
- I also shoot and edit my own viral product videos.
- I have no large sales or marketing teams for any of my companies, yet we have tens of millions in revenue from grass roots marketing.
Kids playing GameBender at School
"DipHop" Pizza Hut commercial using Makey Makey
I handmilled this "Camera for the Invisible" CPU board
"Kiss Kiss Revolution" game installed at Milka using Makey Makey
Drawdio Mushroom Organ at NTMoFA workshop in Taiwan
Code cards applied to GameBender
Gamebender SoC game system with housing
Jay Silver was on the founding team of the Scratch blocks programming language at MIT
"Strawdio" a resistor ladder Drawdio invention: suck to change the sound
Augmented Reality "Breakout" style game played with bananas