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Code Hero started winning awards and press before it was even announced. 

You can read all the news stories about Code Hero as they come out.

And we were trying so hard to be in stealth mode!

PRESS

  • The Wall Street Times: Idea Market
  • Singularity Hub
  • Slashdot.org
  • Reddit.com
  • I-Programmer.com
  • KPFK Radio Digital Village
  • NHPR New Hampshire Public Radio Word of Mouth Show

AWARDS

Editor's Choice Maker Faire 2011

Code Hero was shown at Maker Faire 2011 and it won an Editor's Choice Blue Ribbon Award from Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE and BoingBoing.net. So much for stealth mode.

World Futurist Society Beta Launch Top Inventions of 2011

Code Hero was selected as a world-changing innovation to be featured at the World Futurist 2011 conference in Vancouver, BC.

CONFERENCE TALKS

Open Science Summit 2011 @Mountain View Computer History Museum

Alex spoke at Open Science about the history of humanity's worst investment decisions from rejecting atomic theory to defunding Babbage's first computer engines and descriminating against women despite the fact that one unusually educated woman named Ada invented the first software in 1862 to show that game code literacy is planting the seeds of STEM to make all knowledge playable and end educational descrimination for everyone.

BIL 2009 @Long Beach

Alex spoke about EmpowerThyself at the BIL2009 conference in Long Beach about how role-modeling can spread empowerment socially.

Humanity+ @Caltech

Super Happy Dev House at Hacker Dojo

Code Hero was first demonstrated live at SHDH to a crowd of cheering hackers.

Foresight Nanotech Conference 25th Anniversary 2011 at Google

TELEVISION

The Next Step with Daniel Kottke

Alex Peake was interviewed on The Next Step with Daniel Kottke, first employee of Apple.

SPONSORSHIPS

Hack The Future 1 & 2: Youth Hacker Mentorship

Primer sponsored the inaugural Hack The Future hacker mentorship for kids event and a second followup.