The CTI professors recognize the importance of creative play in education. Art can ride along with these things can all mesh together." " we don't have to separate the subject matters. "There's a lot of funding out there for STEM ," said Matchstick from a corner table at Tilt. They see it as a perfect bridge between the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) movements. Matchstick and Talbot are developing curricula that will bring the device into classrooms. The PinBox 3000 allows kids (and adults) to engage creatively with tactile materials while learning basic physics and problem-solving skills. "It's a great combination of engineering and art and design," Shen-Epstein said as she watched her daughter locked in a BattleMode! with another young enthusiast. South Burlington resident June Shen-Epstein's 8-year-old daughter couldn't wait to get her hands on a PinBox after seeing one for the first time last week at the Burlington Artist Market. Although the majority seemed to happen upon the event accidentally, one family had been fervently anticipating the night. After Matchstick and Talbot set up in the corner of Tilt, a steady trickle of kids and adults found their way to the games. She wasn't the only person drawn to the PinBox.
Moments after they set down two PinBox 3000 prototypes on the end of the bar, a family that had been heading out the door instead gravitated toward the cardboard fun machines. Matchstick and Talbot arrived at Tilt slightly after 6 p.m. For extra fun, two PinBox 3000s can be locked together, back to back, for what Matchstick and Talbot call "BattleMode!" Each set comes with two interchangeable play boards that present endless opportunities for customization. It comes with marbles, rubber bands (the elastic power behind the ball launcher), an idea book and instructions. The 15-by-22-inch PinBox 3000 is a non-virtual-reality gaming device consisting of 12 sheets of recycled, laser-cut cardboard that can be assembled in about an hour, its makers explained.
Matchstick and Talbot exceeded their $10,000 goal, and will use the funds to produce and deliver 300 of the DIY devices. The central Vermont-based founders and self-appointed "professors" of the Cardboard Teck Instantute (CTI) allowed customers to try out their latest creation as they celebrated a successful Kickstarter campaign. The PinBox 3000 Arcade Pinball System is made of cardboard. Matchstick and Pete Talbot brought an unlikely - and much quieter - pinball machine to Tilt Classic Arcade and Ale House in South Burlington on Sunday evening.
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