Founded by Bettina Chen, Jennifer Kessler, and Alice Brooks, engineering students at Stanford University, a student start-up, Maykah, is creating toys designed to increase girls' interest in STEM. Their first effort is "Roominate," a dollhouse kit which the youngsters construct, including lighting circuit boards, and then decorate. The toy has been tested with focus groups and at the San Francisco Children's Creativity Museum; it has received crowd-financing and orders from around the globe. Shipments of the dollhouse are expected to begin in a few months. http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Maykah-builds-girls-interest-in-science-3793765.php
11/10/12 Update: See a similar story regarding "GoldieBlox" toys headed by Debra Sterling, also a Stanford engineer. http://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2012/10/15/women-engineers/
11/10/12 Update: See a similar story regarding "GoldieBlox" toys headed by Debra Sterling, also a Stanford engineer. http://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2012/10/15/women-engineers/
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