elsagold: the WUMBLOG

This Friday, I almost didn’t go to a Startup Weekend.

I almost didn’t get to hear Judy’s idea to create a language-learning game for the Kinect that would map movements to words. Like flashcards — but come to life.

In the hungry crowd of people busy building startup teams, I walked by Judy and told her that her idea was amazing. We gathered a team, and more importantly, we built on our chemistry and energy. On Saturday night when we were exhausted from hacking, compiling, and ideating, our teammate Jen, who has actually worked on the Kinect’s voice recognition team, told us that she thought we could win. I didn’t really let myself believe it. But we did it. We took the whole damn thing.

Please watch our 90 second demo video and vote for us if you like what you see. We’re Words With Bears and we’re in love with fusing education with absolutely groundbreaking technology.