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The Ifs with Borja Latorre

Published: May 4, 2020, 4 p.m.

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Today on the show, we\\u2019re talking to Borja Latorre, co-creator of \\u201cThe Ifs\\u201d - and educational toy which is similar to If This Then That for the physical world and of course it\\u2019s for kids.\\xa0

Our interviewee, Borja, is a software developer with over 15 years experience in research & development for scientific applications. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and a M.Sc. and Ph.D in Computer Science. Borja truly believes that technology has the potential to make the world a better place. In 2013, he co-founded Makeroni, a non-profit organization to create digital craft projects with social impact.\\xa0

The Ifs is his first hardware product, accompanied by his teammates Luis, Esther and Ferugs, on which they\\u2019ve been working for more than 2 years before launching on kickstarter.

The Ifs originally launched on Kickstarter just before Christmas in 2019 and unfortunately did not meet its funding goal of $200.000 - but in the end more than 50% got funded which also shows that there was clear interest.\\xa0

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