Summary: <div id="background-summary-container" class="background-section " data-li-template="summary_section"> <div id="background-summary" class="background-summary edit-default"> <div id="summary-item" class="editable-item section-item"> <div id="summary-item-view"> <div class="summary"> <p class="description" dir="ltr">Our guest this week is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianbernstein">Ian Bernstein</a>, CTO of <a href="http://www.sphero.com">Sphero</a>. Sphero<span> is creating a new category of toys called “Connected Toys” that take the best of what kids and adults love about their smart devices and fuse it with our robots that exist in the real world. </span></p> <p class="description" dir="ltr">Ian’s passion is in electronics and robotics. Ever since he was 12 years old he has been building robots. Learn about how he parlayed his love of robotics into one of the most successful robotics company in the country. Sphero is a robotic ball that can be controlled with a smartphone. <span>The company also makes the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB-8" title="BB-8">BB-8</a><span> toy robot featured prominently in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. </span></p> <p><a class="more-link" href="https://startupcto.io/podcast/0-36-from-zero-to-sphero-w-ian-bernstein-cto-sphero/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.2.1/72x72/2026.png" alt="…" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em;"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
