Spotlight on Westboro!
Area Youth Invents TinyTag

Westborough, MASS (Sept. 27, 2002) – In an private showing today at the Annie Fales Elementary school playground, Sean Anderson, 8 years old, unveiled his latest invention, TinyTag, to his friends and teachers.

TinyTag is a key chain-sized game of laser tag that fires up to 50 feet.

TinyLaserTag is availale in both standard and glow-in-the-dark models.
TinyTag is available in both standard
and glow-in-the-dark models.

“I’m busted,” said Sean. “The thing went off in my pocket a bunch of times during class and everyone was looking at me strange.”

Sean with the help of his dad, Mark Anderson, invented the device while in kindergarten.

Sean Anderson - SeanO“We made the first one in a toaster oven,” said Sean. “My neighbor Matthew wrote the software and his uncle Bob from NASA helped with the electrical stuff.”

The device resembles a car door opener. It uses the same technology as a channel turner. It takes two devices to play.

“It even works with TV turners,” said James Anderson, Sean’s 11-year-old brother. “You can score by pointing a clicker at it and pushing any button.”

The devices will be on the shelves of The Whiz Stores on Route 9 in Westborough within the next month and available for Christmas.

James Anderson - SeanOWhen asked about the company name, Sean’s dad replied, “You’ve heard of Hasbro, Wham-O, Lego and Tyco, it just happens that Sean’s nickname is “Sean’o.”

SeanO Toys is based in Westborough, Mass., and is a startup company that designs and manufactures electronic toys for children.

For more information on SeanO Toys and SeanO Corporation, call or write SeanO Corporation at, 3 Olde Meetinghouse Road, Westborough, MA 01581 or on the web at www.SeanO.com.

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