Kids love Mike for his gift to make learning math fun. Teachers love him because he inspires students to learn more and parents love him because their kids love him! Check out the stories that have been written about Mike and the wonderful ways he impacts classrooms all around the nation.

October 2008: Brainetics is Honored with a 2008 Parents' Choice Gold Award Denver, CO Brainetics, a breakthrough mind and memory system created by "The Walking Calculator" Mike Byster, received a 2008 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Founded in 1978, The Parents' Choice Foundation is a non-profit panel of educators, scientists, librarians, whose mission is to "create for parents a non-commercial clearinghouse of supplementary media experiences and learning products." They also "provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning outside the classroom." Read more about the award >>

January 2008: Brainiac behind Brainetics brings his cool calculations to class Gary J. Kunich - Kenosha News - Kenosha, WI Mike Byster captivates a class of kids like some kind of mathematical rock star. Read full Article >>

January 2008: Mike Byster's Brainetics Makes Math Fun for Kids Good Day Atlanta - Atlanta, GA Watch Video >>

January 2008: Tour launches game that seeks to help kids learn math Sharon Adams - CrossRoads News - Atlanta, GA Event launching the National Brainstorming Tour. Read Full Article >>

December 2007: Math Magic Erla Mae Clearmont - Waterford Post - Waterford, WI Speaker teaches local kids how to use their minds faster, better. Read Full Article >>

December 2007: Whiz says math can come easy Brian Hudson - Glen Ellyn News - Glen Ellyn, IL Byster is a human calculator, able to crunch staggering equations in moments with nothing more than a little concentration. Read Full Article >>

December 2007: Wisconsin Public Radio Kathleen Dunn - WPR - Wisconsin Kathleen Dunn talks with one of the fastest mathematical minds in the world. Listen Online >>

October 2007: Mike Byster awes kids in Denver Public Schools Kieran Nicholson - The Denver Post - Denver, CO Mike Byster is a mathematical genius who uses memorization techniques to solve complex problems in his head at about the same speed as someone using a calculator. Read Full Article >>

February 2006: Sunday Lunch with Mike Byster Debra Picket - Sun-Times News Group I did not, of course, have to repeat my cell phone number to Mike Byster. The first time I said it out loud, he'd instantly memorized it, using a complicated mnemonic that adds together the first four digits and then compares that number to the last three digits. Read Full Article >>