Quite expensive for the target group, not clear how it's better than, say, RPi? (Also, the LEDs will likely overheat and degrade when mounted on the cardboard.

Quite expensive for the target group, not clear how it's better than, say, RPi? (Also, the LEDs will likely overheat and degrade when mounted on the cardboard. And I'd muchly prefer lamp with physical knob on it. But that's probably not the point.)