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The core idea of capturing a child's imagination with a learning toy by framing it as an object from the universe of a beloved TV show is a great idea. I can s
by dTal 6y ago
The core idea of capturing a child's imagination with a learning toy by framing it as an object from the universe of a beloved TV show is a great idea.
I can see some flaws in this particular implementation. The Doctor Who tie-in is very unevenly applied - the toy shares no visual design elements with the TV show, and I think the example project of "intergalactic weather service" would have strained my suspension of disbelief even as a child (while "Send and receive emojis" represents complete abdication of the attempt).
However, they do seem to have gone to a lot of trouble on the art side, with illustrated "story mode" lessons narrated by Jodie Whittaker herself. One can only hope the plotting is of a higher quality than recent seasons of the actual show...
- enw 6y agoI also find the weather example a bit funny. "Remember kids, if you want to ask for weather, don't forget to send the API key from the previous step in an HTTP header named x-rapidapi-key!"
- mhh__ 6y ago> One can only hope the plotting is of a higher quality than recent seasons of the actual show... Maybe we'll find out there's a "Timeless ISA" made by Intel which is really RISC-V all along!
- a9h74j 6y agoPlot twist: New Intel CPUs discovered to be running Minix on a RISC-V core.
- kiddico 6y agoI'm surprised they didn't model it after the sonic screw driver[0] somehow. I think they would have had issues getting that LED grid to fin nicely on it. The design they went with looks rather straight forward and easy to make and assemble as well. Can't imagine aligning all the parts in a thin shaft would make assembly very easy. Actually, I'm not really that surprised they didn't model it after the sonic screwdriver. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver
- whywhywhywhy 6y agoThere might be good reasons, with licensed products you have to take into account who has the license for each part, a large toy company might already have negotiated exclusive rights to making sonic screwdrivers so might not even have been an option. Although it does seems strange to make the selling point so much about that universe but the object itself isn’t even trying to be part of the universe.
- rootsudo 6y ago" The core idea of capturing a child's imagination with a learning toy by framing it as an object from the universe of a beloved TV show is a great idea." What about the political undertones?
- dTal 6y agoPolitical undertones?