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Hm. Maybe YC should fund someone to do this? ;)
by crgt 15y ago
Hm. Maybe YC should fund someone to do this? ;)
- GuiA 15y agoNo need to wait for YC, there are many, many entities operating in the "tech toy" scene. To name a few... LaunchPad toys (http://launchpadtoys.com/ http://launchpadtoys.com/) are doing some amazing things with the iPad. Chris O'Shea (http://www.chrisoshea.org/ http://www.chrisoshea.org/) is a British designer in that space who did a fun little app recently called MakeGo which got great reception. Cynthia Breazal's group at the MIT Media Lab did some mind blowing things with Tofulandia (http://robotic.media.mit.edu/projects/robots/tofulandia/tofulandia.html http://robotic.media.mit.edu/projects/robots/tofulandia/tofu...). Keita Takahashi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keita_Takahashi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keita_Takahashi), who comes from a video game background, did some interesting work on playgrounds (how to make a 21st century playground?) Yes, this is something I'm quite passionate about :)
- pg 15y agoWe funded Launchpad Toys.
- crgt 15y agoOh I was kidding - kinda. We applied to do exactly this for YC W12 and we got an interview, but didn't get selected for funding. We've got decent traction and are continuing regardless. Focused on iOS for now, but with plans to extend to physical toys as we grow our user base. So far, so good.
- yogrish 15y agoI had this Toontastic App idea. It is platform which lets kids to become more imaginative and unleashes creativity. Many more apps should come like this for kids.
- javert 15y agoGiven the way mobile computing hardware has been going, plus stuff like Siri, it seems like the time is ripe for "Furby Done Right." shudder
- isquires 15y agoHave you seen Ubooly? Uses iPhone + voice recognition.