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> It would be nice if you could just place the card on you phone and the phone just reads the data and plays the music With NFC you could embed a unique ID int

> It would be nice if you could just place the card on you phone and the phone just reads the data and plays the music With NFC you could embed a unique ID into the card and the phone accesses that data from it's own storage or from your online drive. I know it's cheating, but it's doable today.

sleepybrett 3y ago
I built this for my niece when she was very young. A raspberry pi and a little amp and some speakers with a usb nfc reader. Wrote NFC stickers and stuck them to little cardstock 'album covers' that I laser printed. When she put the card in the little box with the nfc reader it would trigger a python script to load the proper playlist into vlc and play the album. If you took the cover out of the box it would stop and clear the playlist.
- mauvehaus 3y ago
  Uh, GitHub link? This sounds awesome!
  - sleepybrett 3y ago
    Never bothered, though I've found several similar projects that are running on less hardware.
vel0city 3y ago
I recently bought a dedicated device like that the other day for my kids. https://us.yotoplay.com/ https://us.yotoplay.com/
- DoingSomeThings 3y ago
  Thanks for the link. Seems like a well built ecosystem. The pixel art pairing with the card/audio is a nice hardware touch. On one hand, feels like extra work to purchase and duplicate existing Spotify lists. On the other hand, I’m attempting to keep my kids in “physical” world as much as possible. This is the best solution I’ve seen for audio. Could be worth some ongoing dollars. Have your kids enjoyed it? Any sense of how often you’ll be buying new cards?
  - vel0city 3y ago
    We bought about half a dozen to start with. We have a few more on some Christmas wishlists shared with family and there will probably be one in the stockings. So far it's been popular. Not an every day toy yet but it is becoming more popular. My oldest is well under 5 years old so I imagine they have a few years to really grow into some of the rest of the content. We originally got it as another option for some kind of media that wasn't always too high-energy as we got later into the evening. We're trying to ensure they don't stay glued to the TV until just before bed. They like having this as an option alongside books or other music. They haven't really figured out or cared for the streaming media content. We use it as a night time noise maker and nightlight for one child. I do get it's kind of weird buying content based on nfc tags. It really showcases the hyper-drm landscape for this content. But in the end it's a decently built and high quality product that's incredibly smooth for a child to operate.
    - DoingSomeThings 3y ago
      All makes sense. I currently use the Hatch for bedtime light and noise. Don't feel any need to replace it. I'm picturing this as more a daytime thing. Kiddo is likely too young to appreciate the "choose yourself" aspect of it, so I'll revisit around age 3-5.
- kalleboo 3y ago
  Techmoan has a review of this that's upcoming (it's on early release for Patrons), since they have released cards for the Beatles and Queen. It seems like a pretty well-thought out system!

sleepybrett 3y ago

I built this for my niece when she was very young. A raspberry pi and a little amp and some speakers with a usb nfc reader. Wrote NFC stickers and stuck them to little cardstock 'album covers' that I laser printed. When she put the card in the little box with the nfc reader it would trigger a python script to load the proper playlist into vlc and play the album. If you took the cover out of the box it would stop and clear the playlist.

mauvehaus 3y ago
Uh, GitHub link? This sounds awesome!
- sleepybrett 3y ago
  Never bothered, though I've found several similar projects that are running on less hardware.

vel0city 3y ago

I recently bought a dedicated device like that the other day for my kids. https://us.yotoplay.com/ https://us.yotoplay.com/

DoingSomeThings 3y ago
Thanks for the link. Seems like a well built ecosystem. The pixel art pairing with the card/audio is a nice hardware touch. On one hand, feels like extra work to purchase and duplicate existing Spotify lists. On the other hand, I’m attempting to keep my kids in “physical” world as much as possible. This is the best solution I’ve seen for audio. Could be worth some ongoing dollars. Have your kids enjoyed it? Any sense of how often you’ll be buying new cards?
- vel0city 3y ago
  We bought about half a dozen to start with. We have a few more on some Christmas wishlists shared with family and there will probably be one in the stockings. So far it's been popular. Not an every day toy yet but it is becoming more popular. My oldest is well under 5 years old so I imagine they have a few years to really grow into some of the rest of the content. We originally got it as another option for some kind of media that wasn't always too high-energy as we got later into the evening. We're trying to ensure they don't stay glued to the TV until just before bed. They like having this as an option alongside books or other music. They haven't really figured out or cared for the streaming media content. We use it as a night time noise maker and nightlight for one child. I do get it's kind of weird buying content based on nfc tags. It really showcases the hyper-drm landscape for this content. But in the end it's a decently built and high quality product that's incredibly smooth for a child to operate.
  - DoingSomeThings 3y ago
    All makes sense. I currently use the Hatch for bedtime light and noise. Don't feel any need to replace it. I'm picturing this as more a daytime thing. Kiddo is likely too young to appreciate the "choose yourself" aspect of it, so I'll revisit around age 3-5.
kalleboo 3y ago
Techmoan has a review of this that's upcoming (it's on early release for Patrons), since they have released cards for the Beatles and Queen. It seems like a pretty well-thought out system!