CES 2013: Mind-controlled helicopters, games for kids with ADHD. LAS VEGAS -- It was as if Charles Xavier himself held court on the CES showroom floor, sending drones flying with just his mind. Except that the X-Man in question was a middle-aged Asian convention attendee wearing a brain-wave-reading headset from NeuroSky. The 8-year-old San Jose company hopes to turn electrical impulses produced by customers’ gray matter into a mainstream consumer brand by pairing its headset with gadgets and games dreamed up by outside developers. Those include Steve Castellotti, the young chief executive of Puzzlebox, who put his mind-controlled spherical helicopter Orbit on Kickstarter in November hoping to raise $10,000. He pulled in $75,000. Puzzlebox paired up with NeuroSky, whose headset controls the flying gizmo.
“More innovation happens outside the office than internally,” he said. NeuroSky also showcased Focus Pocus, a $199.95 game designed to help children with concentration problems improve their impulse control, attention span and memory. Building block toy kits can be controlled with kids’ smartphones. Gain instant and exclusive access to over 5,000 of the most creative ideas, innovations and startups on our database and use our smart filters to take you direct to those that are most relevant to your industry and your needs. Not interested? You can still browse articles published in the last 30 days from our homepage and receive your daily and weekly fix of entrepreneurial ideas through our free newsletters. How A Geek Dad And His 3D Printer Aim To Liberate Legos. Crayon Creatures uses 3D printing to make statuettes from kids' drawings. Crayon Creatures will turn your child's drawings into 3D-printed sandstone statuettes, such as this hamster on a speedboat Image Gallery (7 images) Chances are, you think that your child’s drawings are masterpieces.
You could put them up on the fridge, where they’ll get tattered after a while ... or you could get Crayon Creatures to turn them into a little three-dimensional sandstone statue. View all Here’s how it works ... You start by uploading an image of your kid’s drawing to the Crayon Creatures website. Designer Bernat Cuni then takes that two-dimensional image and “inflates” it.
That digital model is then uploaded to Shapeways, that uses a Z-Corp 3D printer to create a physical model. A child's drawing and the resulting 3D physical model While such sandstone 3D-printed models offer high resolution and multiple vivid colors, they’re also rather brittle – so no, your child couldn’t play with the thing. Source: Crayon Creatures via Waxy About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles. CES 2013: What is tech bringing to child's play? Tablets and apps. Robin Raskin says that tech for kids today makes learning mobile. (Michelle Maltais / Los Angeles…) Kids' tech these days is all about the letter T -- for tablets and teaching, said Robin Raskin, president and founder of Living in Digital Times, at Sunday evening's CES Unveiled. The proliferation of tablets is a battle royale, according to Kids@Play Interactive coordinator Warren Buckleitner. "This battle is for keeps," he wrote on the Kids@Play Summit website, declaring 2013 a landmark year in the tablet wars.
"Toy, media and hardware companies all know that a child’s tablet is just a $150 or so down-payment on a future in content sales; a fact that other big players like Microsoft (Surface), Google (Nexus) and Amazon (Kindle) also understand," Buckleitner wrote. And Raskin said Sunday that the explosion of tablets has shifted who can access and how we access information. "You're seeing what I'm calling the 'renaissance of pedagogy,'" she said.
Sphero | Robotic Ball Gaming System for iOS and Android. CES 2013: Fisher-Price playing between virtual and real toys. LAS VEGAS -- Fisher-Price is saying "game on" for kids exploring the nexus between virtual and physical play as it furthers its entry into that golden in-between space. Running from about $20 to $50, its new age-appropriate line of Apptivity products for kids from infant to preschoolers include, essentially, Otterbox-infused cases that are both kid-proof and kid-friendly and related activity apps.
Although calling them cases really doesn't quite do them justice. For the tiny techie, there are six new interactive nursery rhyme apps that can be used in conjunction with the Laugh & Learn Apptivity Storybook Reader -- a sturdy hard-case, book-shaped cover that will turn the pages of the nursery rhyme app when opened. The app features characters familiar to toddlers (and their parents from repetitive play) such as puppy and froggy who perform little activities that relate to the nursery rhyme when tapped. The $20 cover, available now, works with iPhones 3GS to 4S and iPod Touch devices. Also: CES 2013: Drawing on creativity without touching your tablet. The stylus acts as an intuitive and interchangeable digital marker, following a young artist's whim on an iPad. By Michelle Maltais January 7, 2013 , 8:35 a.m. It's almost a parent's dream -- being able to let the kids color on a surface without endangering the walls or furniture. Griffin Technologies and Crayola are releasing a lightweight marker-like stylus called the Crayola Light Marker that translates a young artist's creativity from hand to iPad .
The battery-powered color wand has a glowing tip and doesn't even require contact with the virtual page. (Again, the dream of the anal-retentive parent!) "We take pride in developing new and exciting technology for young artists ," said Mark Rowan, president of Griffin Technology, in a statement. " Crayola Light Marker allows children to create digital works of art in a totally new and colorful way that has never been done before. " Also: CES 2013: What tech is bringing to child's play. Instrument designed for kids with special needs. Toy designed to help autistic children learn to play with others. Toys & Technology. Applink. Parrot Carrot Safari.