Imagine o que faltava para deixar o mundo ainda mais conectado?! Agora os bebês, que ainda nem aprenderam a falar, vão poder twittar o que andam fazendo, ou melhor, “brincando” através do Twoddler.
Vencedor do prêmio 2009 Innovative and Creative Application e desenvolvido pela Belgium’s Hasselt University, o brinquedo funciona de maneira muito simples: se o bebê apertar o botão com uma foto de sua mãe, por exemplo, o twitter posta “@mom. Baby is missing you lots”.
A idéia, para os pais neuróticos de plantão, é poder monitorar no celular o dia-a-dia do seu bebê enquanto estão no trabalho, por exemplo. Imagine como os psicólogos e cientistas vão usar esse brinquedinho para futuras pesquisas?! Adorei. Via.
Now your tiny baby can status update too. It’s all thanks to Twitter, Arduino, and some creative thinking. The magic comes from Belgium’s Hasselt University and a course on mobile and pervasive computing–it was the winner in the 2009 Innovative and Creative Applications competition.
When a baby plays with the toy now the electronics work out what’s going on and send a Tweet that corresponds to the baby’s actions. For example, if the baby plays with the button that has a picture of mom on it for longer than a few minutes, a Tweet will go out with text something like “@mom. Baby is missing you lots.”
The idea that one’s baby at play can send out automated Tweets direct to your smartphone–particularly ones that are emotionally charged, if you’re at work and baby’s with a minder or at crèche–is slightly chilling. Via.
