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Leapfrog Talking Pen

Posted by timothy on from the more-paper-only-$1M/pack dept.

AndroidCat writes "Leapfrog has just announced their Fly pen computer for children. It talks, giving feedback as they write and draw, and with special Fly paper, you can draw a calculator, press the 'buttons' with the pen and it will read the answers. Cute, but is this a real working product? Let's see. If they included a 1 GB USB drive, it would be an interesting product for geeks too--just don't write fdisk. And remember to turn off the voice when making notes during meetings." Here's a picture of the device.

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  1. kids.... by wh173b0y · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...are spoiled rotten these days.
    back in my day we had burnt log and a reasonaly flat rock and we loved it damnit.

    1. Re:kids.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      a burnt log? luxury. We had to chisel runes in solid stone using our foreheads. But try and tell that to the kids today and they won't believe you.

  2. Too Much Technology by linolium · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What ever happened to kids playing with teddy bears, or learning from reading books? Technology might be making it too easy for them, so they don't even learn.

    Though the idea does sound pretty cool...

    runs out and buys one

  3. neat, but... by LiquidMind · · Score: 5, Interesting

    would you really want to put down cold hard cash for this? it seems like just another thing that parents could buy to give their kids in hope that it'll help. If you were that age and got one of those, how much time would you really dedicate to it?

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  4. the talking pen says: by kertong · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hello! I see that you are writing a suicide letter.

    May I suggest:
    - A new template (?)
    - A slower, more painful way to die(?)
    - The Grammar Wizard (?)

    If there is anything else you need, please feel free to contact my distant brother, Clippy.

    Have a nice day!"