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New 'Pentop' Computer To Help Children Learn

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the one-more-gadget-for-kids-to-lose dept.

theodp writes "Educational toymaker LeapFrog is introducing the Fly "pentop" computer, a talking computer hidden within a pen the size of an electric toothbrush. Available in mid-October for $99 at Wal-Mart and Target, the device responds to written commands and is aimed at 9-14 year-olds who can use it as a calculator, a calendar, to create and record music, and to play logic and geography games."

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  1. Re:Yeah, _THIS_ looks valuable by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not to mention that the calculator doesn't have an actual display, just the pen talking. That seems awkward when it's some large number. Any bets that if you start writing the number down (with the pen) as the pen speaks it, you'll interrupt it?

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  2. Special paper? Smells like IP licensing :) by Emil+Brink · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I bet it's based on technology from Anoto. The whole thing sounds very much like what their technology is said to be capable of, and the "special paper" is very much in line as well. Cool application, but it does sound rather annoying, heh.

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