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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. hope they patented it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This invention should be protected by patents.

    For all those slashdotters out there bagging patents, realise that you are uninventive fools who could never possibly dream up a wonderful product such as this.

    That's the benefit of hindsight.

    From your friendly patent attorney.

  2. Re:Are they mad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Huh? How does one *not* loose a pen? There are a million ways to loose a pen, and the younger you are the easier it is.

  3. Oh, I see what you did there. by James+A.+D.+Joyce · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, dig a pony
    Well you can celebrate anything you want
    Yes, you can celebrate anything you want
    Ooh

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, do a roadhog
    Well you can penetrate any place you go
    Yes, you can penetrate any place you go

    I told you so
    All I want is you
    Everything has got to be
    just like you want it to
    Because

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, pick a moondog
    Well you can radiate everything you are
    Yes, you can radiate everything you are
    Ooh

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, roll a stoney
    Well you can imitate everyone you know
    Yes, you can imitate everyone you know

    I told you so
    All I want is you
    Everything has got to be
    just like you want it to
    Because

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, feel the wind blow
    Well you can indicate everything you see
    Yes, you can indicate everything you see
    Ooh

    I hi hi hi hi hi hi, cold and lonely
    Well you can syndicate any boat you row
    Yes, you can syndicate any boat you row

    I told you so
    All I want is you
    Everything has got to be
    just like you want it to
    Because...

    --

    Ron dies in chapter 9 of book 7.
  4. Debugging mode? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That would be a very interesting feature. Way back wne I played Sonic for the Sega Genesis, I was very intrigued by the debug features in those games. They even allowed you to place any game sprite you wanted on the board, and it had a "no clipping" feature. yeah, it wasn't much more than a toy, but it was cool being able to set up your own traps and
    modify various areas in the game, and see all the really weird stuff hidden off the normal map in Sonic 3.