Launchpad Toys (YC S11) Looks To Create The Next Generation Of Learning Toys(techcrunch.com)
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Launchpad Toys (YC S11) Looks To Create The Next Generation Of Learning Toys
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/29/yc-funded-launchpad-toys-looks-to-create-the-next-generation-of-early-learning-toys/
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These guys have such a nice view on the world - they're really eager to get kids exploring, discovering, and creating. It's awesome to see them talk because they really have a handle on it.
Even more interesting though, is when they give a demo to a room full of mid 20-30-year-olds, and everyone laughs and follows along. There's something whimsical that they've captured that engages kids, and adults, alike. I'm really excited to see where they take this!
Even more interesting though, is when they give a demo to a room full of mid 20-30-year-olds, and everyone laughs and follows along. There's something whimsical that they've captured that engages kids, and adults, alike. I'm really excited to see where they take this!
What a gorgeous looking site. Keep up the good work guys!
Yes, very pretty site. This is a great idea for a startup, congrats.
Good idea and a brilliant execution
While on holiday this summer I was at a fairly deserted beach and there were two small children with their parents. The children had no toys whatsoever with them (not even a spade) and they spent hours inventing a game which involved treating some large shells as if they were boats and then racing them and more in pools of water on the beach itself. They were full of fun and imagination. Not an iPad in sight.
I don't doubt that this company can make a success of itself. After all, parents lapped up Baby Einstein with the feeblest of justifications, but whenever I see children being given more opportunities for pixel time it makes me sad. In the article, it mentions Play-Doh, Crayola and Erector sets. What's wonderful about those things is that you use your hands to make, you touch, drop, break, feel (even smell and taste when your parents aren't looking). The screen makes things uniform and colourful while draining them of the real.