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Mattel's Aristotle is like an Amazon Echo for kids
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 3.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, childhood, digitized education, privacy
Summary | A new baby monitor by Mattel is enhanced with various affordances we know from chatbots: the monitor starts a lullaby when the baby wakes up or plays with older children, teaching them colors by asking them to name what color light they see or learning a new language and so on. The monitor called Aristotle reports all these things to the parents by means of smartphone notifications and also gives them suggestions on where to stock up on diapers. The developers are emphasize their high standards for child privacy security.
Image Description | Video about CES 2017 conference in Las Vegas.
Des camps de désintox pour pour accros au smartphone
(Rehab camps for smartphone addicts)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 12.3.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, brain, childhood, smartphone, technology-free, youth
Summary | South Korea is one of the most digitally connected countries. As a consequence, 1 out of 10 children is addicted to internet and other digital devices. Rehab camps for young internet addicts is supposed to help children live without digital devices. In those camps, children go hiking, play guitar, and read paper books. Rehab can be tough; it is almost the same process as for alcoholics or drug addicts. At the end of the camp, those young people know how to appreciate real life and have to find out what the causes of their escape to the virtual world are.
Image Description | Photograph of young people in South Korea playing video games in a room full of computers.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, game, male(s)
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