Posts of the month March 2010
March 5, 2010 at 12:33 pm · Category Edutainment, Hi-tech gadgets, news · Posted by Sara
It is now clear that iPad, the new tablet from Apple, has caused quite a stir in the publishing world. London-based publishing house Penguin Books is expecting e-books -related products to remarkably increase in sales, and it is already planning to createnew products embedding lots of digital contents. In the words of Jim Makinson, Penguin’s chief executive, i-Pad is a model that’s “really appealing to consumers”
Tags: Apple iPad, e-books for iPad, iPad, Penguin Books, Penguin e-books
March 4, 2010 at 1:00 pm · Category Hi-tech gadgets, news · Posted by Sara
Ever experienced that feeling of deep frustration when listening to your baby crying and not knowing what he/she is complaining about? Hunger, discomfort or what else could it be… 
Japanese scientists from Muroran Institute of Technology come to help desperate parents with a brand new software designed to translate a baby’s crying into a range of different feelings and emotions The analysis is performed through a sound pattern recognition approach that uses a statistical analysis of the frequency of cries and the power function of the audio spectrum, in order to classify different types of crying. Then the different audio spectra were correlated with a baby’s emotional state, confirmed by the child’s parents. Looks brilliant, huh?
March 2, 2010 at 11:16 am · Category Hi-tech gadgets · Posted by Sara
Kids getting thirsty while playing or studying at their computer? Now they can just grab their favorite dring without interrupting their activities. This USB refrigerator is available for $ 25 and it also comes with a little light inside.
Anyway, always remember to have your kids rest their eyes and take a little off-line break from time to time! What do you advice as for pauses from PC activities?
via playgrounder
Tags: how much time kids spend online, kids and computers, kids time online, USB refrigerator
March 1, 2010 at 10:59 am · Category Hi-tech gadgets, news · Posted by Sara
An AdMob survey (you may read the pdf version here) was conducted between 5 to 16 February on 963 respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users, to discover usage percentages according to age and gender. According to the survey, men account for the 78% of 73% of Android device users. As for kids, 78% iPod users are below the age of 25 and in 65% are just 17 or even younger. Also, as for WebOs Palm, targeted at women, data show that it is again mostly men that use it (58%). See the chart of usage by gender after the break.
via engadget
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Tags: AdMob, AdMob survey, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod touch for kids, webOs
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