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IADIS
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Computation and Construction Kits: Toward the Next Generation of Tangible Building Media for Children
Construction kits represent a venerable, creative, and (occasionally) even beautiful genre of educational toys for children. Nonetheless, traditional construction kits have limita...
Michael Eisenberg, Leah Buechley, Nwanua Elumeze
WMTE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
SmartTiles: Mobility and Wireless Programmability in Children's Construction and Crafts
This paper presents a working prototype of a mobile, programmable set of construction kit elements for children. SmartTiles are small, lightweight, independently programmable tile...
Nwanua Elumeze, Michael Eisenberg
DIGITEL
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A Brief Survey of Distributed Computational Toys
Distributed Computational Toys are physical artifacts that function based on the coordination of more than one computing device. Often, these toys take the form of a microcontroll...
Eric Schweikardt, Mark D. Gross