Swinxs March 12, 2008
While browsing Engadget, I found a very interesting new product. The Swinxs. A ‘toy 2.0′: this could bring children who are used to play behind their computers outside again. Equipping children with RFID tags however, seems to worry a lot of technology pessimists: they have tremendous privacy concerns in their own backyard. The product is utterly simple; it’s an RFID reader with some sort of computer and pre-loaded games. The games themselves are not innovative at all, these are games I used to play as a kid before i found out about the Sega Mastersystem.
So if the technology and the games aren’t compelling, then what the hell does make this product so sexy? I think it is the fact that this is one of the few products that is about ambient experiences, which actually makes sense. The industrial design is good, it feels right for an object like this. This is absolute wannahave for parents and children. Personally I can’t wait for the first hacks of the system.
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Er is nu een 3e jaars projectgroep ID bezig met het verzinnen van nieuwe applicaties voor dit ding.
(Ons aller Tom W. maakt daar deel van uit)
Renato Valdés Olmos
Supervet! Eens even met Tom MSNen