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Re: "Toy laptop but better."

In: s/Electronics

Weight, size, simplicity of use, etc. matter for kids. A thinkpad might be a bit too heavy and too large for a 4-year-old, for example?

๐Ÿ’€ requiem

Apr 20 ยท 4 months ago

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๐Ÿš€ stack ยท Apr 20 at 17:51:

May I suggest Kapla blocks instead (as a parent of 4)? Or make a Lego computer together. Four-year olds can emulate a computer with their imagination. Soon enough their nose will permanently attach to a phone -- why not enjoy meat space together while you can?

๐Ÿš‚ MrSVCD [OP] ยท Apr 21 at 09:03:

The only thing I would want to change is to make it hackable with say a RP2040 mcu and display with a higher resolution. I think the original resolution is 32 by 16 pixels so I would want at least 128 by some thing.

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Toy laptop but better. โ€” As I was walking in the toy section of my local supermarket and found a Lexibook laptop and it got me thinking. What would you want in a 30-50โ‚ฌ toy laptop? This is the laptop I saw: [https link]

๐Ÿ’ฌ MrSVCD ยท 7 comments ยท Apr 20 ยท 4 months ago