Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
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Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#2Grabbing popcorn for firestorm over title editorialization... hurry up mod squad!
edit: ("Coding Bracelet for Girls" or some-such)
PS. Now that's this comment is flagged (hidden from the public discussion), I can 99.9% guarantee it will happen. Oh well, I delayed it for a few minutes. ... Looks like the mods made it in time.
Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#3On a related note, can anyone suggest sites with great educational/fun gifts like this for girls?
Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#4Grabbing popcorn for firestorm over title editorialization... hurry up mod squad! edit: ("Coding Bracelet for Girls" or some-such) PS. Now that's this comment is flagged (hidden from the public discussion), I can 99.9% guarantee it will happen. Oh well, I delayed it for a few minutes. ... Looks like the mods made it in time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15227936
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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#5Grabbing popcorn for firestorm over title editorialization... hurry up mod squad! edit: ("Coding Bracelet for Girls" or some-such) PS. Now that's this comment is flagged (hidden from the public discussion), I can 99.9% guarantee it will happen. Oh well, I delayed it for a few minutes. ... Looks like the mods made it in time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15227936
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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#6On a related note, can anyone suggest sites with great educational/fun gifts like this for girls?
>for girls
what do you mean?
Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#7On a related note, can anyone suggest sites with great educational/fun gifts like this for girls?
Looking forward to seeing other recommendations (perhaps more specific, and best with personal anecdata).
· Ask HN: Know of any non-digital toys/games that teach, for 6-10 year olds? | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14942570 (Aug 2017, 71 comments)
· Elementary School Coding & Robotics Resources | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r1b2CM1uTdST47IbWa7zlZYm... found on: Project Bloks: Making code physical for kids | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11986593 (Jun 2016)
· http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewLittleBitsGadgetsAndGizm... (Jan 2016) · Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen (Cubetto - https://www.primotoys.com/) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10586661 (Nov 2015, 35 comments)
· DragonBox: Secretly teach algebra to your children | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9469364 (May 2015, 100 comments)
· Osmo (iPad app with add-on hardware) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7784243 (May 2014, 104 comments)
· Turn anything into a videogame controller, even a banana (https://makeymakey.com/) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3971869 (May 2012, 25 comments)
Robot Turtles (http://www.robotturtles.com/) makes a good jumping-off point for further research as it is a favorite in this category: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=robot%20turtles&sort=byDate&ty...
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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#8Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone?
Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.
Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#9this is great
Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code
#10The biggest issues that would prevent me from getting something like this for those in my family who wear bracelets is the lack of color customizing and bulkiness of the bot. But I like the idea and I'm guessing both of these issues will be worked on in the future.