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An NFC movie library for my kids

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Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by progmetaldev »

illwrks wrote: post #7

This is great, I looked into doing something similar when my daughter was little. I didn't get very far and she learned how to use the remote control pretty quickly. I honestly think it was better for her to do it the 'old' way as she's pretty digitally savvy (for her age) than I would have expected. I remember when I was little I figured out how to use the VHS to set timers record shows etc, I think making things di…

I agree, and ultimately think it's also learned behavior, and seeing those at home interested in technology and getting a deeper meaning about things.

A lot of comments seem to think that millenials or younger don't have an interest in technology, but I think that's only because they see their older peers or family members perfectly fine with a dumbed down interface to get their needs taken care of.

As a 45 year old, that got started with computers at 2 years old watching and playing around with games my dad would write on an Atari 800XE/XL system, my 13 year old son gets all of the touch interfaces, but also picked up a serious interest in tech from watching me. I didn't want to push him into software, wanting him to find his own way with his interests, but in the last year he has shown an interest in figuring out what is behind all those touch interfaces and websites that just do things "automatically."

I had taking apart crystal radios and learning to put multiple viruses on the family computer to have them fight for the "ultimate" virus as my learning experience. I think curiosity is learned, and even encouraging things outside of technology can lead into technology or science/math/problem solving. Younger generations are just as hungry for knowledge, we just have hidden it away, and need to give them a peek behind the scenes.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by progmetaldev »

illwrks wrote: post #27
sfRattan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I think making things difficult is useful, it forces some learning to get a 'reward'. I found the same growing up. But at the time (the 90s) there weren't hyperstimuli available in the form of smartphones, streaming services, or engagement-optimized algorithmic content feeds. The broadcast television that was available was often boring, or at least poorly matched to any given person's interests at a given time. We…

I unplugged the Alexa for about 6 months, that was a good reset, and we have a few tablets etc but no nonsense apps installed. Although time is ticking and I be we'll soon have the influence from 'peer pressure' - we're getting our daughter prepped for secondary/high school next year so she's got an old iPhone to play around with but thankfully she has zero interest in tech as a distraction. She sends a message to he…

An e-reader without a web browser, especially one in black and white, and a local library card can probably get her books loaned from the library without a large investment (and more importantly a device just for reading, rather than all the other distractions). The earlier Kindle, and whatever brand name Barnes & Noble e-readers have, would probably worth the investment compared to the cost of buying books regularly.

At the same age, I read a ton, and I unfortunately got into fiction in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Those books were WAY too overpriced, simply for using the D&D properties in their naming and stories. The books I felt were excellent, but the authors could have replaced names with something generic, and they would have been just as captivating. Having an e-reader would have made those costs far less painful, and I probably would have read at least twice as many books. I imagine if the books aren't highly trademarked or being made into movies, now you could probably get 3 times the number of e-books for the cost of a physical book.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by MBCook »

declan_roberts wrote: post #56
MBCook wrote: post #55

Awesome. Reminded me of Yoto, an internet radio style thing for kids that uses little NFC cards. https://us.yotoplay.com/ Techmoan reviewed it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mQECKOkkqk Less directly was Tonies, an audio player for kids that uses NFC on Skyrim style figures to trigger stories. https://us.tonies.com/ Techmoan did a video on that too (it’s how I know about both): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

We love our Yoto!

I have no use for one but after watching the video I kind of wanted one anyway.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by tzs »

The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are:

   94 The Good Dinosaur
   92 Trolls
   98 Wall-E
   88 The Lion King
  103 Moana
   81 Toy Story
   91 Trolls World Tour
   95 Inside Out
  103 Frozen II
   95 A Bug's Life
> We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening.

So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to split it over at least 3 viewing sessions split over at least 2 days? And for anything else on that list they need to split it over at least 4 viewing sessions?

That seems overly restrictive. Yes, limiting kid's TV time is probably a good idea, but would it really hurt to have some flexibility so that they can finish a movie in one session? Maybe let them bank sessions, so they can say skip morning TV for 3 days, and apply that time to the 4th day's evening to get a slot for a whole movie.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by 1123581321 »

sodality2 wrote: post #25

This is so cool! I do something similar for music - I have posters up for albums, and a small NFC tag is embedded behind the poster, so tapping my phone to the poster’s corner and clicking the notification begins playing it immediately. I really want to make a collection of cassette-or-record-style plastic cards with album art and NFC tags, and hook it up to a speaker, so I can place my album on a pedestal and it sta…

Great idea. You could tag vinyl sleeves, too, so you could play from them as you look at them on the floor.

It’s digital-only but I have folders of records on my phone Home Screen. They’re shortcuts that play the album, and the album art is the icon.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by cortesoft »

tzs wrote: post #64

The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…

Every parent is required to say they only allow very limited screen time even if secretly they all allow quite a bit more.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by ShakataGaNai »

tzs wrote: post #64

The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…

FTA

> Between certain hours, we allow them to watch TV. They can watch any movie they like. They can even switch between movies. But the timeframe is fixed. They can watch a good chunk of one movie, or they can watch a tiny bit of 10 different movies. It's completely up to them.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by Aditya_Garg »

harshaxnim wrote: post #12
doublerabbit wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And then the issue of when the streaming service removes the choice; the card become obsolete. Not that bad of a ordeal though.

With only a little bit of effort you can prevent them from becoming obsolete. Most straightforward way is to just reprogram the nfc chip. Alternatively, Just add a redirector, one that maps show names/ids to the urls.

That’s the easy part

The annoying part is reprinting the sticker and attaching it to the card

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by fragmede »

tzs wrote: post #64

The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…

Eh it'll probably be a reason for therapy when they're older, but the skill to say "okay, time for bed" and stop watching in the middle of something is an underrated skill.
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