Eliza: The doll that teaches girls to code

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Post by yz-exodao » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:06 PM UTC

Eliza: The doll that teaches girls to code
elizadolls.com

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Post by JoeOfTexas » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:18 PM UTC

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Post by pathartl » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

Is a lack of programmable dolls really the things that's keeping women out of the tech sector? I don't see how this will "fix the gender gap". I have a friend with daughters that hosts a LEGO league team and it sounds like they get just as much enjoyment out of it as the boys do.

On the surface I guess this is neat. But maybe instead of forcing dolls on girls and cars on boys we could do a bit better by, well, not being presumptuous.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

JoeOfTexas wrote: post #2

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Post by vunderba » Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:23 PM UTC

Looks like Iron Man if they had embedded an Adafruit Playground Express in his suit instead of an arc reactor. I didn't see any technical details but from the screenshots it definitely looks like "MakeCode" which is sort of a block editor in the style of Scratch.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333