EPlay

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E-Play

• Claudia V. Goldman
• A family customized entertainer and pacifier

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Project Goals

• Pacifier for babies (e.g., bedtime).
• Pacifier for children, by letting them connect to
  their parents by video-phone.
• Electronic games and educational activities
  operated by touch.
• Autonomous E-care
• E-Play contacts a parent when it hears the
  child crying.

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Description - Baby E-Play

• Baby E-Play can be placed inside the baby bed.
• The baby can operate it by simple touch.
• Baby E-Play plays a song for bedtime, or tells a
  story.

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Description - Child E-Play

• Child E-Play may be placed on a stand, or on a
  flat surface.
• The child chooses one of many activities by
  touching the corresponding shape.
• Activities include
• story telling
• song playing
• interactive game
• connecting the parents by video phone

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Technology Found

• Panel PC with flat and touch screen, modem, and
  ethernet connection.
• Digital frames (e.g., Sony).
• IP phones services.
• Kiosks technology and software.
• Digital video cameras and editing/playing
  software.

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Technology in the Future

• E-Play on batteries and wireless communication -
  NO CABLES!
• No open drives
• IP Phone connection or phone handset attached to
  E-Play.
• Ability of recognizing a child crying.
• Appropriate software attached that enables the
  parents to customize E-Play for their own family.

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Current Status

• Touch and Play - Try it by yourself!
• Expertise is needed to prepare the files that are
  played.
• E-Play is not adapted for different reaction
  times.
• Automatic on/off is not available. The
  touchscreen is not a standalone living software.

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Field Work

• TomK E-Play
• ability to point
• reaction times (though it did not distract him)
• YaelK E-Play
• Her behavior was more focused.
• No training period - E-Play was played naturally
  by both.

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Long Term Advantages

• Large libraries of movies/stories can be stored
  in the HD. No need to play Video/DVD one after
  the other.
• Easy way of communication between children and
  parents absent from home.
• Learning to match (shapes, sounds, pictures and
  activities).