When I first saw SWINXS on Engadget the other day, I thought it was just another of those RFID-enabled, programmable gaming platforms that purports to encourage physically active play while secretly conditioning children to the idea of taking orders from a computer that monitors their every move.
But then Minor Details points out that it's an RFID-enabled, programmable gaming platforms that purports to encourage physically active play while secretly conditioning children to the idea of taking orders from a computer that monitors their every move from a company run by Eduard Zanen, one of the co-founders of Bugaboo.
I've met Eduard, and I like him, so now that I may have an in, I, for one, welcome our SWINXS overlords!
Swinxs lures your children outside, tricks them into "moving around" [engadget]
It'd be even better if you could download different voices, say, Rip Torn: "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
Please make the green go away. I'm tired of seeing that green on children's products.
[green is the new orange! -ed.]
"conditioning children to the idea of taking orders from a computer"
Heh. As if the rules for board games hadn't already conditioned them to mindless obedience to illogical printed rules/laws.
Brillant idea to get the kids out and about, I love the concept for getting the kids involved when their bored on the 5th day into the holidays.