{"id":141,"date":"2010-01-06T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.unbc.ca\/~gpotter\/?p=141"},"modified":"2010-01-06T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T01:51:10","slug":"kids-edtech-xtravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"Kids’ Edtech Xtravaganza!"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Christmas was kind to the Potter kiddies and brought some fantastic loot – among this loot were some particularly interesting edtechie toys that I thought would be just the thing to blow the dust of ye olde blog. So, inspired in part by the epic toy blogging<\/a> brought forth by the Bava I give you both the Jedi Force Trainer <\/a>and the Discovery Night Vision Camcorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Night Vision Camcorder packs a 3 megapixel camera and night vision sensor into a small package that withstood the battery of tests my son and I put it through.\u00a0 From front sled-cam duties to closet Blair Witch sequels – this little toy packs lots of fun into a $40 package.\u00a0 Submit for your approval – this pretty spooky monster story told in a dark bedroom and captured with night vision magic.<\/p>\n

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The Jedi Force Trainer takes the science kit to the next level with wireless brain monitoring and coaching from no other than Yoda himself.\u00a0 The wireless headset features dry EEG sensors that detect your alpha and beta brainwaves.\u00a0 Fluctuations in signals are then translated to a fan in a column.\u00a0 Depending on the degree and direction of your concentration, you are able to control the fan and movement of the ball. I am happy to report that I am at level 6, but Yoda and I have met an impasse.\u00a0 I keep feeling like I need to flee my training to find my friends in need of my help …<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Christmas was kind to the Potter kiddies and brought some fantastic loot – among this loot were some particularly interesting edtechie toys that I thought would be just the thing to blow the dust of ye olde blog. So, inspired in part by the epic toy blogging brought forth by the Bava I give…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-play","tag-toys","h-entry","hentry","kind-"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}