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Kids Interactive Play System ( KIPS )
Martijn:
lol, its way to heavy to move around. It will have a perm placement on the wall
Martijn:
Got my hardware so i can see if my calculations are right. And they are :cheers:
The screen will sink 1cm more in dept and so will the speaker, then i have 7 cm left for the mainboard + cpu fan
the board is 5 cm only so thats good, the box of the mainboard says it can run without a fan. But i will use it.
And i got a new digicam :applaud:
P.s. Whats wrong with this editor, screen keeps popping up and down
Martijn:
some small update, i finished cutting the screen hole
Kevin Mullins:
Nice !
I'll certainly be following this project. I've had similar ideas for quite some time now. My 3 year old has been playing with my touchscreen since she was about 1 1/2. Kids LOVE interactivity and it's cool watching them actually learn to use it and recognize buttons, icons, colors, shapes, etc and making "something" happen.
The biggest problem I have had is finding games and software that really caters to the younger kids AND be touchscreen friendly. Like you put it "basic and childproof", which needs to include the software.
A couple sites I've grabbed ideas from..... the two that really cater to younger kids wouldn't even talk to me about JUST a software packages.
Gave me the whole "technical hardware" required speil. ::)
http://www.e-funinternational.com/
http://www.fingabox.co.uk/
http://www.point2explore.com/museum/kioskgames.asp
opt2not:
Hey martijn, love your work. You've got a really good professional vision for your projects!
I was wondering if you considered scrapping the idea of using a HDD, and instead getting yourself a high capacity Compact Flash card with an IDE interface?
I've just installed one into my cocktail cabinet, and it's pretty awesome at keeping the heat generation down! It's also super tiny in cabinet real-estate. I believe there are Sata versions as well.
You could easily get a high capacity CF card and one of these bad-boys for cheap! I mean, if you don't really need to have a full 250GB HDD installed in that machine. As well, it's good for turning on and off repeatedly, no need to worry about your drive wearing down :)
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