Toycar grownups would love
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Louise Wictoria Klinker and Anab Jain (from Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art) both designed the prototype of a fabulous Sketch-a-Move toycar that challenges the creativity of children.
Players can draw on the top of the car the tracks that the toy will have to follow. For example, if you draw a circle on the toy car, it will move in a circle. If you draw a complicated spiral, the car will move in a spiral. On top of the toy is a screen made from an analog editable material. Under it, a touch screen allows the stylus like input to be translated into movement by a microprocessor. The movement is performed by 2 solenoids to steer the car and a motor to give the speed.
Have a look at the video and check her other projects (the bicycle Orange Juicer is wonderful.) |
so far as I can tell, that looks like a mockup.. I watched the video in the hopes of finding out it is real, but it looks like they worked up some of those tiny radio control cars that were all the rage about 2 years ago
The page does say it's a mock-up but technically possible.
My money is firmly on magnets under the table and in the cars...
Look all I want to know is when are they coming out. If they are not out by the holidays you guys are done.
Dave
Louise and I worked together on this crazy hotwheels toy car project at the RCA. It is great to see all the response on it and we hope to be able to make actual working prototypes sometime soon!
Dont worry, hopefully they will be out before the holidays!!!
Hi Anab and Louise,
Is your website down? I cannot get access to your project page anymore.
Do you have a distributor in Canada for these cars? We sell to all the major retailers in Canada. If you are interested
please email me. Thank you.
George Grignano
President
Aim High Enterprises Ltd
Toronto, Canada
Do you have a distributor in Canada for these cars? We sell to all the major retailers in Canada. If you are interested
please email me. Thank you.
George Grignano
President
Aim High Enterprises Ltd
Toronto, Canada
It looks faked (like 2fic said), but I would like to believe it is real.
check it out, if you're going to post a comment read the page! it says fairly simply that these were not working prototypes......
Anab, Louise - Great Work! Pay no heed to the skeptical fools (who comment without reading and knowing the facts) and take heart from the fact that someone already wants to market your product... Good Luck!