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...tech players at CES are headlining their copycat i-Pod accessories, few have new tools that encourage music-making. One of the most creative and refreshing new applications at this year's show, therefore, is a digital piano-learning game that encourages kids (and musically curious adults) to toy around with a piano keyboard. "From Bach to Bon Jovi, your child will be playing in minutes," the company's tag line promises. And despite the product's crude, toddler-friendly design, the program actually works well to introduce the basic concept of piano fingering without forcing novices to master...
...favorite toddler toy this year is the Little Leaps Grow-With-Me Learning System ($40). I like it because it keeps cost down by leveraging what you already have: it looks like a game console, but it?s really a universal remote that controls its own educational DVD games that you play on your DVD player. There?s a bit of set-up?you have to teach the system what DVD player you have?but once you do, the remote will work just fine. Cooler still is the fact that the controller has two faces, a chunky, button-based...
...like gold? ’Cause I’m an alchemist. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I’m an alchemist. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’m really an alchemist. Favorite childhood toy: Gold spray paint. Best part about Harvard: That heater/vent thing just inside the gate by the Science Center. Worst part about Harvard: Lack of an alchemy concentration. How you got your name: I was named after the doctor who delivered me. Describe yourself in three words: Weak, thirsty, onomatopoeic. In 15 minutes...
This time of year ten years ago, Phillips Brooks House (PBH) modestly collected toys for five child service agencies. Today it’s targeting twice as many agencies—aspiring to collect more than 1,000 toys for needy children in the Cambridge and Boston area. After a two-week drive to collect gift items ranging from stuffed animals to DVD players, the PBH Holiday Gift Drive will wrap up tomorrow. The gift drive is been an opportunity for Harvard’s employees to give to the community, said Zandra Kambysellis, the PBH department administrator in charge...
...first turned off by the weird vegetal spawn, parents soon fought to "adopt" the dolls at the toy store...