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WHAT IS OPEN TOY

Open TOY è un luogo virtuale dove pubblicare le proprie idee di giocattoli per esigenze educative specifiche e vederli sviluppati e pubblicati a proprio nome. Creando in questo modo la più grande libreria di giocattoli educativi opensource del mondo sviluppati da una comunità virtuale. COME FUNZIONA?

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ROBOTICS AND TOY DESIGN TO SERVICE DISABILITY

Nowadays the implementation of technology into medical environment is an hot topic, like the one of collaboration between robotics and toy design to service disability. There are plenty of case studies to demonstrate how progress in these fields is run by enlightened minds and by project teams made by people with different and sometimes opposite backgrounds. Most of times, exactly for this reason, they reach unexpected results.

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TOY DESIGNERS CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TO EDUCATE

We live in a world where technology breakthrough run fast, so we asked ourselves how toy designers can use technology to educate. New technologies for the users change, and often simplify, the way in which we approach our daily reality and not only. Among many sectors involved there’s also the education: school is slowly leaving its skin made out of books, exams and memorization to wear the one of new ways of teaching, often based on learning by doing.

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A STORYTELLING TOY FOR KIDS WITH SPEECH DISORDER

Speech is something which normally develops in the first three years of life. But sometimes there are kids with speech disorder where the development is significantly delayed and underdeveloped. When a speech disorder is identified it is important to address the disorder as soon as possible, preferably when the child is between 4 to 6 years old. For these children is very important to do speech exercises to improve their skills and go beyond their limits. These exercises are normally supervised by speech therapists. But the accessibility and time

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A TOY FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN, BUT NOT ONLY

When we talk about autistic children and toys for them, we often associate a specific category called ‘special toys for special children’.  It means that there are some toys designed for children with special needs such as autism, cerebral palsy or learning disabilities and so on.

Pooki, designed by Tina Tran Dinh, a student of  the Monash Art Design & Architecture, is a toy designed for all children, but is particularly attractive to autistic children. The research to bring this project alive is started from

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