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my name is David Hansen I'm CEO Hanson robotics we bring robots to life as animated characters with facial expressions physical moving gestures conversational interaction they can look at you and be your friend that's our goal professor I'm Sonya just the story the times right now to make an educational consumer robot that is affordable that everybody could have in the home your own personal genius you have cloud connectivity in this amazing software that we built on this smart device he has natural language speech processing with the cloud he can trigger our activities on the iPad like videos and interactive games let's skip the green sign ring we all know that the human being form better the more senses you open up near my body we have this visual communication between you and the robot then we have the auditory one and then while using your finger with the iPad and interacting with him at the same time it's opening up more areas of the brain so you're much more adept to learn one thing says really behind everything we've done with Einstein is entertainment education and entertainment put into law when he teaches you he teaches you everything the science fact in a way that's digestible very easy to understand if you ask him what the weather is he'll tell you the weather but with a scientific fact professor what's the weather like in service conditions in Charlotte Tabrizi the current temperature outside is 70 degrees with a low of 41 degrees by the way not to put myself out of a job but you can tell the temperature by counting the jobs of the corrected he's always trying to record you to learn to reach to grow just like the realize that he explains everything in very simplistic terms he walked like Einstein talks like Einstein has I find spatial motions most of all I find personality professor I heard you good jokes lately stop me if you've heard this one and I on meeting Adam on the street and said he has lost an electron the Adam asks are you sure the ion replies I am positive the technology is often now very cold and socially isolating by bringing an animated character into our physical world we're humanizing the technology instead of dehumanizing the human professor Iceland has an amazing set of facial expressions he'll smile or frown or fellas forehead he'll stick his tongue out it makes people want to interact with it it makes people want to use it it makes them feel friendly comfortable especially when you're learning something if you're learning something new having an emotional connection with the robot is really important tell me about the brain melting bringing 100 billion neurons the human brain is Predacon clicks not not for something that looks like a big wrinkly sponge it's hard to make animated characters it's hard to make robot and the two together require an extra push will crowdfunding professor Einstein because we want to reach people who know who care who are like us dreamers and if you can get behind this task is Hanson robotics can change the world introducing pixel play pixel play takes your smartphone and turns it into a pond kids camera it has rubber handles working knobs for pretend play a protective touch sensitive screen and a working shutter button pixel play also features childproof latches and an adjustable clamp to fit a wide variety of smartphone it's easy simply plug in the headphone jack and that powers the camera shutter button use the adjustable clamp to securely fit your phone double check that the phone lenses lined up now just tuck the wires in and close the door if it's the majority of all standard sized smartphones both Android and Apple as far back as the iPhone 4 the included iOS app features fun activities where kids can make silly faces or go on scavenger hunts to learn about colors numbers and shapes through photography the included activity sheets get your kids active and creative The Color Me scavenger hunt like for a great day for the kids in your life the included sticker sheet will allow your kids to decorate and personalise their pixel play camera you can even make your own photo booths with an array of fun do-it-yourself props pixel play turn your smartphone into a fun kids camera my name is Tracy Howell and I'm from Overland Park Kansas my son Britain is six years old and has autism so I'm Eileen I'm Charlie's mom Charlie the little boy who is three years old is severely autistic what's great about maker is that my son immediately connected with this robot this this ball that was running around and coming back to him and responding to his call when I saw Charlie playing hide-and-seek with it I mean that's something that a neurotypical kid we just kind of do anyway but Charlie doesn't usually do that I've noticed my son had a very rough day at school today he had some really challenging times that came home and took 30 minutes to spend with lekha and has a much more calm and relaxed child I didn't get shown hey there's your proof but it's a pretty remarkable product and to have it in the home of the upstanding I'm gonna dismiss I know and together we want to have exceptional children live exceptional night I'll tell you we created this little guy look at meet Lika the first robotic interactive smart toy designed specifically for children with special needs children with autism live in a world where they are constantly overwhelmed with sensory stimulation it is often hard for them to connect to other people or focus on a single activity for a long time that's why parents and therapists often use reinforcers teach the children for summit will be music for others colors and lights or just vibrations using these reinforces teach rules and guidelines for the children is paramount as it helps them understand and interact with the world around them Leckie's unique strength is in combining both the activity and the reinforcer within one toy like I can play music move around change colors and even has a screen to display images icons or emoticons this makes the child more motivated and engaged because their attention is focused on the toy and the task at hand not just the reinforcer lekka has been tested with more than a hundred children in France and in the u.s. it's been trialed at home with parents with therapists and specialized centers and hospitals and the results are quite simply amazing this could be a great great tool for therapists to connect with these kids keep them engaged which is the second very difficult thing to do and use it to connect and teach them we're really seeing that we have something that will truly make an impact on the whole community working with exceptional children and that's the data that they collect and passes back to our monitoring platform identifying what's the next step in therapy or what is something that maybe the child is mastered it would be remarkable to be able to share that data and also be able to share that with educators now we're actually getting into the field of technology and how it can work with individuals with autism how it can empower therapists to work with those individuals and ultimately I believe will help us from a research perspective nikka is not just the toy it's truly an advocate in that ed and we are working hard to bring you the best application like a we'll have numerous apps and activities available on the App Store right from the start and you absolutely developed and released continuously it's important to us that each child makes the most out of his amazing toy but it's really more than just a toy it's a companion an interactive robot and a wonderful educational tool it's lekha from the beginning of the project we went to schools special education schools and I was seeing kids playing with the robot and really loved it and I wanted to go further and make the project feel I haven't seen it anywhere else besides you guys with lega there are some of course after games but nothing that is a motion sensored or nothing that is really interactive with the child in that respect I think that like I was really coming upon something new and inspirational for children we really believe that we have to get this technology into the children's hands as quickly as possible and that's why we are here to ask you to give us a hand you can help us by spreading the word and if you are interacting with exceptional children people around you are you can order later now they change traditions to play into Hill and that's exactly what we are going to do with love from the look at him