Emmo – interactive toy
(graduation project at Università IUAV di Venezia – Supervisor: Arturo Vittori)
Emmo is a recreational and interactive toy for visually impaired children (aged 4-6).
Visual disability has different consequences on a child’s development, among which spatial disorientation and lack of interest in exploring his surroundings, with learning possibilities also being consequently limited.
Emmo is meant to stimulate spatial exploration and to help children develop the ability to create topological mental maps.
The toy enables playing a sort of treasure hunt or memory game based on audio and visual elements, by making use of RFID technology.
The aim is to detect, with the help of the magic wand (finder), each of the seven circular goals according to sound emitted by the base.
The shapes, materials and colours have been specifically designed to facilitate the child in his playing activity.
Emmo in:
Design per Bambini blog
Arduino blog
PAD Journal
WT AWARD 2014
Puremag.hu
Filo Connesso
Bar Arduino Italia – Episodio 3
