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Teen Dies After Refusing To Let Go of iPad

Tabuxander — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:58 +0000

“Never in my life would I imagine that buying my kid an iPad for his birthday would end up getting him run over,” the father said.

Now, I heard that iPad has become a yardstick for children to measure if “parents love them”. Wow was the expression astonishment that pop up in my mind when I heard this. The iPad is really get the influence in our kids world. In future, maybe there’s a kasta between kids who have iPad and kids who don’t. And it would be like earth-and-sky gap.

Things have been getting serious when the news broke, saying that a teenager was ran over by two criminals after he refused to let go of his iPad. Why the kid had chosen iPad over his life when something dangerous like this happened. Can I conclude that the iPad is more valuable than RM1499?

Kids. They don’t know they can die. They don’t know they’re vulnerable. They picture their life like Lego: Star Wars game (I mention this game because my kids love playing this on Wii). They thought themselves like Anakin Skywalker character, where you can jumps off the edge, facing death as they disappeared, off the screen and reappear again a few seconds later with a blinking form factor, full of health as he continued the journey.

Marcos Arenas’ death startled me with a serious thinking about educating my kids. This is how they must react when they are facing a dangerous moment: always choose life above all.

Friends, family remember teen killed over iPad via Fox5Vegas

Update: Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas

Accidentally Trapped Inside A Car: A Solution.

Tabuxander — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:14:08 +0000

I’m still feeling sympathy with the unfortunate children being trapped inside a car. If it’s happened to my son or daughter, I simply lost my sanity to continue to be functional as a normal father, a husband, and may be even a responsible adult. May be get drunk every day, still couldn’t accept the fact my children gone in a bad tragedy.

Most of parent may be still remember or at least, have a glimpse of tradegic memory of a child that was accidentally locked in a school van. The weather in Malaysia is so hot: it’s like seven inches from the mid-day sun. You stand outside just for 5 minutes and you will be feeling nausea and headache. Eventually, the child died with severe major organs malfunctioned due to the overheated effect. Some expert claimed that the atmosphere inside the van itself had turned to — what we know infamously — a greenhouse effect.

Surprisingly, average death for being accidentally trapped in a car in USA, since 1998 is 38 children.

38 children,
38 endless tears,
38 nightmares,
every year,
for the last 15 years.

I felt sorry for them. And the thought of that statistics has been terrorizing my sleep for several days now.

It’s grateful to hear that students of John Hopkins University have come up with new invention to resolve this problem. With the idea of using Kinect sensor of X360, I hope this preventable death, like what Eileen McDonald said, will decrease or will not happen at all after this.

Here’s the idea of the well-derived technology:

The device uses an infrared camera and projector to sense the movements of a game player and incorporates these motions into what is happening on the video screen. The students thought the same technology could sense even the most subtle movements of a baby sleeping in a rear car seat.

Remembering the tragedy that had happened somewhere in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, I hope the government will implement mandatory policy to apply the sensor on every permitted school transportation to avoid any further.

Link : [ Video game device could help save children trapped in overheated cars | HUB ]

Educational Tablet Games for Kids

Tabuxander — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:49:36 +0000

Kids love using new technology and it seems like increasingly younger children are drawn to the shiny allure of tablets. Instead of fighting it, many developers are capitalizing on children’s interest in tablets and technology to create educational games and apps for kids. From the alphabet to programming, kids can learn pretty much anything on a tablet. Here’s a run-down of some of the coolest educational tablet apps and games for children.

Alphabet and Phonics

My A-Z is a flashcard app aimed at preschoolers. What makes this app stand out from other alphabet learning aids is that kids can personalize the flashcards. Including, for instance, a picture of their dog for D. The app guides children in taking pictures of objects to fill in the cards and is a good way for kids to associate real things in their life with the letters they’re learning.
The Singing Alphabet features letters who sing about their own sounds. The catchy tunes make kids want to sing along and it teaches them to associate the letter with the sound.

Math

Times Tables: Squeebles Multiplication is for slightly older children who are learning their times tables. The app uses cute characters that walk children through learning and practicing multiplication. Children can earn stars as they improve their skills and the app also lets up to four people make profiles on the same device.
Counting with the Very Hungry Caterpillar is a counting app that has features the titular character from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In using the app, children identify, count, and add foods over five levels. The game is appropriate to children just learning to count or to do basic arithmetic.
Little Digits is a game for children just learning to count. It works by having children place their fingers on the tablet’s screen and then displaying a cartoon number so that children can learn the number symbols.

Maps, Technology, and Other Subjects

Barefoot World Atlas teaches children about the world and is great for kids with an interest in maps and geography. The app includes an interactive 3D globe that has music and animation for various countries, people, and nature.
HomeWork is an app for older kids that helps them schedule homework and study time. It lets them set reminders and generally teaches them how to effectively manage their time. The app is quite intuitive and works best on a tablet.
How to Make Paper Airplanes does exactly what you would expect it to do. While its educational value is perhaps arguable, learning how to follow directions and building plans could be perfect for the future engineer in your life.
Where’s My Water is hosted by an alligator named Swampy who loves to be clean. This is a physics-based game intended to teach kids basic spatial reasoning, problem solving, and physics skills.

Move the Turtle is an app that teaches the basics of computer programming by asking kids to plan tasks. Complete with friendly turtle mascot, this app teaches kids to think like a programmer without necessarily covering the nuts and bolts of computer language.
Ultimate Dinopedia: Complete Dinosaur Reference covers children’s most beloved subject: dinosaurs! Produced by National Geographic, this app includes statistics, facts, pictures, and a story about every dinosaur kids could possibly have questions about.
IBM Think is a cool app that uses charts and pictures to share the history of technology. It has five interactive modules: Seeing, Mapping, Understanding, Believing, and Acting, plus it has a 10 minute film about technology innovation. This is a great app for hooking kids into an interest in technology in all its forms.

Angie Picardo is a writer at NerdWallet, a financial literacy site where you can find advice on topics ranging from apps to retirement success.

Small GPS to track your children

Tabuxander — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:40:44 +0000

If you worried about child abduction, there’s a a technology called Amber Alert GPS that can track your children and give prompt alert whenever you notice that your children don’t show up when the school time is over and you’ve been waiting for more than one hour.

The tracking device is tiny enough to conceal in your kids’ bag or in the pocket. But it will burn your pocket as much as 218.99 dollar. That’s about RM 648.76 . I have a son and a daughter. So I have to save more than RM 1297.52 if I count with the shipping fee.

But people said you can get money back but you can’t never get back your precious ones once they lost. So, to me, money is not a problem.

I heard people said that — based on the statistics — crime has plunged when compared to last year, but the fear of crime has never got any lower from my view. Because I always sense danger when I left my children playing outside of our house unattended. The world has changed. My children will never get a childhood memory as monumental as mine, where I could — endlessly — play outside as far as 5km away from my house, from the sunrise to sunset.

Even with a tracking device like this that might relieve you in some ways, I still like to monitor them when they are playing outside. I only feel secured when they are lingering in my eyes.

It’s a lot money. I know. It’s like a year worth of saving. But security of our children must not be compromised. I don’t want to lose my children, and if I lost them, I lost the will to live.

[ Amber Alert GPS via Technology Can Help Keep Kids Safe from Abductors]

Should I be worried about the iPad addiction?

Tabuxander — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:45:39 +0000

Widad laid on her back and relax like she got insurmountable amount of money from somewhere, the bottle glued in her mouth while watching an iPad in one beautiful evening — it’s a mesmerizing moment and I admired the coolness of this shot above. But the news I’ve read startled me a little. Because my youngest one can’t hold off the iPad, even when she’s taking a poop. Should I be worried?

Young technology addicts experienced the same withdrawal symptoms as alcoholics or heroin addicts, when the devices were taken away.

Is it really that bad? I mean, heroin addicts? Maybe the doctor was a little bit exaggerated or may be he’s on weed he couldn’t think straight.

Christopher Peruzzi says that this situation cycles from the sixties, back when we — human — had the new technology then. We called it TV. He said, “Really? When you overstimulate someone with a highly addictive activity it can be habit forming? I wonder if they thought the same thing during the sixties and beyond when they left kids in front of televisions as an electronic babysitter. Sure, now they care.”

But I know and it’s a principle of life: Letting yourself doing a little too much over something might harm you. Too much watching TV, too much exercising, or too much in everything, and you might vomit rainbow.

[ Toddlers becoming so addicted to iPads they require therapy | The Telegraph ]

Thailand to draw out second phase One Tablet Per Child Project

Tabuxander — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:41 +0000

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” Nelson Mandela used to say. That’s superb and one of my neighbor nations has taken it deeply into their heart. I think I’m going to cry, though I didn’t know him but his words are awesome and arising.

To continue using technology as a leverage to make advance in youngster’s education, Thailand sets an electronic auction to make One Tablet Per Child project a reality. Guys, it’s worth 4.61 billion Thailand bath. It’s about RM 500 million if it’s round up.

Big Chinese players like Huawei, Haier, and ZTE have joined the bidding. And I’m wondering why our Malaysian government don’t take initiative like this?

[ 12 firms keen to join One Tablet bid | BangkokPost ]

Dancing Cat

KambingBujang — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:31:23 +0000

You saw Kids React To Grumpy Cat video and this is Widad’s video how she makes a cat dancing

Does Technology Hinder Or Help Toddlers’ Learning?

Tabuxander — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:19:36 +0000

As I’m watching my own daughter’s growth as she’s learning faster with an iPad at her hand, I would say technology help toddlers’ learning.

As good as technology helps disabled people do many things

As good as technology helps amputees father gets his new advanced iPhone-controlled hands.

As good as technology helps mankind to save the world

But it is true, like the article claim, No such technologies that could make a child genius. It helps my kids, my little, witty daughter learns ABC faster by sing along ABC song from YouTube videos.

But sometimes I can’t help myself laughing out loud to see my children swiping intuitively every time they found screen — any legit screen — especially TV screen at an electronic shop like SenHeng or SenQ. They frowned a few second when they realized it’s not a touch-capable screen.

Does technology hinder or helps toddlers’ learning? BBC news might have the answer.

Widad is 3 today!!!

KambingBujang — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:00:24 +0000

I seldom talk about Widad. My daughter. The one who gives me daily headache, the one who put a big grin on my face, the one who do things beyond my thinking, the one who is looking for me at night to sleep with, the one who has super power although time show 12 midnight. She is Widad Safiyyah. No matter what she does, I love her so much. A day without her, I feel the world is so silent and quiet.

If you see this spiderwoman in motion car, what do you expect this mother to do?? This is the daily madness that i need to go through with her

What am I supposed to do when I saw this face. Melting .
One day, I received a report from her teacher :
Teacher : Pn, Widad is biting her friend – showing the two teeth marked.
Me : Adik, why do you bites your friend
Widad : Gigi adik tajam (My teeth is sharp)
Me : Should I scold her or laugh there and then.

You see this so called nice and behave kid shows thumb up and said I’m good at making pancake. Do you know she is shouting like someone is beating her up when the batter is finished. Not to mention the aftermath she did on the floor. Just forget it. She is exploring and in the learning process

Wear my t-shirt, stole my heart . My heart skip a beat..

You’ve been punished. Your cloth must be dried and comfortable enough to wear. Until then, wear diaper and diaper only. Yet she still smiling.

Happy 3 Year Old Widad

Internet Paling Laju Di Dunia Berada Di Jepun

Tabuxander — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:03:32 +0000

Alangkah bagus rakyat Jepun menikmati kelajuan ini. Kalaulah di Malaysia sebegini laju. Macam kita cuma bayangkan dalam pemikiran kita dan — woosh — sampai di laman web yang kita inginkan. Tidak perlu klik pada tetikus. Tapi yang itu laju sangat.

Berikut adalah maklumat-maklumat penting:

Internet talian fiber optik ini dilancarkan oleh So-net, rakan niaga Sony.
Muat turun sehinggga 2 Gbps (Downloads) – dua gigabit setiap saat.
Muat naik 1 Gbps (Uploads) – satu gigabit setiap saat
2 tahun kontrak untuk 4,980 yen setiap bulan, lebih kurang USD 50 (RM 150/sebulan)
Yuran Instalasi sebanyak 52,500 yen, lebih kurang USD 540 (RM 1800)

Membaca berita ini membuatkan aku marah. Aku bayar setiap bulan pada TM sebanyak RM150 dan hanya mempunyai kelebihan muat turun 5Mbps. (RM150/5Mbps) Sungguh rip-off. Sayang, jom packing, kita pindah Jepun!

[sumber: engadget ]