A Computerized Interactive Toy: TSU.MI.KI

2005 ◽  
pp. 507-510
Author(s):  
Yuichi Itoh ◽  
Tokuo Yamaguchi ◽  
Yoshifumi Kitamura ◽  
Fumio Kishino
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Toy

scholarly journals Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Dog Behaviour: Pilot Study

Animals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Hunt ◽  
Helen Whiteside ◽  
Susanne Prankel
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Environmental Enrichment ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Office Environment ◽  
Dog Training ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Animal Rescue ◽  
Assistance Dog ◽  
Interactive Toy

Environmental enrichment (EE) can be used to enhance the environment of various animals. The aim of this pilot study was to determine the effects of seven EE activities (Bonding, Bubble machine, Conspecific play, Interactive toy, Playhouse, Stuffed food toy and Tug play) on dog behaviour, pre- and post-EE for dogs housed in an office environment during training as part of an assistance dog training programme. EE activities resulted in a significant increase in the frequency of relaxation behaviours (p < 0.01) and a significant reduction in alert (p < 0.01) and stress behaviours (p = 0.02). Results suggest various benefits of the different activities with Conspecific Play and Playhouse activities having the greatest overall positive behaviour change when compared to the other activities. The food-based EE activities (Interactive toy and Stuffed food toy) had the least behaviour change of all the activities provided. Findings will be of interest to pet owners, animal rescue centres, dog trainers and working dog organisations.

scholarly journals Children's interactions with interactive toy technology

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Luckin ◽  
D. Connolly ◽  
L. Plowman ◽  
S. Airey
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Toy

The DigitalSeed: an interactive toy for investigating plants

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Mauro Cherubini ◽  
Hugh Gash ◽  
Thomas McCloughlin
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Toy

Interactive toy play set with sensors

2004 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 1327
Author(s):  
Albert Wai Tai Chan
Keyword(s):  
Toy Play ◽  
Interactive Toy

Design of Interactive Toy as Support Tool in STEM Education for Children with Special Needs

2018 ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
Sandra Cano ◽  
Sandra P. Mosquera ◽  
Victor M. Peñeñory ◽  
Pablo A. Bejarano
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Interactive Toy

scholarly journals Evaluating taboo trade-offs in ecosystems services and human well-being

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (22) ◽  
pp. 6949-6954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim M. Daw ◽  
Sarah Coulthard ◽  
William W. L. Cheung ◽  
Katrina Brown ◽  
Caroline Abunge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Marginalized Women ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Interactive Toy ◽  
Psychological Bias ◽  
Management Issues

Managing ecosystems for multiple ecosystem services and balancing the well-being of diverse stakeholders involves different kinds of trade-offs. Often trade-offs involve noneconomic and difficult-to-evaluate values, such as cultural identity, employment, the well-being of poor people, or particular species or ecosystem structures. Although trade-offs need to be considered for successful environmental management, they are often overlooked in favor of win-wins. Management and policy decisions demand approaches that can explicitly acknowledge and evaluate diverse trade-offs. We identified a diversity of apparent trade-offs in a small-scale tropical fishery when ecological simulations were integrated with participatory assessments of social–ecological system structure and stakeholders’ well-being. Despite an apparent win-win between conservation and profitability at the aggregate scale, food production, employment, and well-being of marginalized stakeholders were differentially influenced by management decisions leading to trade-offs. Some of these trade-offs were suggested to be “taboo” trade-offs between morally incommensurable values, such as between profits and the well-being of marginalized women. These were not previously recognized as management issues. Stakeholders explored and deliberated over trade-offs supported by an interactive “toy model” representing key system trade-offs, alongside qualitative narrative scenarios of the future. The concept of taboo trade-offs suggests that psychological bias and social sensitivity may exclude key issues from decision making, which can result in policies that are difficult to implement. Our participatory modeling and scenarios approach has the potential to increase awareness of such trade-offs, promote discussion of what is acceptable, and potentially identify and reduce obstacles to management compliance.

scholarly journals “X-8”: An Experimental Interactive Toy to Support Turn-Taking Games in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2021 ◽  
pp. 233-239
Author(s):  
Beste Özcan ◽  
Valerio Sperati ◽  
Flora Giocondo ◽  
Gianluca Baldassarre
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sensory Motor ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Interactive Toy

AbstractTurn-taking is a type of interaction where two individuals alternate a behaviour (e.g. during a conversation). Such competence – which is a foundamental key in the social behaviour – is often compromised in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Neurodevelopmental therapists report how it is extremely difficult to teach this skill to young ASDs, yet it would be very important. In the current proposal we present an early prototype of interactive toy called X-8: it is a soft, wearable, six-legged octopus able to distinguish between two people, and produce different luminous patterns according to the user who is touching it. The toy can then potentially support therapists in set up sensory-motor games based on turn-taking rules. A first proof of concept is described and possible activities are proposed.

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