Tinker.it! at the BFI: Toyhacking
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Not all fun and games Some thoughts on toy hacking Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino CEO and Co-Founder of Tinker.it!
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Talk given by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, CEO and Co-Founder of Tinker.it! at the BFI on toy hacking, as part of onedotzero's Adventures in Motion 2008
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Not all funand gamesSome thoughts on toy hacking
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoCEO and Co-Founder of Tinker.it!
toys
playfun
gamesamusementenjoyment
kidsteenagers
adultselderly
playground for the elderly in Manchester, 2008Brain Age, Nintendo, 2005Aibo, Sony, 1999
alonetogether
no techhigh tech
hacking
toy hacking
technologyfor subversion
technologyfor nostalgia
technologyfor progress
samples
Circuit bent FurbySaul Mendel
Modified toy orchestraBrian Duffy
Low tech sensors and actuatorsUsman Haque & Adam Somlai Fisher
Reconfigurable HouseUsman Haque & Adam Somlai Fisher
OSCON 2007
Vbird, Hackers Camp, Mediamatic, 2008
Hacking the WiimoteJohnny Lee Chung, Carnegie Mellon
Toy Hacking workshop, Tinker.it!, 2008
product design
The HungriesAlexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Alejandro Zamudio Sanchèz & Dana Gordon
Singing Sock PuppetsMatthew Irvine Brown
Needies, 2005
Xblocks, 2006
Giraffe vs Monkey, IDII, 2006
cheating?
