The Second Stage

The two ideas that I have put forward is the Interactive GUI Monitor and the Robot Teaching Assistant. The ideas can be seen as educational tools which can motivate children and make the experience enjoyable. Although these two ideas can be perceived as futuristic, the technologies used to design such systems are available in today’s world.

The Children Anti-Gravity Chamber was not put forward to the second stage of the evaluation due to these reasons: -

What if several children injure themselves within the chamber? What health & safety measures can prevent the likelihood of injury?

Is this really necessary for a child’s development?

There are safer alternatives for physical exercise for children.



The Baby Monitor For Children In Cars was also not put forward due to these reasons: -

Could pose a distraction to the driver/parent when driving within a vehicle.

May not necessarily solve the problem of comforting one’s child.

Would this be more of a tool for parents as opposed to the child?


In analyzing the two ideas that I have put forward for stage two, it must be stated that the technologies for both systems are available in today’s world. This can be an important aspect in bringing the technology to life during the prototyping stage when we will be asked to produce a mock-up of the system, as we will be able to backup technological claims by referencing the technologies used today. There is, however, an assumption which I do make: -

The Robot Teaching Assistant will be able to interact within groups (i.e. a classroom) and individually.

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