The Baby Language Interpretor was not put forward to the second stage due to a number of reasons:
- How would we know that the system was working? May result in the child getting more distressed if the wrong interpretation is provided by the system
- Is the child to young for this type of technology?
- Some argue that letting a child cry is good for them
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The Automatic Tie-Up Shoes idea was not put forward to the second stage due to a number of reasons:
- Health and Safety issues
- What if the shoes are too tight?
- What if the child has difficulty taking the shoes off?
- The technology does not really make the lives of the children/parents/supervisors easier as the time taken to tie shoe-lasses is negligible
As a final point, I must stress that I am making significant assumptions about the ideas that I have put forward,
- Hologram technology would have developed to the extend where the
children can touch and feel the holograms - The holagram can respond
- The children will understand that the holagram is not "real"
