About
Engineering toys are designed for solitary play at home, but many kids, especially girls, prefer to play with friends. So we designed Linkitz: an electronic toy for social play. Linkitz is a wearable electronics kit for kids ages 6-11. The links recognize your friends, so Linkitz enhances games based on proximity and interaction, like tag, friendship bracelets, and sending secret messages. Links connect easily to create custom devices. Wear Linkitz as a bracelet or necklace, or clipped to a backpack. Adding more links adds functionality. Our power system keeps the links active. New link types will encourage recurring sales. Linkitz doesn't require any knowledge of programming, but Linkitz comes with a simple visual programming language that lets kids change how their links behave. Instead of "teaching" programming, Linkitz gives kids age-appropriate programming tools and a great reason to use them. Linkitz opens up the world of technology and programming in a new way.