An Ecuadorian researcher and University of Costa Rica Ph.D. candidate named Janio Jadán-Guerrero is developing a radio frequency identification system, known as Kiteracy, which is intended to help children with Down syndrome learn how to read by using radio frequency identification technology. He hopes to provide his system, which he developed while completing his Ph.D. in computer science, to potential customers in kit form next year.
The system, which Jadán-Guerrero calls a tangible user interface (TUI), consists of high-frequency (HF) 13.56 MHz RFID tagged toys and an RFID reader, plugged into a tablet or laptop computer. When a child places a tagged toy on or near the reader, the device sends that toy’s ID number to the computer, and Jadán-Guerrero’s software identifies information about the item, and instructs the computer to display the word for that toy and to play a sound file of someone speaking that word. The system comes with software on a hosted server to manage administrative data regarding which child completed each lesson.
The researchers used a 3-D printer to create a variety of plastic toys, such as farm animals, each with an internal space that could accommodate an RFID tag, and also purchased low-cost toys that could be disassembled and fitted with a tag.
- Post Time: 12-08-15 - By: http://www.rfidang.com