These singing toothbrushes play songs for two minutes to keep kids and teens entertained while they brush longer. Highlights from their product line were the Lady Gaga singing toothbrush and the PSY singing ( Gangnam Style) toothbrush. There was always a crowd at the Brush Buddies booth. The concept is simple: toothbrushes that play music while you brush your teeth.
A desktop version will be available soon and Toon Boom is developing new apps for Android, Windows 8 and RT. Would be a great tool for kid-created e-cards, too.Īvailable for $2.99 on the iTunes App Store (launch special-regular price $4.99). My five-year-old and I are already working on an alphabet cartoon that we can’t wait to share with family. Then share with everyone on Facebook, YouTube or via email.
You can share the cartoon with family and friends and turn your drawings into fun collaborative projects. Their Flip Boom Cartoon app lets you and your kids easily create cartoons on your iPad, complete with sounds (or your recorded voices). They even have a Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award on their mantel. Their animation products and technologies have won them a ton of awards, from the Editor’s Choice by the prestigious Children’s Technology Review to several Parent’s Choice awards. And, if you want to impress your friends with all your new knowledge, don’t worry, we’ll let you take the credit. While there were a bevy of amazing new tech finds (think, a flexible mobile phone screen), we narrowed it down to five new and lesser-known, family-friendly gadgets (some aren’t even out yet) that you’ll want to keep an eye out for this year. Our very own Cheyenne aka Red Tricycle’s awesome Portland calendar editor recently attended The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to marvel at the latest innovations. Are you the mom on the playground that nods along when your in-the-know techie friends dish about their lastest app discovery or their cool new tablet when really you’re thinking to yourself, why have I never heard of those gadgets before? If you feel like you’re always left in the dust when it comes to family-friendly tech finds, then you’ll definitely want to read on.