Playthings that do things: A young kid's "Incredibles"!

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Ackermann, Edith K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Animated toys; Attachment; Children; Control; Identity; Imagination; Play; Robotics; Self propelled movement

Indexed keywords

AGENCY; ANIMATED TOYS;

ROBOTICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 43149114097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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