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awesome-promises

A curated list of useful resources for JavaScript Promises

devanagri-image-to-text

fusion-1

gardeno-smart-graden-application

Smart Garden application

jagrati-management-system

Database design and management system project

load-balancer-challenge

ocr-form-tools

A set of tools to use in Microsoft Azure Form Recognizer and OCR services.

octobud

Toy design for cognitive & language skills of children with Downs Syndrome Abstract: The main objective has been to identify the root problem faced by the children who suffer from Down Syndrome. After intense research, a major problem identified which hasn’t had a lot of intervention done is that of cognitive & language skills development. In the market, most toys help the children with motor skill development and the ones for cognitive & language skills are either very poorly designed or are extremely expensive & not adapted to the Indian scenario. There is a huge gap in this sector in terms of toys to aid language and cognitive skills, hence the problem statement that is going to be tackled as a part of this project is to design a toy to aid cognitive & language skills of children affected by Down Syndrome, as well as to be inclusive enough to be used by able children. Through this statement, we are restricting ourselves to target a very specific problem & make life easier for the children as well as the teachers and the parents associated with them. Summary: The name of this toy is Octobud. It consists of a toy linked with an app on the phone of the parents of the children with Down Syndrome. It is a balance between a cuddly companion for the child and teacher. Its relevance is as follows - Targets the issue of lack of cognitive & language development that exists with the children suffering from Down Syndrome. Children with Down syndrome love having companions & get very attached to toys that give feedback and develop constantly. This toy has a place for a temporary screen (i.e. a phone screen) and is linked with an app that can be downloaded by the parents. This app is linked with the tentacles of the Octopus. Each tentacle is linked to one skill. Pressing the respective tentacle will trigger that skill when the phone is placed inside the phone holder of the toy. The app teaches the child the specific skill as per different levels of difficulty based on the ability of the child. The skill is taught through audio visuals. To prevent phone addiction & eye damage, once the skill to be taught is selected, the phone screen becomes unresponsive to touch & the app automatically shuts off after use for 20 minutes. It cannot be reused unless there’s a gap of at least 3 hours. The toy has been ergonomically designed and the tentacles thickness has been formulated as per anthropometric dimensions measured of the children so that it is easy for them to press the toy. The phone holder is attached to a box placed inside the toy which can be accessed by removing the strips below the toy. This box contains all of the engineering components of the toy. The box can be removed & charged by the parents by removing the strip below the octopus. The form of an octopus has been selected since it’s 8 tentacles align well with the 8 skills being taught. Also, its a cute creature relevant to toys. These skills are related to language development. The skills being taught through this toy are as follows - Alphabets, words, sentences, poems, colours, manners, numbers and a specific special edition pack that gets updated with the app. The toy records the voice of the child repeating after what is being said in the app and if the child says something correctly, feedback of clapping & colourful lights is given. The toy also comes with an attachment of starfish that light up on applying pressure. These can be given to the kids by the parents if the kids do a good job in learning and repeating correctly. This feedback will ensure that the kid enjoys the toy & learns well. The idea of using the phone for a screen was to reduce the cost a bit & to look at the phone not as an interactive interface for the child but as a temporary screen that can be removed from the phone to prevent any kind of addictions. Children who have Down syndrome are very calm and do not throw toys around. However, in an extreme case, if a child does end up throwing the Octobud, the toy has enough protection & the phone is placed very inside hence there will be no issue related to damage of parts.

sharedsolutions

Publicly shared solutions to Coding Challenges

wc-lite