TeenSafe, a service that allows parents to view their kids’ text messages, phone logs, web history, and activity on a variety of apps, was recently updated to include Tinder.
TeenSafe service adds option for parents to monitor underage kids on Tinder
Expedia live-streams the world to hospitalized kids with innovative 360-degree video room
Kiara, a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, loves horses. She plays with toy horses, colors in horse coloring books, and wears a pink sweater with a big horse on it....
Kids will soon make their own toys with Mattel’s $300 ThingMaker 3D printer
Mattel is getting super creative this year by giving more freedom to the toy experts of the world: kids. At this year's New York Toy Fair trade show, the company announced its new ThingMaker, a $ 300 3D printer that will let kids make their own toys. The device will work in conjunction with a 3D...
Kids, forget console gaming—play the FBI’s browser-based game instead
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After months of delay, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has unveiled an online educational site for children. The bureau's "Don't Be A Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism" program is designed to sway kids from falling prey to violent extremists.
It's a great concept, as we often hear of one prosecution after another...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Flying into the Future, CoderDojo for Kids, Star Trek Geek Out, and more
Beginning on Feb. 9, Flying into the Future: the 15th Annual Aerospace Manufacturing Conference, presented by Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA), brings together commercial aerospace leaders and innovators from the Pacific Northwest and around the globe to discuss the future of the aerospace manufacturing industry. Speakers from Boeing,...
Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search engine for sleeping kids
Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently launched a new section that lets users easily browse vulnerable webcams.
The feed includes images of marijuana plantations, back rooms of banks, children, kitchens, living rooms, garages, front gardens, back gardens, ski slopes, swimming pools, colleges and schools, laboratories, and cash register cameras in retail stores, according to Dan Tentler, a security researcher who has...
A high tech way to coax kids to brush their teeth – the smart connected toothbrush
LAS VEGAS — Is it a struggle to get your kids to brush their teeth? Do you crave data that shows whether your own tooth brushing technique is doing the job correctly? Or maybe you simply have too much money to...
Cases of ADHD surge in US kids
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder among children in the US, is becoming even more commonly diagnosed, according to a new analysis of nationwide data.
Between 2003 and 2011, prevalence of the disorder in kids aged five to 17 rose from 8.4 percent to 12 percent, a 42.9 percent increase,...
New study shows that dogs reduce anxiety in kids
Are you considering adopting a dog for the holidays? Maybe this study will convince you. While the effects of dogs on adult health and well-being has been studied, this new research project took a look at how dogs can help kids. According to the NBC News, the study titled “Pet Dogs and Children’s Health: Opportunities for Chronic Disease Prevention,” found...