/technologies/embedded/b/blog/posts/beauty-and-the-programmer-hasbro-s-new-belle-doll-wants-to-teach-your-kids-programmingHasbro introduces new Disney doll that allows you to program her dance routines with companion app. Parents will be glad to know that this doll can sing, dance, and say over 100 phrases (Photo via Hasbro) With a live-action remake of the Disney ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/b/blog/posts/beauty-and-the-programmer-hasbro-s-new-belle-doll-wants-to-teach-your-kids-programmingMon, 13 Mar 2017 13:48:35 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6a8590cd-064a-4fba-bd92-a0efde5bf87fWorkshopshed0<p>The Disney Princess album we got the other year had some nice augmented reality features where you could get dancing figures by pointing your tablet at the special images on the inside covers of the book</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2632&AppID=7&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/b/blog/posts/beauty-and-the-programmer-hasbro-s-new-belle-doll-wants-to-teach-your-kids-programmingMon, 13 Mar 2017 13:06:27 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6a8590cd-064a-4fba-bd92-a0efde5bf87fclem570<p>I think this is not STEM, but Hasbro way to commercialize a movie from Disney and use a smart app in the process. The developer wanted to hand over the programming choices to the user without much thought because maybe he was a guy(?!). LOL&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2632&AppID=7&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/embedded/b/blog/posts/beauty-and-the-programmer-hasbro-s-new-belle-doll-wants-to-teach-your-kids-programmingMon, 06 Mar 2017 10:28:45 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6a8590cd-064a-4fba-bd92-a0efde5bf87fWorkshopshed0<p>For me the &quot;programming&quot; does seem a little oversimplified. It might have been nice to have some basic loops in the mix. Perhaps like the capability in ScratchJr or <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://scratch.mit.edu/developers" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Scratch Blocks</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://lh4.ggpht.com/8_soyjBCCiY0IX3Iv-izO1eGzfTVr_ACY4jlDDTqu8w8KEh09idufMjNTqYvQxiZ_YCp=h900"><img alt="8_soyjBCCiY0IX3Iv-izO1eGzfTVr_ACY4jlDDTqu8w8KEh09idufMjNTqYvQxiZ_YCp=h900" class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/8_soyjBCCiY0IX3Iv-izO1eGzfTVr_ACY4jlDDTqu8w8KEh09idufMjNTqYvQxiZ_YCp=h900" /></a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2632&AppID=7&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">