It has magnification levels of 10x, 60x, and 200x. The QX3 is a small electronic microscope that can connect to a computer via a USB connection. and Clue Jr.The QX3 Computer Microscope was a product in the Intel Play product line and was continued in the Digital Blue product line. Next up for Hasbro are Easy-Bake Oven, Playskool Store, Nerf Jr. "We will continue to strengthen our position in this genre by offering four new titles this year.'' "We carved out a niche in the interactive toy category by delivering low-tech, easy-to-use toys that interact with CD-ROM software at a competitive price and families responded in a very big way,'' said Hasbro Interactive president, Tom Dusenberry.
Hasbro is also getting involved in the tech toy market, as it gets ready to release four new CD-ROM playsets based on their successful Tonka Workshop and Millennium Falcon. "Intel Play products tap into children's natural curiosity with fun, open-ended, exploratory play experiences that build self-esteem, cognitive skills, and enthusiasm for creative discovery.''Įach of the Intel-Mattel toys will retail for about $100. "Mattel and Intel have joined forces to create interactive toys that revolutionize the way children play and learn,'' said Doug Glen, chief strategy officer of Mattel. It comes complete with a video camera and the software The Me2Cam is an unusual device that videotapes a child and then uses the child's motions as an input device to guide a child's avatar through a virtual world.
Special software lets kids create time lapse movies of a Petri dish, for example. The microscope is unusual in that it hooks up to a PC, allowing children to magnify images, manipulate them, and save them to files. Intel and Mattel will show off the Intel Play X3 Microscope and the Play Me2Cam.
Thanks to a new partnership with Mattel, early next week the powerful chipmaker is expected to introduce an array of new PC-compatible toys next week at a New York toy fair. When you think of toys, the name Intel doesn't exactly spring to mind.īut that could change.
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