Gallery: Ex-Googler Creates Slick Kit to Turn Your Kid's iPad Into a Teacher

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    Ex-Google engineer Pramod Sharma designed Osmo as a way to productively channel his daughter's love of the iPad.
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    Osmo's sophisticated vision systems recognizes the object or drawings in the camera's field of view and uses them to trigger animations and effects on screen.
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    *Words*, is a tactile take on *Hangman* and other spelling games.
  • Osmo is designed around the assumption that the iPad will have other uses so the red mirror wheel sits snugly in the...
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    Osmo is designed around the assumption that the iPad will have other uses, so the red mirror wheel sits snugly in the base station when the Apple device is removed.
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    Osmo's tangram app *Tangram*, adds interactive chrome to the millennia old block puzzles.
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    *Newton* is a physics simulator that reacts to objects and drawings in the camera's field of view.
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    Cleverly designed packaging helps sell the product at stores, but also doubles as a long term storage solution.
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    Osmo is currently accepting pre-orders for an October delivery at a [reduced price of $49](https://www.playosmo.com).
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