Close X
Sunday, November 24, 2024
ADVT 
Tech

App that locks kids' gadgets for family meal

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Jun, 2014 02:26 PM
    Do your kids spend dinner time playing with ipads or smartphones? Try this app that automatically locks their gadgets at meal times to get the family back to the dinner table.
     
    The free DinnerTime app can show children how much time they have for dinner and then locks their phone.
     
    Once the parent activates the DinnerTime function on their kids' devices, everything from apps and the internet to texting and calling friends is temporarily disabled.
     
    “I noticed children find technology to be addictive at times and are easily distracted by their devices at dinnertime and bedtime,” its creator Richard Sah from the firm ZeroDesktop was quoted as saying in a company release.
     
    Children can even see a countdown clock so they are aware of exactly how much time remains before they are able to access their device again.
     
    “Simply install the app on the parent's device (Android phone or iPhone) and child's Android device, and DinnerTime can be activated anytime, anywhere,” Young Song, CEO of ZeroDesktop, added.

    MORE Tech ARTICLES

    Here comes NASA suit for men on Mars

    Here comes NASA suit for men on Mars
    With the focus being shifted to a manned mission for Mars in near future, NASA is developing technologies astronauts one day will use to live and work with on the red planet.

    Here comes NASA suit for men on Mars

    Move effortlessly in apps world with Facebook

    Move effortlessly in apps world with Facebook
    Billed as a game changer in the mobile industry, Facebook has unveiled a new free and open-source service that would make it easier for you to navigate from one app to another and back again.

    Move effortlessly in apps world with Facebook

    What you were waiting for, a self-driving car

    What you were waiting for, a self-driving car
    “We have improved our software so it can detect hundreds of distinct objects simultaneously - pedestrians, buses, a stop sign held up by a crossing guard, or a cyclist making gestures that indicate a possible turn,” Chris Urmson, who leads Google’s self-driving car programme, wrote in a blog post.  

    What you were waiting for, a self-driving car

    Do you believe it! A computer mouse that can also scan

    Do you believe it! A computer mouse that can also scan
    MobScan has built-in technologies that helps to scan as well as edit the scanned material.

    Do you believe it! A computer mouse that can also scan

    Australian varsity signs MoU with two oldest IITs

    Australian varsity signs MoU with two oldest IITs
    In a bid to strengthen relationship with India in the areas of research and teaching, an Australian university has signed agreements with two Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

    Australian varsity signs MoU with two oldest IITs

    Magnets to power your fridge!

    Magnets to power your fridge!
    Within a decade, we could be using much more energy-efficient refrigerators than what we have today as researchers have now identified a new “universal” property of metamagnets, unleashing its potential applications for several items of everyday use.

    Magnets to power your fridge!