Mailing List Get informed of site updates. Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian, by Cliff Stoll and Siobahn Adcock, Anchor Books, 2000. I loved her too. I still have her. Her rubber face is smudged, her already noisy servomotors are groaning away, and an ugly metal screw protrudes from the back of her head.
Amelia seems to flip between imaginative conspiracy and reality mode.
The Hasbro iRobot doll is only one of several entrants into the high tech toy category. And MGA is set to launch its electronic-tyke into the ring. All these dolls house a complex array of servos, sensors, chips, and the software needed to make everything work in a way that mimics a real biological response, more or less. Perhaps the money would be better spent on more teachers and, therefore, smaller classes. The group found that major health hazards can result from computer overuse at an early age, including repetitive stress injuries, eyestrain, obesity, social isolation, and, for some, long-term damage to physical, emotional, or intellectual development.