Bed midges kr a
happy, healthy_
Wele Wear.
KAL AND ADA BANDALENE

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

New Keyboard
Helps Tots

/ Today, everyone agrees kids
should grow up computer lit-
erate, but a new-fangled key-
board and accompanying
\ software, dreamed up by a
;20-something year-old Israeli
,L philosophy student-turned-
entrepreneur, is designed for
tots still in diapers.
•
The "Comfy" keyboard,
which looks like an electronic
version of a busy box or
activity board that parents
hang on the bars of a crib or
;i7playpen, consists of 21 large
colorful keys — some
• embossed with pixels — a
red telephone, and a green
• roller. The roller is a simpli-
/ --ried child-size mouse which
can increase and decrease the
speed at which the program
runs.
•
By pressing the keys, lift-
ing the telephone receiver,
• and moving the roller, a tod-
dler can "talk" and "play"
with the characters on the
screen, turning the mute
,–activity center into an inter-
active experience.
The program itself is made
up of animated cartoons
to the ultimate baby-sit-
ter of all times — TV. Yet
even here the resemblance is
only screen-deep. In Comfy's
movies, the child is not a
passive observer; but an acti-
vator — the producer, direc-
tor, stage manager and even
set technician of the unfold-
ing plot. He or she can speed
j up or slow down the action
' - with the roller or stop the
movie with a pause button;
put one of the five heroes of
the series - a boy, a dog, a
hear, an elephant and a snail
' --- on stage; change the color
of the scenery or particular
prop — and even change the
weather and the time of day!
The child does not have to
play along. If he chooses to
ignore directions or requests,
following a pause or an addi-
tional prompt, the characters
— =rill continue on their own
and the movie will progress.
A great advantage to the
system is the ability to keep
parents informed.

\

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happg, healtlui
(New Wear.
BARBARA, EDWARD
& JORDYN GUDEMAN

Bett wi.thes kr a

We with ourfamity and friends
very healthy, happy andprosperous New Tear.

itappy, healtluj
(New Wear.

SUGAR & MARC VOGEL • ILISSA, SONNEY & LAUREN

SONIA & ARNOLD SMITH
& FAMILY

GREEN VALLEY, NV

Belt wallet kr a
happy, healthy.
(New Wear.

A Very Happy and
Healthy New Year
to All Our
Friends and Family.

GLADYS YAHIA

We wish aurftunity atuffriends
very healthy, happy andprosperous New Tear.

FRED & BEVERLY KANDEL

A Very Happy and
Healthy New Year
to All Our
Friends and Family.

A Very Happy and
Healthy New Year
to All Our
Friends and Family.

1

STEVEN, MERLE & MICHAEL BAND

May the cop-nine

yeap. be filled
with health and
happiness fop.
all otAi, family
and friends.

THE FEALKS
HILLARD & JOANNE,
GARY & SHARRY,
JOEL & STACI

May the copning

Yea', be filled
with health and
happiness fop.
all om}, family
and friends.

JUDY & ARNIE GROSS
LINDSEY, JONATHAN,
JESSE & HANNAH

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MONNIE AND JOEL,
MIYA, BRITNI, KACEE, SABRINA,
SADIE & TESSA

9/26
1997

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