Now all work and all play would make your child a bright child – Learn programming through Linkitz

It is said young minds are impressionable minds. So, if you sow the seeds of an apple tree, you’ll reap apple, guava would give you guava and the same pattern would be followed by all. But, unlike this popular belief what one leave out of consideration are the soil and climate. If both of them aren’t kind to the seed , the tree would never see the light of the day (or, the darkness of the night, for that matter). OK! Enough armchair philosophy, let’s cut to the chase. Meet Linkitz- a cross between fashion, socializing, accessorizing  and most importantly PROGRAMMING.

The lady (yes, the programmer and the brains behind this is that of a LADY) is the 10th woman in the world with a PhD from MIT in Computer Science. Lyssa Neel was inspired by her daughters’ interest in toys and games which needed group participation (or in this case, friends). She noticed that engineering toys in the market were designed in a manner which would require individual participation more than group participation, which meant all work, no play and girls (and, boys alike, weren’t interested in such games for a very long time). She decided to design something which would introduce young kids to the programming and would be socially engaging, as well. That pretty much sums up Linkitz – a social programming toy.

For those who grew up in the 90’s, the mention of building blocks would bring in a sea of nostalgic feelings. Linkitz are pieces of such blocks which can be snapped together and brought apart, at which each piece would blink and buzz showing a change in behavioral patterns. These toys would be unique as each kid can uniquely snap it together and wearable, as well.

The team has thought this through and believes this to be the best way to teach kids, the language of visual programming.

Would it survive in the competitive consumer marker? Since the conception of the idea and initial production, Linkitz has been receiving much more than applauds- the team recently won the 2014 N100 Startup Competition held in Coburg, Ontario, Canada. This is a major achievement which has helped them bag  a $100,000 investment which would allow them the luxury of producing and testing the product in the consumer market.

A world obsessed with engineering would definitely embrace this program teaching toy. Parents would now be glad to see their kids play with things which are worthwhile , instead of being engaged with toys which inculcate a sense of unrealisticness. Would you give it a go?