Brain Stimulation Mobile App for Babies

Brain Stimulation for Babies is Focus of New Mobile App Using Universal Symbols and Sounds - Startup iPercepToolz, Inc. launched ‘Baby Symbolizer’ for Father’s Day, a high contrast early development app for Apple iPhone, iTouch, and iPad.

iPercepToolz, Inc. (iPT), announced the release today for Father’s Day of ‘Baby Symbolizer’, its first mobile device app available on iTunes, specially designed to stimulate early brain development in newborns through the use of interactive high contrast universal symbols, shapes, patterns, and sounds.

According to Mies Hora, iPT President, “The majority of designs used in typical nursery accessories and decor are either pastel colors that babies can’t see, or complex images and patterns just too confusing for their early perceptive abilities. Knowing personally how stressful caregiving can be, we designed a low-cost but highly effective and eco-friendly tool to simultaneously soothe newborns and young babies while stimulating their brains. In fact, my own son Hudson is Chief App Tester for iPercepToolz.”

More than forty years of scientific research on what infants perceive at successive stages of development has revealed that babies who are given appropriate stimulation show sustained developmental advantages over babies in less stimulative environments. Researchers discovered that newborns not only prefer to look at high-contrast graphics, but that such images can help produce breathtaking results:

* Increase infant concentration skills and attention span
* Focus and develop eyesight, hand-to-eye coordination, visual tracking, and object permanence
* Stimulate creation of synapses (brain cell connections) by speeding up myelination (insulation of nerve pathways)
* Calm and soothe
* Enhance natural curiosity, neck strength and head control.

Baby Symbolizer is now available at the iTunes App Store for $1.99, and features 34 high-contrast graphics that are viewable in a continuous ‘Slideshow’, or an ‘Interactive’ mode that encourages infants to touch, explore and discover bold visual/sound response buttons. Touching the heart shape produces a ‘heartbeat’ sound and the wave pattern produces an entertaining ‘splash’, for example.

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New Multimedia iOS App Snakes from Encyclopaedia Britannica Kids

Deadly Snakes Rendered Harmless (And Fun!) in New Education App -- Latest iOS App from Encyclopaedia Britannica is a Garden of Reptilian Delights - Kids can now get up close and personal with venomous cobras, deadly boa constrictors and poisonous adders, and it’s all perfectly safe.

Snakes, a new multimedia app from Encyclopaedia Britannica Kids, makes it fun to learn about all those slithering animals, with games, puzzles, fact-packed articles and beautiful multimedia. The new mobile download for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is aligned with the school curriculum and designed for ages 8-12, though even the youngest and most ophidiophobic kids can enjoy it.

The range of features, which makes Snakes like several apps in one, includes:

interactive games, including a photographic memory-match, virtual jigsaw puzzles, photo “brush-offs,” and magic-square puzzles;
videos and stunning photography;
reliable, factual articles on snakes, where and how they live, how they evolved, their sometimes deadly characteristics, and how on earth they move without arms or legs;
interactive maps showing the natural habitats of different kinds of snakes worldwide;
quizzes that let kids test themselves on what they’ve learned.

“These beautiful reptiles captivate kids when they see them at the zoo, learn about them in school or encounter them in the woods. This app will fill in the facts and details about snakes in a way that’s both educational and fun,” said John Russell, who heads the development of Britannica’s mobile apps. “It’s perfect for home, the classroom and to keep kids happy and engaged wherever they may go with their families.”

Snakes is the latest addition to the Britannica Kids series of apps introduced last fall. Others include Dinosaurs, Solar System, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Rainforests, Volcanoes and Aztec Empire. The series gives children in the middle grades engaging new ways to learn using the digital devices they prefer. Working with its development partner, Concentric Sky, Britannica plans to introduce a new app on Knights and Castles later this spring.

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Original Strategy Board Game App for iPhone iPod Touch and iPad

Original Strategy Board Game App for iPhone iPod Touch and iPad FOURSIGHT™ Arrives in the Apple Store and On Facebook - Original Strategy Board Game App from Clinical Psychologist. Promotes the Life of the Mind Through Play on The Go or At Your Desk.

Software development company, Digital Dopamine Entertainment™ announced that FOURSIGHT™ is now available for purchase at the Apple®, iTunes® App Store and in the Lite version on Facebook. A game of CALCULATION & DECEPTION, which describes itself as “Depth without Complexity”, is priced at $.99 and can be downloaded at appstore.foursightapp.com.

Created by practicing clinical psychologist, Reid Daitzman, Ph.D., FOURSIGHT™ is an all new board game app rivaling classics like chess -though easier to learn, master and ultimately enjoy. Though built purely to entertain, playing FOURSIGHT™ further contributes to learning “foresight” (hence its name); promoting critical thinking skills and expanding the life of the mind through play. FOURSIGHT™ primes players to plan ahead (in this case) against 3-levels of artificial intelligence- providing encouragement and rewards along the way. “It’s about promoting the life of the mind in a fun and engaging way,” explains Daitzman.

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iKandl™ a Fun Birthday App for iPhone iPod touch and iPad

Cupcakes Gone Wild! iKandl™ is the Fun and Eco-Friendly Birthday App for iPhone - iKandl is an interactive, multimedia birthday and special occasion app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The new version of iKandl includes adorable animal cupcakes, a built-in birthday calendar, plus support for multiple languages.

Brothers Technology, LLC has released version 1.3 of iKandl™, a new social networking birthday app for Apple mobile devices. iKandl allows users to send friends and family fun, interactive, and personalized greetings.

Each iKandl greeting includes a live voice recording and choice of irresistible cupcake with lighted candle. After listening to the greeting, the recipient can make a wish, “blow out” the animated flame, and then enjoy the celebratory applause.

iKandl greetings are sent via e-mail and can be archived, shared, or forwarded to friends. Anyone with an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad can download the iKandl Player for free directly from the iTunes App Store.

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Windows PowerPoint Remote Control for iPad iPhone and iPod Touch

Slideshow Remote: First iPhone Application to Display PowerPoint Slides on Apple TV - An easy-to-use remote control for Windows PowerPoint now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

LogicInMind releases Slideshow Remote 2.6 with an exclusive AirPlay function to wirelessly stream PowerPoint slides to the all-new Apple TV. With more than one million Apple TVs sold in three months, more and more Slideshow Remote users can take advantage of this unique feature during their professional meetings and presentations.

Slideshow Remote is a wireless remote control for Windows PowerPoint. This easy-to-use application lets presenters advance slides from their iPhone. The advanced features will benefit presenters who can better communicate and impress their audience: preview slides, quick-jump to any slide, read personal notes, download the presentation and view slides without a computer. Mobile users will appreciate the ability to easily redirect Slideshow Remote output to a monitor or a projector using the Apple VGA adaptor, as well as any high definition television using the new Apple TV.

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