{"id":12100,"date":"2015-03-04T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12100"},"modified":"2015-03-04T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:35:17","slug":"colourful-clock-for-toddlers-uses-a-raspberry-pi-to-teach-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12100","title":{"rendered":"Colourful clock for toddlers uses a Raspberry Pi to teach time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ooW0Qe3rIY4\/VOo3ocvIJgI\/AAAAAAAAWjg\/DgvdgqTCwQc\/s1600\/IMG_20150221_135312nopm.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don and his wife have a two year old daughter. They&#8217;re trying to teach her the concept of time, and\u00a0get her to understand that, perhaps, one o&#8217;clock in the morning is\u00a0<em>not<\/em> the perfect time of day for play! To help with this, Don has taken an off-the-shelf clock, hacked it around with a Dremel and inserted a <a title=\"ShiftBrite\" href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2009\/06\/29\/parts-shiftbrite-rgb-led-module-a6281\/\">ShiftBrite<\/a>\u00a0bright LED as a backlight. He&#8217;s then hooked it up to a Raspberry Pi which is coded to tell the ShiftBrite what colour it should be depending on the time. Their daughter then knows to associate specific times of day with a colour, like red for sleep, yellow for play. It&#8217;s a lovely idea and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/dhowdy.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/02\/building-clock-to-help-kids-tell-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">find out more about it on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don and his wife have a two year old daughter. 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