Vtech toys gave me the idea they could be hacked

[Chuckt]

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This Wall E laptop was made by Vtech and there are few left. It is a preschool toy which has a keyboard, an LCD screen and eyes that have a shutter mechanism that opens and closes. It makes music and I thought that these are perfect toys to hack because the body is already made for users and the hands are rotary switches.

I'm guessing the microcontroller could be replaced in a lot of these devices or identified and reprogrammed.

[brad]

Just like the old speak and spells of the 80's!

[Chuckt]

Discovery Kids™ Teach 'n' Talk Exploration Laptop

Depending on where you buy it, it ranges from $9.99 to $97.90 for the same laptop. It comes in different colors. It has a keyboard, LCD, sound and a mouse but the mouse has a phono plug so it is probably a button. It could be a good device to hack, add your own microcontroller or whatever. I would rather you work with the $9.99 one than the $97.90 one because I believe they are the same laptop.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product ... OgoddAgA7Q

http://www.boscovs.com/StoreFrontWeb/Pr ... cagpspnpla

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1260 ... 71044442-2

[brad]

Wow, quite a price difference!