Hackaball turns to Kickstarter to fund programmable ball for kids

Device can detect when it's being dropped, bounced, kicked and shaken, with 6-10 year-old children coding games on its companion iPad app

"Kids should be outside kicking balls around, not inside staring at more screens!" is a regular complaint about children's apps. But what if they're outside kicking a ball around that they've programmed using an iPad app?

That's the pitch for Hackaball, a project trying to raise $100k on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Described as "a programmable ball for active and creative play", it has already raised more than $12k towards its goal.

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