Are you sitting comfortably…the wascally wabbit is about to begin

Once upon a time there was a little rabbit called The Nabaztag WiFi rabbit and he liked to read RFTD tagged children’s books. What that mean is that this wascally wabbit responds to books that have a special tag inside them, the end result is that it reads the content of the book (the story) to your child – as a parent, I’d probably say that’s our job, but hey.

There are already a few RFTD tagged books available in France and in the UK, with plans for a global roll-out later. In addition to the books, you can also get "ztamps" for your wabbit, which are basically RFID stickers you can stick on anything you like – i.e. keys, teddy bears. When the sticker is held to the wabbit’s nose, it responds with a pre-set response such as playing music. The other cool thing that it can do is subscribe to RSS feeds and spit them out when prompted.

MyTake – I don’t like the idea of removing the parent from reading time, I think it’s important to bond with your child and encourage them to read, something that the wabbit probably won’t do. On the other hand, the idea the child can interact with the wabbit is very interesting and encourages them to interface with technology at an early age. In addition, the RSS feed function could be a great way to share fresh content with your child instead of pulling out the same old books every night. I like the idea of sitting round the wabbit with your child for your their personalised RSS feed adventure.