“When new digital technologies emerge, typically the risks are not well communicated or assessed due to a lack of evidence. Parents would benefit from accessible and reliable information sources which tell what are known positive/negative factors to date and what is still unknown in order to determine their preferred usage of digital technologies.”
Takao Watanabe is Co-founder and CEO of MITSUGO, where innovation for early childhood development has been cradled. One of the products, Language Jungle, has been selected as one of the Top Ideas in Early Childhood Innovation Prize on openIDEO. He has 10+ years academic and industrial experience of research and development in human/robot interaction.