chrisboggiano

Hi schd - I'm one of the creators of the Starling. We've designed the Starling for every family, including gadget distracted parents (like me). We're also working with a non-profit called Literacy Lab in Oakland to get Starlings into low income homes and have had a number of devices donated through our campaign.

On RF, the Starling uses Bluetooth LE, which uses about 1500 times less energy than a smartphone. We've also designed it so parents can tell it to only sync with their phones when they place it in its charging dock.

Hi I'm one of Starling's creators. We decided to err on the side of privacy. The good news is that research has shown that quality and quantity are really highly correlated - if you choose to talk more to your child's you're highly likely to say positive things.

Hi I'm Chris, one of the creators of the Starling. Here's a link to the Stanford research on early childhood language processing if you or anyone else is interested:

https://web.stanford.edu/group/langlearninglab/cgi-bin/publi...

There's more from other research institutions, but Anne Fernald from Stanford's Language Learning Lab is has been an advisor of ours since the beginning.

On affordability, it's not lost on us that the Starling costs less than a single day's tuition at Stanford. We hope to make it more affordable still.