Wraith
06-29-2009, 02:45 PM
http://www.hardocp.com/images/news/1246304092WGt6SmUK2Z_1_1_l.jpgParents can set the $30 timer to limit game play to a specified number of minutes or hours a day. At the appointed time, the password-protected timer shuts off electricity to the game console, ending all arguments about playing for just five more minutes.
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Morrissey isn't the first entrepreneur to try to capitalize on parents' desire to curb screen time. Already, about half a dozen similar game timer units are sold online, and Microsoft includes one in its Xbox 360 video game console. None has generated much publicity.
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But Morrissey believes he can help parents and children find common ground.
"I have 11 grandchildren, and there are days when they use video games a little more than I would like and other days when they don't," he said. "We wanted this product to create a comfort zone for both parents and kids."Star Tribune (http://www.startribune.com/business/49344797.html) via HardOCP (http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=NDA0NTksLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=)
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Morrissey isn't the first entrepreneur to try to capitalize on parents' desire to curb screen time. Already, about half a dozen similar game timer units are sold online, and Microsoft includes one in its Xbox 360 video game console. None has generated much publicity.
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But Morrissey believes he can help parents and children find common ground.
"I have 11 grandchildren, and there are days when they use video games a little more than I would like and other days when they don't," he said. "We wanted this product to create a comfort zone for both parents and kids."Star Tribune (http://www.startribune.com/business/49344797.html) via HardOCP (http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=NDA0NTksLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE=)