#smartgurlz

[obscuredollz]

⚙️ SmartGurlz ⚙️

[sleepytoycollection]

So I looked up how the smartgurlz dolls work and so like, what you do is download an app, and you can connect to the little scooter through bluetooth right? Then you program it to do things and it does them. It's supposed to teach kids coding. That sounds cool.

Okay. Except.

You can't download the app anymore. -_-

It's still technically on the play store, but it's not supported anymore. So now the program's too old, and not compatible with anything I have.

The last post on their youtube page was 5 years ago. This doll was still presumably being sold then, and it's main gimmick has already become unusable. In 5 years. This doll cost $109 new on their site and it's already abandon-ware.

This is why I don't collect electronic toys man.

[lantura]

Doll History: Smart Gurlz

Company: SmartGurlz

Designer: Sharmi Kneller

Debuted: 2018

History

SmartGurlz was described as the world's first line of self-balancing coding robots for girls. Their purpose was to inspired girls to participate in STEM. The dolls have an app that allows users to challenge themselves through programming missions.

The doll line had appeared on Shark Tank, S09E10, and was recommended by the Girl Scouts of America and BlackGirlsCode. Their Mission Statement states: SmartGurlz™ Inspires the female leaders of tomorrow, today. Our mission is to create the creators of the future, one girl at a time.

Kneller explained that the concept came about after she bought her child a robot and noticed she wasn't overly interested in the toy as it wasn't targeted towards young girls. She set out to create a robot that was more oriented towards females. She later showed the doll line at the Las Vegas' Consumer Electronics Show. While there, a Shark Tank producer took noticed and eight months Kneller pitch the idea to the Sharks Tank cast. Only Daymond John was willing to hand over cash, Kneller bartered with the entrepreneur and the two eventually settled on $200,000 for 25% equity.

Kari Byron from 'MythBusters' served on board as the Chief Creative Officer in 2018 but left at 2020.

Considering that Kari left the company, the designer focusing on a new business of a cafe serving plant-based coffee, and many of the company's social media was deactivated by 2021, the brand is considered to have been discontinued.

Characters

Three of the dolls were sold on the official website. The last two were sold on other retailer websites.

Jun:  Jun is a young, Asian chemistry star who loves trendy fashion and science. She loves to make her own experiments in her parent's basement. Interests: baking, rock'n'roll music, martial arts, and learning Italian

Zara: Zara is a technology wizard, hacker and she has all the latest gadgets. Zara loves coding all sorts of things and making her own super cool apps! Interests: Hiking, making apps, and learning electric guitar

Jen: Jen is a cool handy, teen mechanic who can repair pretty much anything in a jiffy. Jen is studying mechanical engineering and dreams of inventing the next new thing. Interests: Inventing, blogging, and repairing cars

Emma- A blond girl in a blue skirt.

Maria-A brunette in a red coat

[glassslippers-and-tinywhiskers]

Unbox Daily: SmartGurlz Siggy Robot with Zara and Jen Doll | Teaching Girls to Code - Doll Review

These dolls are cool but their eyes look dead inside 

[learningtechlab]

6. årgang var i onsdags inviteret til DTU for at deltage i Girls' Day in Science. Dagen bød på kodning af Smart Girls robotter, køre på Segway og foredrag med kvindelige profiler inden for naturvidenskaben.

Som altid en spændende og lærerig dag til Girls' Day in Science, en dag i pigernes tegn.

[the-ghost-of-a-cyber-princess]

has this been done yet

[chrisdofdof]

And there she comes. Smartgurlz rock. @smartgurlzworld #smartgurlz #smartgurlsrock (at Community 11 Tema)

[techholo]

Leveling the playing field for women in tech is vital for emerging industries When I hear about the need to push gender diversity in tech and improve gender disparity in the industry, it takes me a second to appreciate the full reality of the situation.

[vincentspork]

I guess Kurhn dolls are coming stateside under the name SmartGurlz? Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad bc I love the Kurhn sculpt, but I was super taken aback when I looked them up because someone said they “look sort of like Kurhn dolls” but there’s no “sort of” about it, they’re just straight-up the same sculpt AND faceup

[sleepytoycollection]

Thrift finds.

I have actually been trying to avoid thrifts rn to erase the temptation to buy things, but my dad wanted to go + I got a generous Christmas gift of $50 a few days ago and I slipped up.

On the plus side my dad checked my stuff out to get me the senior discount, so all of this was only like $10.

And now it's out of my system no more thrifting until next payday.

That spiel out of the way, I am very excited! I will put further ranting under the cut!!

A SmartGurlz/Kurhn doll!!! I think I saw one post about these a year-ish ago maybe?? Never thought I'd see one on person.

Draculaura was in a grab bag with the other MH clothes. Was thrilled to see the Iris outfit, I passed on I<3Fashion Iris since I managed to get her SDCC doll thanks to a friend, but I always loved this look.

I'm debating on whether to customize Ula or just clean her up. She's got glue head, but also she's fairly complete and doesn't have wonk.

And other cute rainbow surprise unicorn. I love the dragonfly wings!!!

This is the 5th AG doll I've found this year, and the third one by the pleasant company, not a modern Mattel. While a nice find, Who is donating all these AG dolls. I've gone years never seeing a single AG in a thrifts so it's a little strange to see such an influx.

Also, her outfit? I'm 99% certain it's from one of the 18" Kelly dolls they made in like, the late 90's. It has a barbie tag so I don't know what else it would be.

And finally B-A-B Fluttershy. I see B-A-B ponies fairly often at my local thrifts, but usually pass I for the most part I usually prefer G1s, and try to limit how many plushies I have in general. Fluttershy is the only exception bc for some reason, despite barely having ever watched MLP: FIM, I really love Fluttershy. She's so cute. I have only a handful of G4 stuff, but 90% is Fluttershy (the other 10% is Chrysalis lol).

Gonna be fun to fix all this up. c:

[ultratendencias]

Smartgurlz Robotic Dolls enseña a las chicas jóvenes sobre conceptos básicos de codificación https://ift.tt/2t3rd9t

[productivehack]

"After SmartGurlz aired on Shark Tank, my inbox became inundated with all kinds of opportunities. I have written my two major goals for the company on a Post-it note that is stuck to my monitor. If a request comes in that does not support those, I force myself to down-prioritise them or even say 'no.' Keep your focus and move on to more productive tasks. Learn from the experience that you cannot do it all. Once the butter is spread too thin, it is difficult to go back." --Sharmi Albrechtsen 🚀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Share this with friends who should see it.👍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🔹Follow me @productive.hack for productivity tips and daily motivation🔹 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hashtags🔎 #productiveday #productivehack #productivity #productivityplanner #productivitytips #setgoals #settinggoals #smallbusinesslife #smallbusinesstips #stayfocused #successfull #successfulmindset #successhabits #successminded #successprinciples #timeismoney #timemanagement #tipsandtricks #todolist — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2BH16Kt

[chrisdofdof]

Unboxing Smartgurlz for the kids. @smartgurlzworld #smartgurlz #smartgurlsrock (at Community 11 Tema)

[techholo]

New Post has been published on https://www.techholo.com/2017/02/13/leveling-the-playing-field-for-women-in-tech-is-vital-for-emerging-industries/

Leveling the playing field for women in tech is vital for emerging industries

When I hear about the need to push gender diversity in tech and improve gender disparity in the industry, it takes me a second to appreciate the full reality of the situation.

When the industry’s playing field is devised and maintained mostly by men, it leaves women at an inherent disadvantage. The bias is hardwired into the very building blocks of the system, making it hard for men, who enjoy the upside of that same bias, to see the problem.

It’s not a conspiracy, but an error on the part of the architects who don’t realize that diversity has to be invited to the room from the very beginning. Otherwise, the whole platform will be built on elements that estrange itself from diversity without even realizing it.

Let’s take wearables as an example.

“It comes down to the psychology of wearable tech products since I think many of them are a problem for a solution, rather than a solution for a problem,” Marija Butkovic, co-founder at Women of Wearables (WoW), told…

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#Diversity, #Include, #Smartgurlz, #Women_In_Tech

[americanfreighttrucking]

Morgan Stanley Selects 10 Startup Companies for 3rd Cohort of Innovation Lab Targeting Multicultural and Women Founders  

Selected from over 300 applicants globally, the 2019 cohort startups include BLUEWAVE Technologies, Care Advisors, Cosynd, Five to Nine, Gappify, Looklive, Mighty Well, ShopJenzy, SmartGurlz and Taina Technology – companies with innovative strategies across the health, software development, legal, medical hardware, HR, fintech, fashion and education sectors

Morgan Stanley will once again take…

[smartgurlz-blog]

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