My friend Cayla
My Friend Cayla (German: My friend Cayla ) is an approximately 45 cm large toy doll with interactive software for children aged four and that means Bluetooth with the same app for smartphone or tablet from the App Store or the Google Play Store to connect to the Internet can connect. The speech recognition technology of Android or iOS of the smartphone or tablet can recognize the language of children and talk to them.
First, what the child said is compared online. An answer is then selected from among suitable answers available on a server - for example from Wikipedia entries - which in turn is output by the doll. For the German market, the database contains around 170,000 words. It has a language filter via Google SafeSearch .
My Friend Cayla was developed by the American Bob Del Principe from Los Angeles, who also invented the Cindy Smart and Tekno the Robotic Puppy dolls , and was launched on the world market in 2014 by the Chinese production company Genesis Toys, based in Hong Kong . In Germany, the introductory price was around 90 euros.
According to the included family story, Cayla represents a seven-year-old girl.
reception
In 2014, the German Association of Toy Retailers named it “Top 10 Toys of the Year”.
On December 6, 2016, the European Consumers' Association (BEUC) warned of possible data leaks in children's toys with an Internet connection, including the “My Friend Cayla” doll and the “i-Que” robot.
In February 2017, the doll was taken off the market in Germany by the Federal Network Agency by means of a sales ban. Families who already own the doll have been asked to - literally - destroy it. Peter Olaf Eul, spokesman for the authority, described the doll as a "forbidden spy device" - according to Section 90 of the Telecommunications Act in Germany, it is forbidden because it is suitable for secret video or audio recording. This is justified by the fact that the transmitter system is camouflaged . In contrast to a baby monitor for room monitoring, for example , people who are not familiar with the doll could not see that the mere glow of the doll's necklace is a warning function for a microphone that is switched on and thus indicates a listening function. However, it is also possible to switch off the glowing necklace via the app. Infringements according to § 90 TKG through the sale and possession are punishable and are punishable with up to two years imprisonment.
The company Vivid, which sells the toy in Germany, went to court against the ban.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ My friend Cayla - Vivid Deutschland GmbH - TOP 10 Toys 2014 , press release of the Federal Association of Toy Retailers, accessed on February 18, 2017
- ^ Consumer organizations across the EU take action against flawed internet-connected toys. (No longer available online.) European Consumer Association (BEUC) , 6 December 2016, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 19, 2017 (English, press release). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Federal Network Agency pulls child doll “Cayla” out of circulation , Federal Network Agency press release of February 17, 2017, accessed on February 18, 2017
- ↑ Parents should destroy dolls , Tagesspiegel-Online from February 17, 2017, accessed on February 18, 2017
- ↑ Eike Kühl: My Friend Cayla: Destroy this doll. In: The time . February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
