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pneedleman • today at 6:59 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

My daughter had an iPad and would listen to it at night. Eyes glued to a screen at bedtime drove my wife and me crazy. It would also just keep playing indefinitely unless I remembered to go in and turn it off, along with having to manually manage her Yoto alarm on holidays and school breaks. We wanted her to be more independent and listen to music WITHOUT a tablet in bed.

I ended up building my own because I couldn't find anything on the market without microphones that also had a Spotify controller. This has been going strong in her room for ~1 month now. Features include, alarm sync'd with her school district days off, weather (and alerts), Spotify, Hue, Sleep timer, parent dashboard, and much more.


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raylad • today at 8:11 PM

Looks cool but you may want to rethink the blue LED for an alarm clock, because blue light interferes with sleep.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-aging-and-longevity/b...

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Glemmlko • today at 9:50 PM

You are adults, you can control what your kid gets and what not.

No kid needs an iPad.

Man are you kidding me?

bdangubic • today at 7:05 PM

fantastic. i would easily pay $150 for a product like this

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