What it is
A robot that talks back.
Curiosity is for children up to about eleven. It is a computer, not a person, and it says so. Ask it anything you wonder about. It answers in short, friendly words, out loud.
What it can do
More than a spoken answer.
It can paint a picture, make a small game, or tell a story they can keep. It can also open a real fact, a NASA photo, a painting, the weather, or what a word means.
A picture or a game can be saved on the device and opened again later. Only a file Curiosity made will open.
How a child uses it
One button. Hold, talk, let go.
On a phone or tablet the microphone is not left on. A child can change the voice and dress the robot. Stop, fullscreen and settings stay in the corner, out of the way.
The limits
Not the open internet.
There is no address bar and no trail of links. Sex, drugs, weapons, graphic violence and anything dangerous are off limits. Curiosity says “I can’t help with that,” and stops.
Ordinary answers can still be wrong. It is not a teacher, a parent, or a doctor.
What a parent controls
The account is yours.
A parent or guardian aged 18 or over signs up and chooses a PIN for Settings. Each child gets a name and their own PIN. The rules, search and daily limits sit behind your Settings PIN. A child cannot change them. Seeing how much was used does not need that PIN.
You can see how much they used, and any question Curiosity refused, for 30 days. The child is not shown that list. Anyone can flag an answer from the screen.
A gentle stop
Enough for a day, then it rests.
Each account can ask up to 15 questions and make 2 pictures a day. Then Curiosity says that is enough until tomorrow. There are no ads.
