Dan Yang had already started several successful, cutting-edge technology companies and products as an optical engineer when she began to notice her infant daughter's obsession with her iPhone. As she began to explore how to responsibly introduce her daughter to technology, she noted a lack of age-appropriate educational technology for very young children. She decided to use $10 million of her personal savings to change that.
A recent survey of 2,200 mothers conducted by cyber protection agency AVG revealed that early immersion in the world of smartphones, tablets and computers may be stunting the development of important real-life skills in preschool children. The survey results indicated that 58 percent of children under 6 know how to play a computer game, whereas only 20 percent know how to swim.
This knowledge gap, combined with Yang's firsthand knowledge that smartphones and tablets are manufactured using materials and specifications that may be unsafe for young kids, inspired her to use that substantial personal investment to start Rullingnet Corp. in 2010. Her goal: to "create child-friendly, technologically advanced products which will inspire
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