RIDDLE ME THIS, CAPED CRUSADER: Messages through the TV set

摘要

Most kids play with toys or watch television. But toymaker Mattel and its partner Veil Technologies hope that hordes of kids will soon be doing both at the same time. New action figures and accessories from Mattel, the Batwave line, will receive and decode mes-sages embedded in video signals using techniques developed at Veil and used on The Batman, an animated television show. Text messages will show up on an LCD screen integral to the toy. The show will beam out information on characters and situations and will also transmit trigger signals for such tasks as turning the Bat-mobile's lights on and off, and firing its simulated lasers.