His lilting, halting voice echoes through the lab. Derek has unfolded the directions and is painstakingly reading them aloud. Some kids just turn it on and start playing. The Fly is an electronic talking pen that LeapFrog is marketing as an educational toy. We're here to see what Derek does with a gadget LeapFrog calls the Fly.
Behind a one-way mirror, two child development experts, a producer, and a journalist are watching anxiously. A pair of video cameras track his movements, and four microphones record his every murmur and sigh.
The lanky 11-year-old is the only person in the room, but he's hardly alone.
His sneakers swing back and forth a few inches above the carpet as he stares intently at an oversize pen, turning it in his hands, giving it careful consideration. Derek is perched on a chair in a Kid Lab at LeapFrog Enterprises.
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