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How we got here

Nothing great starts finished. Teddy’s Future Lab began as drawings and a first simple version. We built it, tested it with real families, listened, and built it again — and every version still works. Open any of them, compare, and come back whenever you like.

  1. Version 1Classic · where it started

    Four friendly characters, white cards and big, simple buttons. A child chose “I’m a kid or a teen”, a grown-up signed in, and the Lab opened.

    Version 1 welcome page on a computer: four cartoon characters and three white cards
    Computer
    Version 1 on a phone
    Phone

    What it had

    • Friendly characters and calm colors
    • Lessons, games and stories
    • One family account for grown-ups and children

    What we learned

    • Children loved the characters
    • Teens felt it looked too young
    • Grown-ups wanted more say in what each child can do

  2. Version 2Futuristic · the big leap

    Space colors, a 3D welcome world with holograms, Teddy as a bear in a space suit and a robot helper. The Lab started to feel like the future.

    Version 2 welcome page: Teddy the bear in a futuristic lab with glowing hologram buttons
    Computer
    Version 2 on a phone
    Phone

    What changed

    • A live 3D welcome world
    • Glowing hologram buttons
    • Live classes, the whiteboard and family calls

    What we learned

    • Exciting — but busy on small phones
    • One look can’t fit a 4-year-old and a 16-year-old
    • Parents needed clear controls in one place

  3. Version 3Holo Night · the night look

    Teddy and his white bear flying over the city. A different world for every age — Bubble World, Adventure Map, Mission HQ and Command HUD — and grown-ups clearly in charge.

    Version 3 welcome page: Teddy and his white bear in a flying blue car over floating islands
    Computer
    Version 3 on a phone
    Phone

    What changed

    • Four age worlds that grow with your child
    • Parents choose who a child can talk to and what they can use, in 8 easy steps
    • Children’s messages reach grown-ups’ phones, with a link straight back
    • Avatar voices you can change, and an app icon for the home screen

    What we are learning now

  4. Version 4Sky Day · the newest

    Designed together with ChatGPT and built into the same Lab: a bright daytime sky, sunshine-gold buttons and rainbow tiles — with every feature of Version 3 and many new ones.

    Version 4 welcome page: a bright blue sky, Teddy and his white bear in the blue car, gold buttons
    Computer
    Version 4 on a phone
    Phone

    What changed

    • A daytime look: blue sky, gold and rainbow colors
    • New games: Flying Bear Adventure, Pattern Planet, Memory Match
    • Snowy the white bear as a friend who cheers you on
    • School tools for principals, and 7 languages

    What we are learning now

The lesson for builders of every age

Every app, game and invention you love went through many versions. Builders make a first try, test it, listen to the people who use it, and make it better — again and again. Mistakes are how the next version gets better.

That is how you can build things too. See how the Lab was built, step by step →