California: Unhappy with your kids being hooked to ipads or tablets playing video games? Turn to a new kind of gaming device, developed by an Indian-origin entrepreneur, which uses the iPad but brings kids back into the real world of play.

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A brainchild of former Google employee Pramod Sharma (see pic), who began an entertainment start-up called Tangible Play in California, the $99 (Rs 590) device called ‘Osmo’ works in a sophisticated yet remarkably simple way.