Sentinel LaunchPad for Research

Sentinel Computers is offering the LaunchPad at a substantially discounted price for researchers.

Due to growing concerns about children and screen-time safety, Sentinel Computers is offering support for applied screen-time research using the Sentinel LaunchPad personal computer. Due to its small size, flexible hardware configuration and cloud based data collection capabilities, the LaunchPad is uniquely suited for this type of research. The LaunchPad features an array of limiting and monitoring capabilities that can help researchers identify problematic use patterns and improved treatment methods with reliable outcome data.

Utilizing technology used over the past decade on previous Sentinel models used in treatment, the LaunchPad is well suited for research data collection. Detailed usage patterns can be easily identified from time-stamped high-resolution periodic screen images, activity logs and even parent recorded data. Researchers can be credentialed to access many systems at multiple levels of limit setting and data access and systems and user accounts can be identified by numbers only allowing for blind clinical and research evaluation. There is no requirement for systems to be linked to any financial or operating system account.

Due to the sensitive nature of data collection, users must consent to screen image and usage data collection before system access is allowed. Screen image privacy can be configured for each user and major mode of operation. For intermediate levels of privacy, captured screen images are blurred before transmission allowing researchers to identify the type of activity on screen but not be exposed to sensitive communication. This privacy status is continuously displayed on the system front panel while the user is logged into an operating mode. While age information (month, year) is used for parental control settings, this information is only used on-system to restrict inappropriate websites and applications and is never delivered to websites or third party applications.

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