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Playworld Systems, Inc. Awards Second NEOS™ Grant
Playworld Systems, Inc. announced today the recipient of the latest NEOS™ grant program. The recipient, Weld County Health Department, will install the new NEOS™ at the Greeley Family Fun Plex in Greeley, Colorado, bringing electronic gaming to the area.

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2008 IDEA Winners Revealed
NEOS™ Selected as Leisure & Recreation Finalists

The best global design of 2008 has been revealed with the announcement of the winners of IDSA and BusinessWeek's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).

Out of 1517 entries, 35 were awarded the coveted Gold award, while 77 received Silver awards and 93 won Bronze awards. For the first time this year, 389 finalists were named in addition to the winners.

Showing a continuing upward trend in international participation, 109 designs from 25 countries outside the US were given an IDEA Award: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BusinessWeek announced the winners July 18 with an in-depth analysis of the winners in print and online. IDSA’s quarterly magazine, Innovation, will publish information on the Gold, Bronze and Silver winners as well as the finalists in its Yearbook of Design Excellence this fall.

See the list of winners and finalist here. You’ll see that NEOS is listed on this page.

 

Playworld Systems, Inc. Awards NEOS™ Grant
Playworld Systems, Inc. awards NEOS™ grant to Scottsdale Public School District in Arizona. This grant will provide an elementary school new, interactive playground technology, NEOS™.

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NEOS & Playworld Systems on Fox and Friends
NEOS was featured on the Fox and Friends television show on the Fox news Channel Saturday, November 3, 2007. Matt Miller, president of Playworld Systems, explained the benefits of play with NEOS while kids demonstrated how to play NEOS.

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High-Tech Game at YMCA Keeps Kids Moving
Many children across the country are eating themselves to death. Childhood obesity is a major problem affecting kids as young as two years old. The metro YMCA is trying to change that by helping children understand you can have fun while you exercise.

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New game gets teens active
June 7, 2008
The Wii has changed that a bit, and now a company called Playworld Systems is working on bringing huge electronic games to playgrounds everywhere.
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Unveiled: The hi-tech playground of the future
June 6, 2008
At last, the computer game that could get children running around ...

The Neos gaming system is the first of its kind in the country after being launched in America. Players race against the clock to touch the blinking lights ...
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Woman Gets Prize on Ellen Show
May 27, 2008 - WNEP-TV 16
A woman from Lycoming County was one of only two people in the country to win a very expensive piece of playground equipment for her elementary school from the Ellen Degeneres...
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Students encouraged to do good deed, just like Ellen Degeneres
May 28, 2008 - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
The children realized that Michelle Lorson had just lost her chance to win them a "NEOS" game system by a mere 50 points, scoring only 225 points to another contestant's...
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NEOS Launch
October 6, 2007
Playworld Systems, Inc. Launches Neos™, Bringing Interactive Technology to the Playground
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