Replogle Intelliglobe
Founded in 1930 in Chicago, Replogle Globes International is the world’s largest manufacturer of globes. There is a Replogle globe in the Oval Office, and it is likely the globes in your local school’s classrooms also were made by Replogle. In 2010, Replogle selected SD-X Interactive as its partner for its first electronic interactive project, Intelliglobe. The two companies worked closely together in a creative relationship for 10 months to produce a successful highly educational product that is enjoying strong and steady sales worldwide.
Known as the Intellipen, the SD-X reader sold with Intelliglobe has 1 GB of easily updatable memory and plays spoken audio in four languages, English, Spanish, German, and French.
Product Features for the 12-inch diameter Intelliglobe include
- 18 Touch & Explore features
- 5 Compare features
- 6 Find games
- Trivia challenge
- Multiple Choice challenge
- Thousands of exciting educational facts
- Time and spoken audio available in four languages
Boxed with the Intelliglobe, the 48-page World Discovery Book features maps, world flags, landmarks, animals, dinosaurs, foods, explorers, moon maps, sky maps, and more. A 14-inch diameter advanced Intelliglobe has additional audio and games more appropriate for older children.
Dell Torgerson, product development manager for Replogle Globes International, reports that Intelliglobe has had strong distribution in the company’s traditional markets and has added distribution in Latin America and Europe.