What happens on the card

A calm blue lab at night, a big monitor glowing, and on a giant keyboard a cute white robot hand scuttling along on its five fingertips, its little backpack blinking with two LED eyes. Ahead a key lights up and a dotted ring closes in: tap when it turns green and the index slams the key, clack, sparks, the letter flies to the monitor where the count of KEYS PRESSED climbs, and every hit in a row clicks a little higher. Tap at the wrong moment and the hand trips onto its back, wiggles its fingers in the air and flips itself upright again, just like the real one. The keys come faster and in pairs, then the long space bar, then the digits of their age one by one, and at last a giant ENTER key that the hand slams with all five fingers. The monitor lights up, the birthday cake jumps out onto the keyboard, the hand gives a thumbs-up, their name and age on the screen.

Who it is for

Engineers and robotics fans, computer people and gamers, Swiss friends and ETH students, anyone who types all day, and the friend who always lends a hand.

What to write in a robot hand birthday card

The message is yours. If you need a start, these fit this card:

  • “Happy birthday! Thanks for always lending a hand.”
  • “Wishing you a year where every key you press works first time.”
  • “Give me a hand… for your birthday! Have a wonderful one.”

How to send it

  1. Tap Make this card: the card opens with this game.
  2. Type their first name, their age and your message. The card updates as you type.
  3. Send the link on WhatsApp, by text or by email. You are told when they open it.

Questions

Can I personalise this robot hand birthday card?

Yes. Their first name and age are written into the game itself, and you choose the title, the message, a P.S., the celebration at the end, the colours and the fonts. You can also switch to any of the other 45 games without losing your words.

How much does a robot hand birthday card cost?

Making and previewing it is free. Sending it costs 2.60 € in the euro zone, £2.20 in the United Kingdom, CHF 2.40 in Switzerland and $2.90 everywhere else, once, with no subscription.

How do I send a robot hand birthday card?

As a link, on WhatsApp, by text or by email. It opens in their browser, on a phone or a computer, with no app and no account, and the link does not expire.

Can they lose the game?

No. Every game lasts under a minute and always ends on the birthday cake with their name, whatever they do. A score is shown at the end, just for fun.

Also known as: robot birthday card, engineer birthday card, computer birthday card, tech birthday card, switzerland birthday card.