Academics
CueLab
Same face, different body, different room - different feeling? The same wide-eyed face means DELIGHT over a longed-for gift and FEAR at a crash in the dark. CueLab runs the experiments that showed faces aren't readouts (Barrett; Aviezer): you read the body, the voice and what just happened, then meet the clue ladder scientists actually use - and its top rung, the best clue of all: just ask. Corvid the raven reads the whole scene, never only the face. No camera, ever. Ages 9-14.
#5B6BB5 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
CueLab is the 9-14 cue science - how you read what someone ELSE feels. Corvid the raven is the hero: it reads the WHOLE scene (body, voice, what just happened), never only the face - reading every cue together is Corvid. The companions each embody one part of the science: the face that isn't a readout, the voice, the situation, and the best clue of all, asking. There is NO camera (faces are cast pictures only), and nothing a learner reads is ever saved (map, not log).
Corvid
Reads the whole scene (hero) - a raven that weighs the body, the voice and what just happened all at once, and is never fooled by a face alone; reading every cue together is Corvid.
Sable
The face is not a readout - a single black expression that reads as DELIGHT in one scene and FEAR in the next; embodies the Barrett/Aviezer finding that the SAME face means different things in different contexts.
Timbre
The voice cue - tone, speed and volume; embodies how much of a feeling rides in HOW something is said, a stronger clue than the face alone.
Weathervane
What just happened - points to which way the situation blew; embodies the situation cue, usually the biggest clue of all to what someone is likely feeling.
Askance
Just ask (the best clue) - to look askance is to question; embodies the top rung of the clue ladder: you don't have to guess a feeling, you can ask, kindly.
What's inside
Learning goal
Same face, different body, different room - different feeling? The same wide-eyed face means DELIGHT over a longed-for gift and FEAR at a crash in the dark. CueLab runs the experiments that showed faces aren't readouts (Barrett; Aviezer): you read the body, the voice and what just happened, then meet the clue ladder scientists actually use - and its top rung, the best clue of all: just ask. Corvid the raven reads the whole scene, never only the face. No camera, ever. Ages 9-14.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
How CueLab handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
CueLab runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
CueLab is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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