Retailer Aeropostale, Inc. is tehming up with Black Eyed Peas for charity.  The company will be selling limited edition T-shirts designed by the multi award winning artists the Black Eyed Peas. The shirts also comes with a free CD. They will be sold exclusively at Aeropostale stores during the first 2 weeks of April. Proceeds will go to the Black Eyed Peas peapod foundation for the children around the globe. The company guaranteed $100,000 to the organization.

Aside from the free CD, they have also given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Black Eyed Peas. They gave out free tickets to those who purchased t-shirts between 10:00 am to 1:00pm last Saturday, April 2, 2011. The tickets were for a special Black Eyed Peas concert prepared for this project.

Aeropostale is known for their charitable events. Their collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas have created a perfect partnership. The Peapod foundation was founded by Black Eyed Peas and Polo Molina of Grassroots Productions. They aim to promote self expression through music and art. Aside from that, they also provide answers to children’s concerns like providing shelter and responding to problems such as starvation, education and poverty.

Eden Sawczenzko, diagnosed with a mental condition, autism, has never held hands with another child nor hugged other people. Today, the child is remarkably improved after her sessions with the child-friendly robot invented by researchers in London.

Kaspar is a human-looking robot created as the size of a child. It is designed to help autistic children interact socially. Once a week, Kaspar is brought to a pre-school for autistic children where the little girl Sawczenko goes it Stevenage, north of London.

Researchers allow the children to play with the robot. They are supervised by a scientist who monitors and controls the robot. The children, with mild to severe autism, are given 10 minutes each to interact with the remote-controlled robot.

Sawczenko has started playing with Kaspar this year. After several 10-minute sessions with Kaspar, the little girl now hugs everyone. It was found that her social skills have remarkably improved.

Kaspar teaches children about emotions, as well as physical contact. It is programmed to do interactive human actions such as blink, frown, laugh, and smile. He can also wave his arms.

According to the researchers, Kaspar has several versions. These include a pro-version, which is advanced enough for it to be able to play Nintendo Wii.

The shaggy-haired robot wears polo and shorts, striped red socks, and a baseball cap. A few wires can be observed protruding over his neck.

However, the robot is still in its experimental stage. Researchers are hoping they can generate several of him one of these days. So far, Kaspar has already helped 300 autistic children. He is available at the University of Hertfordshire at an estimated amount of $2,118 or $1,300 pounds.