I just got this incredible link from 'Talking Smartboards & Much More' about new cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, with a graphical display and wireless communication called Siftables. They really are cookie-sized and work together to form a single interface and keep working as a unit while being physically manipulate. Users can pile, group and sort them in almost any configuration to interact with digital information and media.Although not yet on the market you must go see the video, at Siftables . They will amaze you and you will see the endless possibilities they provide.
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WOW! These are absolutely amazing, as you say.And have you seen this? It's pretty jaw-dropping too: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
ReplyDeleteWOW WOW thanks Johanna, this is how I have imagined the future of computers, mobile phones and how we interact with them to be. Most importantly this is a true 21st century skill that our students will need to be successful, taking all this existing knowledge and creating products that will transform our lives.
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