ted.com — These are cookie-sized, computerized tiles called Siftables that you can stack and shuffle in your hands. But they can do math, play music, and react to each other. Is this the dawn of spatially-aware computing? MIT student David Merrill got a great reaction from the crowd in this short demo.
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mavedatthews85Feb 13, 2009
I must say, that's pretty damn cool.
euphorianFeb 13, 2009
The point he made at the end is that we are at the cusp of a revolution of radical new computing interfaces. Nowadays, you can almost buy a Nintendo DS for under 100$. Think about what that technology would have cost 10 years ago! Unfathomable. The technology was not in existence like it is now.My point is, politely, that this wont be unimaginable and unaffordable 10 years from now, in all likeliness.
plhofmeiFeb 13, 2009
They totally f*cked the Asgard.
glaydenFeb 14, 2009
too f**king cooli want em
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2009
You need to gather moisture data? Well okay then, put some moisture sensors there, not some bloody Legos!Do you need your kid to learn basic math? Don't buy this regular pen and paper and human interaction, buy these electronic blocks for $100 each.
oktoysblogspotFeb 1, 2012
Nice post,
here are some new "robotic" bugs :)
http://oktoys.blogspot.com/2012/01/activity-toy-nano-hive-habitat-set.html