14 Feb
David Merrill: Siftables – Toy Blocks That Think
MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?
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This just blew me away! This is really innovative, not another iphone/faster pc/whatever, but a genuine step forward in everyday application of computers.
February 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pmCan’t write more, need to see it again
To start out, I just thought they looked like a cheap gimmick but that paint bucket and music stuff was impressive.
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pmThis is a really fun idea. Siftables eh? this looks pretty amazing, i could see some really cool applications down the road. I really want to see a usable minority report os in the future.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 pmThis is amazing! I can definitely imagine it used in education however the problem I see here is the price – who’ll be able to afford something like that?
March 12th, 2009 at 7:37 amThis will ultimately prove to be a remarkable kinetic learning tool. Hopefully it will be made available to the general public…not just the financially privileged.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm