http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/video-siftables-toy-blocks-that-are-aware-of-each-other/ Social media, brand journalism, content marketing, and all things tech Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/video-siftables-toy-blocks-that-are-aware-of-each-other/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Emerging Technology #2 – Siftables | Learning as I go Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:38:31 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=518#comment-370 [...] “Imagine the wooden blocks you used to play with as a kid.” This is how David Merrill, one of the creators of Siftable Chips begins a demonstration of the emerging technology. He, along with some colleagues, has figured how to make computers the size of those blocks, or cookies as they sometimes describe the size. These cookies are able to interact with each other: forming words, math problems, story characters, musical instruments, paint colors. David Merrill discusses his desire to make technology more natural for us, so that is why siftable chips are designed like wooden blocks. This is one of David Merrill’s demonstrations about the interactive blocks: http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/video-siftables-toy-blocks-that-are-aware-of-each-other/ [...] [...] “Imagine the wooden blocks you used to play with as a kid.” This is how David Merrill, one of the creators of Siftable Chips begins a demonstration of the emerging technology. He, along with some colleagues, has figured how to make computers the size of those blocks, or cookies as they sometimes describe the size. These cookies are able to interact with each other: forming words, math problems, story characters, musical instruments, paint colors. David Merrill discusses his desire to make technology more natural for us, so that is why siftable chips are designed like wooden blocks. This is one of David Merrill’s demonstrations about the interactive blocks: http://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/video-siftables-toy-blocks-that-are-aware-of-each-other/ [...]

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