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Siftables: The Incredible Thinking Blocks

Imagine a toy block that can interact with you or a child. How would you teach math? Or spelling words? Or even making a story? Music? Siftables is the answer! David Merrill from MIT, is the creator of Siftables and the video below from TED demonstrates the ability of these tiny little toy blocks. If [...]

Randomness February 13, 2009 8:56 am 0 comments

Hack the Planet!

Damn I hope someone out there got the movie reference in the title.  Otherwise, I’m going to feel sad.  Sad and old.  Or, sadder & older than usual. Anyway, over the past ten days there has been a fairly fascinating debate about Intellectual Property Laws, Computer Fraud, and plain old bored college geniuses.  (Or is [...]

How To..., Randomness, Rumors August 21, 2008 1:51 pm 1 comment

Weekend Recap – August 11th 2008

Some quick updates on what you’ve missed this weekend: Video card wars! Intel vs. Nvidia vs. ATI – Tom’s Hardware Motherboards with dual-core Atom processors are being made! – Guru3D Intel’s new processors to be called “Core i7″ – Guru3D MIT hackers break down subway fare system – Techdirt

PCs, Randomness, Weekend Recap August 11, 2008 6:08 pm 0 comments