Siftable Modular Computers
Posted on January 19, 2010 Comments (3)
Pretty cool. I must admit I don’t really see how this would function outside of specifically designed situation. I can imagine it could be very cool for education, especially of young kids. Siftables act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them – piling, grouping, sorting – to interact with digital information and media. David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi originally created Siftables at the MIT Media Lab and have formed a company to commercialize the product and have received a grant from NSF to continue the work.
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June 5th, 2010 @ 6:26 pm
This is an amazing little device, i can’t wait to get a set and start using it. The possibilities are endless.. especially in a school / educational system / environment! Anyone know when the release date is for these?
July 11th, 2010 @ 8:03 am
This is an amazing little device, like pretty amazing stuff.
However, I don’t really think it will catch on.
October 18th, 2011 @ 6:18 am
Recently I have seen ads for them on my management blog, so I decided to see what progress had been made. The price is a steep but they do seem cool…