Siftables

By | May 23, 2009
3 Comments

Sometimes you read something or see something on TV and you think, “Hey, that’s kind of neat.”

And then, once in a great while, a few minutes later you think, “Wait a second.”

And then you wonder if you haven’t had just the briefest glimpse of how profoundly different our world is about to become.

So, judge for yourselves…

  • Sally Morem

    As I watched this, I was reminded of an idea I had some years ago of small clipboard computers you’d have lying around the house, the way you have pieces of paper or spiral notebooks.

    But this idea is much more cool. Some of the things that occurred to me while watching. High tech…

    *flash cards
    *rubik’s cubes
    *paint programs, including mixing lines, not just colors
    *finger paintings
    *magnetic poetry
    *idea generator-set each little computer to generate new words and phrases connected with the first computer’s word
    *algebraic equation builder
    Etc.

    Very cool.

    Imagine playing with these kinds of toys, perhaps thousands of them in VR.

  • http://incite1.blogspot.com Beck

    Whoa.

  • Kristy Floyd

    Phil, I absolutely love the idea of Siftables! This is something everyone has to see to believe! You couldn’t be more right by saying that the world of technology is exploding right now and the possibilities are endless. I found this product inspiring. I can’t wait to see how David Merrill is going to market the idea. My hope is that he will target education first and that it will be an affordable educational tool! It reminded me of a modern day Leapfrog, but even more addicting. I could easily see it being used to help facilitate the populations of ESL students, early childhood, and students with cognitive delays. I predict people of all ages and classrooms from all disciplines will really find this new creative technology tool highly useful! Imagine all the possibilities! Thanks for sharing this unique discovery!

    I can appreciate Merrill�s closing thoughts when he asserted, �We�re on the cusp of a new generation of tools for interacting with digital media that are going to bring information into our world on our terms.�