Sifting through technology

Wow, this, TED.com is a pretty cool website of 'Ideas Worth Spreading.' I was looking through some lectures on technology and this one struck my interest. It talks about how education might continue to drastically change with further utilization of computer technology. These block size computers have to potential to change education even for perhaps infants. I recommend watching it, it's only 7 minutes long.



I love the music demonstration at the end. Having computers that are aware of their motion, position, as well as nearby computers is a good step in the right direction. It's not a new technology. Nintendo Wii and other entertainment systems have been using technology such as this for a while now. However, using this type of computer sensory in a stand alone unit has many applications. Having cell phones that do not dial or answer unless tilted in specific direction would then prevent accidentally dialing someone because the key lock sequence didn't. Perhaps a dictionary from one language to another might be another application. The possibilities are nearly endless.

The next step is to get this stuff in use, let it become part of life, turn a profit and allow those profits to further develop the technology. If I had children, I would buy them these, instead of Lego's. I would love to have a hand held PDA that could display information, not just from other computers, but from anything around it. For instance, if I go out to my car and it will not turn over, having messages appear on the PDA on how to diagnose, repair or just start my car would be awesome.