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Cookie-sized computers

41 点作者 edgefield大约 16 年前

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jdoliner大约 16 年前
I personally went nuts when I saw this on the front page. For a very specific reason. About a year ago I purchased a sweatshirt made by a cool little fashion company called Distilled. It had a really neat design on it that was reminiscent of electrical circuits. It also came with a little booklet explaining the origin of the design. The booklet revealed it was created not by a distilled designer but a collaborator ("partner in crime" as they called him) by the name of Jeevan Kalanithi and the design was derived from his "connectibles" project. Pretty cool check it out: <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~jeevan/pages/distilled.html" rel="nofollow">http://web.media.mit.edu/~jeevan/pages/distilled.html</a>
electromagnetic大约 16 年前
These would be amazing if they shipped with a WREL (Wireless Resonant Energy Link) device to charge them, however I believe a simple multi-mini-usb 2.0 dock would suffice, however wouldn't be as useful.<p>I believe this would be the key problem with this technology for classrooms and such. Small children aren't going to remember to plug these back in, and I'm unsure if teenagers would even remember to plug these back in, so I would love to see a wireless charger for these. I mean even if it's simply one of the touch-charging pads and not the longer distance WREL.<p>Also things like battery life would be nice to know. I mean do these things last as long as an iPod's play time, or do they last like 15 minutes?<p>One thing I'd love for these is if they were capable of parallel processing. It appears they just pass information off to each other, and then the one device does its own task. I'd like it if you could stick 3 together and run a program that 1 alone can't. I mean with WREL power these could compete with PCs, with the right software, because the more power you need you simply stick more blocks together.<p>I mean you want portability, then stick a couple together and you've got a PDA. Need a bigger display, well stick another four together or have an external display you can click multiple siftables into to get a full screen. Need more power? Stick an extra row under the four and still use the existing screen. Going on a road trip with some friends, but still need a laptop? Well if everyone has a couple of siftables each, then stick 16/32 together with an external display and boot up ubuntu or XP! I hope the technology goes this way, but I have my doubts.<p>Edit: The laptop example would be perfect, each persons siftable carries their own data. Yet when you click a bunch together you can all carry different accounts on a laptop and do your own thing, and when you're done you take your siftables back with your modified data.
delano大约 16 年前
The first thing that struck me about this video was how awesome this technology is. The second thing that struck me was how most of the presentation fell flat.<p>The technology is totally amazing and it's going to change the way we live and learn (this isn't a prediction about Siftables specifically, but this type of technology in general). Even still, it's possible to give a presentation about it that doesn't blow people away. It's a good reminder to not let a modest reception affect how you feel about your own work.
axod大约 16 年前
This is cool, but should there really be patents filed for this? Seems a pretty obvious setup.<p>"Cube World" <a href="http://www.firebox.com/product/1201/Cube-World" rel="nofollow">http://www.firebox.com/product/1201/Cube-World</a> is a pretty similar, if more primitive version.
nazgulnarsil大约 16 年前
how is this more intuitive than text printed on a screen? computers are a natural evolution of the book format of presenting information. I doubt you can get better until you get direct interfaces.
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tmadsen大约 16 年前
Nice!
TweedHeads大约 16 年前
Pure gold. Possibilities are endless.