Even the folks at LeapFrog caution that electronic toys shouldn’t replace the tried-and-true childhood staples of previous generations. Plain old wooden blocks can be an incredibly valuable learning tool, says Jim Gray, a former child development researcher who now heads the learning team at LeapFrog.
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Why Google makes it easy to leave Google - 2 views
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Dunno how effective this is, but hey, at least they are doing _something_ for interoperability.
Concept for swarming "display blocks" Boing Boing - 3 views
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please see my Flyfire entry from MIT some posts below ... -
yeah I saw it, it's also mentioned in the article
robots.net - Robots: Swarming Satellites - 0 views
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nice podcast to hear also what there plans for the future are
Slashdot Technology Story | Using Classical Music As a Form of Social Control - 1 views
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A clockwork orange all over again.
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Some other ingenious suggestions: death metal in rest homes motivates people to care for their parents, deafening techno in the doctor's waiting room decreases the rate of unjustified medical visits, Eros Ramazotti in UK stadiums keeps the hooligans away etc.
Chile Earthquake Shortened Day & Shifted Earth's Axis: NASA - 0 views
Energy Efficient Hardware Investigated - 2 views
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sorry, geek central. in case anyone is interested in some new energy efficient pc components. they do energy use/time measurements under load. Unfortunately they don't seem to take idle consumption into account
Baby-by-Number: Parents' New Obsession With Data | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views
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for the dad's out there...
Data Nerds Hack NASA - in a Good Way | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views
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The event is just one of dozens this weekend being promoted by the Sunlight Foundation as part of its Great American Hackathon. Each one is being organized by volunteers who want to make government data easier to access and more useful to the public. In Pittsburgh, the hackers will be working on making stimulus spending easier to understand. In Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation data will be the focus.
CES 2010: Hands-On With Transparent Display of the Future - Video - Wired - 0 views
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looks kinda cool, could help make things like Layar easier...
Nanoscale: Robot Arm Places Atoms and Molecules With 100% Accuracy | h+ Magazine - 0 views
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built a two-armed nanorobotic device with the ability to place specific atoms and molecules where scientists want them. The device was approximately 150 x 50 x 8
robots.net - Ferropaper Robots - 1 views
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