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Siftables, the toy blocks that think: David Merrill on TED.com
In the latest release from TED2009, MIT grad student David
Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys
can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. (Recorded in 2009 in Monterey, California. Duration:
7:09.)