Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them – piling, grouping, sorting – to interact with digital information and media. Siftables are a creation of the MIT Media Lab.
Can you imagine possible applications for these tangible computer blocks in the classroom? The mesh between physical interface and digital content is part of what made the iPhone so successful. Users like things that are intuitive and easy to grasp. No pun intended.
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