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Siftables .

Siftables . by: Mohamad Alhamada . Table of Contents. What are Siftables ? General Informations. The Uses of Siftables . Special features . Bibliography . What are Siftables ?.

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Siftables .

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  1. Siftables. by: Mohamad Alhamada.

  2. Table of Contents. • What are Siftables? • General Informations. • The Uses of Siftables. • Specialfeatures. • Bibliography.

  3. What are Siftables? • It is a independent cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. • Siftableswas created by David Merrill and JeevanKalanithi at the MIT Media Lab.

  4. What are Siftables? The Siftable devices include: • LCD display • A microcontroller. • Accelerometer. • Wireless radio. • Four Infrared Data Association (IrDA) transceivers for networking.

  5. General Informations. • Inspiration came from children's blocks and legos. • It is a Tangible User Interface (TUI) in which a person interacts with digital information through the physical environment. • There are different ways to configure a Siftable, either by putting the computing power into the block itself, or by feeding each Siftable information from a computer equipped with Bluetooth • It is not commercial yet.

  6. The Uses of Siftables. • Learning-aid • Math problems: work as calculators • Present different colors • Demo tools during boardroom meetings. • Play media. • Show pictures. • Connect with a bluetooth.

  7. Specialfeatures. A cool piece of the learning side of Siftables is you can learn spelling. The Siftables will be spread on a table and you have 30 seconds to make words out of the blocks. After 30 seconds a sound will chime and new letters will appear on your blocks.

  8. Specialfeatures. • Interactive. • Creative. • Small and easy to hold and to use. • Does not serve only one purpose. • Fun and easy way to learn.

  9. Bibliography. • The official site of Siftables. • http://siftables.com/ • MIT Media Lab Home Page. • http://www.media.mit.edu/ • The Home Page of David Merrill (The creater of Siftables). • http://tacolab.com/about/David_Merrill • The Home Page of JeevanKalanithi(The creater of Siftables). • http://tacolab.com/about/Jeevan_Kalanithi

  10. Bibliography. • An article in gizmag about Siftables. • http://www.gizmag.com/siftables-interactive-learning/11053/ • The wikipedia page of Siftables. • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siftable • YouTube video about Siftables. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0w9lZoLwU

  11. Bibliography. • An article in Wired magazine about Siftables. • http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/02/ted-siftable-co/ • Siftables on the IEEE Web Site. • http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/archive/news012 • An article on Softpedia web site about Siftables. • http://news.softpedia.com/news/MIT-039-s-Siftables-the-Domino-Like-Computer-81186.shtml

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