Over at MIT, they’ve been working on something that might just be the next generation of user interfaces: Shapeshifting Augmented Reality Display. To put it simply, a bed of movable pins is connected to computers that can read digital content, such as a video of you moving your hands, onto a physical 3D space. The pins move up and down to render the video quite incredibly. This technology could be used to hold hands with someone across the planet, share physical things digitally, and even help … [Read more...]
Scratch Programming is like LEGO Building
Scratch is a programming language for kids that makes it easy to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share their creations on the web. It was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab with the goal of developing a program that was more "tinkerable", more meaningful, and more social than other programming languages. Classroom Antics and the developers of Scratch at MIT have always been intrigued and inspired by the way children … [Read more...]
