Keith Krueger is the CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national nonprofit organization that serves as the voice of K-12 technology leaders. The following is his speech at TEDxDenverEd on using technology strategically to improve teaching and learning.
Update: Video now available here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUh_WfnASek
]]>The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held on August 9th, 2010.
Follow on Twitter: @immersivetechla http://www.immersivetech.org
]]>HP released a new video showing off its upcoming "iPad killer"--the Slate tablet PC. The video is reminiscent of Verizon's "Droid Does" campaign highlighting all of the capabilities of the Android-based Droid that the Apple iPhone can't deliver. In a mere 30 seconds HP manages to demonstrate that its tablet is--in a nutshell--everything Apple's iPad isn't.
]]>In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. Blaise Agüera y Arcas is the architect of Bing Maps at Microsoft, building augmented reality into searchable maps. He's also the co-creator of Photosynth, software that assembles static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.
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]]>Student project where they have developed a interface that judges muscle movements to calculate finger movements.
]]>iRobot's soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. Video presented at IEEE IROS 2009. Read more robot news at http://spectrum.ieee.org
]]>Huge robot who called Titan robot on Dubai Gitex technology week 2009 , it singing , dancing and .... just see .
]]>Ted.com: Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.
]]>Some guys are playing with a lazer that follows patterns and creates the most annoying noises I have ever been subjected to.
]]>Web users who choose to move to the desolate village are guaranteed an environment free from Google products and natural light from the sun.
]]>Sarcastic Gamer takes a look at the future.
]]>CityWall Hki
CityWall is a large multi-touch display installed in central down town Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for its urban surroundings. The new 3D interface launched 8 October 2008 allows interacting with 3D worlds of related information and enables multiple content, multiple timelines and participants to generate content.
CityWall remains as permanent installation in Lasipalatsi, with many thanks for support from Tommi Ilmonen at http://multitouch.fi/ and the HIIT team Jari Kleimola, Rodolfo Samperio and Peter Peltonen. The work has been funded by the 6th Framework Research Programme of the EU, through the IPCity project http://www.ipcity.eu (FP-2004- IST-4-27571). The video was shot and edited by Visa Noronen.
The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT conducts world-class research on future information technology. HIIT is a joint research institution of Helsinki University of Technology TKK and the University of Helsinki. From: HIITTV Views: 247962
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]]>Samsung Omnia (i900) Unboxing
PROMOTIONAL CONTENT: Today we were asked by Samsung to make a video unboxing their new phone, the Omnia (i900). Many thanks to Samsung http://omnia.samsungmobile.com for the chance!
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]]>The Pirate's Dilemma
An idea for how the book might work on screen as a documentary - produced by Jesse Alexander, Mark Kotlinski and John Carluccio. From: mattjmason2004 Views: 63965
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