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Friday, February 25, 2011

Changing Education Paradigms - Illustrated

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And on a different note, would this video w/ kids + puppets pass ER&O review?

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PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew @ GGJ Postmortem (Portland, OR 2/3/2011) from Incredible Ape on Vimeo.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Reality Is Broken

I hear this book is really good!

Jane McGonigal is one of my favorite thinkers, and it's a delight to have her philosophy neatly distilled to a single book, her just-published debut Reality Is Broken. McGonigal is the leading practicioner in the use of games to motivate people to solve real problems with their lives and with the world.

See the full review here: http://boingboing.net/2011/02/09/mcgonigals-reality-i.html

Xoom Set for Thursday Launch at Verizon, Adobe Clarifies Flash Support

via PCWorld

"The launch of the first Android Honeycomb tablet is becoming a disaster, as Adobe runs damage control on the news that Motorola's Xoom tablet will ship without Flash support.
Although the Xoom is Flash-capable, an advertisement for the Android tablet on Verizon Wireless' website says Flash support is expected in spring 2011. The Xoom launches Thursday."

Video: Toyota's Humanoid Minstrels Take the Stage in Tokyo, Trumpeting Robots' Mastery of Music

Via Popsci


"Who says robots can’t feel? Toyota showed off its humanoid robots’ ability to let the music move them last weekend in Tokyo at an event soundtracked by a couple of humanoids playing the violin and the trumpet with human accompaniment."






http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-02/toyotas-humanoid-minstrels-take-stage-tokyo-trumpeting-robots-mastery-music

Friday, February 18, 2011

HTML5 Will Be Done in 2014, What Comes Next?

"Web developers were given a green light Monday to start using HTML5.

Even though many are already using the still-unfinished language to code complicated web apps, the web’s governing body made the transition official by announcing that HTML5 will be complete by 2014."

Full Wired Article

Learn About Vegetables through Puppets and Beyonce!



Has anyone else heard of this company? Seems similar to the Muppet style: http://www.supersprowtz.com/