Pleo: The Interactive Dinosaur

Caleb Chung, creator of the interactive toy Furby, has done it again by developing the interactive dinosaur, Pleo. Pleo is a life like dinosaur, who is just like having a pet in your house. He can be used for cuddling, playing, reacting and also learning with young children.

Chung has created such things as the interactive Mcdonalds resturant, the walking Barbie, and fighting robots. Then 5 years later, his newest and greats invention came along and pretty soon, Pleo will be over taking the technology world. Pleo walks, sleeps, cuddles, eats, listens and speaks. But he also looks just like a real baby dinosaur. Each one begins life as a newly-hatched baby Camarasaurus then it begins to develop the attributes of a growing dinosaur.



This may change the future of technology but developing a larger appreciation to interaction and learning. Children will begin to love the way they learn just by owning the fun, interactive dinosaur, Pleo !

It's Christmas Pleo!

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Siftables

Siftables. Cookie sized handheld computers that motion sense, detect their surroundings, and have a small display screen that creates their digital communication abilities. These new technolgical enhancements that David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi have created open up new doors for education. Mr. Germann Rocks!

The way the Siftables work is that they can group, sort, and pile information in a interactive manner. The technogical building blocks allow people to develop a more hands on feel for computing. You can make up your own interactive stories, play a Scrabble like game, and create your own music on these small devices.

Siftables, the new technology that creates an interactive world. Cool!

Please click the Siftables link for more information :)

The Sixth Sense

The video we watch in class was about the new idea of a product called The Sixth Sense. I like the idea of this product because it opens up a whole new world for us now. It creates new technology oppurtunities for the world such a being able to reach computer without sitting at one. The necklace shaped product holds a camera, projector and also includes 4 fingers rings that are different colors!