Arduino

Arduinos and 'the internet of things'.

To find out about more about this open-source electronics platform intended for artists, designers, hobbyists or anyone else interested in creating interactive objects or environments - click here

Amazon’s tablet

Why Amazon’s tablet can do well without being an iPad killer

IBM produces first 'brain chips'

"O, wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world,
That has such people in it!"

-The Tempest - Act 5, Scene 1

This should be taught in schools soon?

Swarm robots form landing pad for quadrotor | Crave - CNET

One can see how this could be developed as a curriculum activity at some point soon!

Some interesting developments in tablet device design

A folding tablet device!

Photos: Sony's S1 and S2 Android tablets - a first look | Page 7 | Hardware | silicon.com

A neglected aspect of ICT in schools?

BBC News - UK robot World Cup hopes dashed

BBC News - Robots develop language to 'talk' to each other

BBC News - Robots develop language to 'talk' to each other

More on the Motorola Attrix

Motorola ATRIX™ - dual-core phone - Android smartphone - Experience - Motorola Mobility, Inc. United Kingdom

Each photograph on the backdrop is a short video demonstrating the capabilities of this remarkable device.

Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies

This is a fascinating TED talk, part of which reminded me that Google Translate uses (apparently) statistical analysis to make translations. It also contains some interesting observations on the impact of video interactions vs real human interactions upon young babies' learning.

To find out more click here.

Leap-frogging the I-Phone - a phone to replace your PC and laptop and provide home entertainment.

This is an astonishing breakthrough! A dual core processor smartphone, which can be your PC, your laptop and your home entertainment centre, in addition to the usual smartphone functions!

Breakthrough device of CES 2011: Motorola Atrix = Phone + PC ZDNet

To see a video... click here

Will schools continue to ban mobile phones in future, or will they slash their ICT costs by inviting students to 'bring their own'?

Interesting new developments in Smartphones and tablets

Google Previews Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, Teases Some Interesting Features (Video)!

To find out more... click here

Also, Dual core smartphones!

To find out more.... click here

Over 75% of UK households own a PC and over 71% have an Internet connection

The Office for National Statistics reports in 2009 75% of UK households own a PC and 71% of households have an Internet connection.

The report also states 'In the highest income decile group, 98 per cent of households owned a home computer and 97 per cent had an Internet connection in 2009. This compares with 38 per cent of households who owned a home computer and 30 per cent who had an internet connection in the lowest income decile group.

Households with children were more likely to have Internet access at home than those without: 93 per cent of households with two adults and two or more children had Internet access at home, compared with 91 per cent of households with two adults and one child, and 87 per cent of households with two non-retired adults and no children.

Among retired households, 32 per cent had Internet access at home in two-adult households and 9 per cent in one-adult households. '

To see the report click here...

Teaching kids real maths with computers

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers Video on TED.com

A fascinating talk from Conrad Wolfram on real world mathematics and maths taught in schools.

Mobile phones and radiation

Mobile phones with low SAR ratings!

Find out what a SAR rating is and why it may be important. Although this video is predominently a USA point of view, and some of the phones discussed are US only models, there is still plenty of useful information contained within it.

To find out more click here.....

Consider this?

BBC News - Why companies watch your every Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move

New things to do with a Smartphone

Clever ideas for smartphone cameras.

One of the many free apps for smartphones. This utilises the camera and the built in GPS of an I-Phone to superimpose photographs of historical events on contempory photographs. It could be very interesting for students on trips to historical locations.

Click here to find out more.

Mobile phone dress?

A dress that is a mobile phone?

Is it washable?

What happens if someone needs to borrow the owners phone?

To find out more click here!

A sign of the times...

This TV ad campaign from Dell is rather interesting!

It begins to plant seeds of expectation for every school student to have access to their school's resources from an ICT device whether they are at home or at school. Most importantly, the message is coming directly from every family's own TV straight into their living rooms. Furthermore, this message is from a well known brand and as such will be received differently to any from a government agency. However, it does beg a question for society and governments, regarding equity. Perhaps this , together with new products following the lead given by the I-Pad and I-Phone, marks the beginning of a sea change.

Microsoft creates Office addins that take 1:1 to the next level | ZDNet

Microsoft creates Office addins that take 1:1 to the next level ZDNet

This article is worth exploring, in particular the statement -
"In fact, it wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that Office/Windows could almost pay for themselves in an academic setting by eliminatating the need for interactive response systems (clickers) and even displacing the interactive whiteboard as the classroom tool of choice for connected educators."

The internet of things

The Internet of things.

One day, soon(ish) much of the physical world will be part of the internet. Why? - click here to find out.