I'm always on the outlook or new technologies and what their impact could be on adult education. Sometime ago (February 2006) the following video appeared on TED.com, an amazing site that you must go to. The speaker is Jeff Han:
Pay attention to the audience reaction - it's quite interesting...
Well here we are about 18 months later and the technology has now gone commercial. Northrop Grumann has released what they are calling the "Touch Table". The FAA has just bought some for use as an "integrated collaboration environment" (sounds purpose built for education...). While not as technologically advanced as Jeff Han's multi-dimensional technology, it is the next step away from the traditional computer interface to a touch-based interface displaying 3-D maps etc., it is very cool to see a technology go from ooh and ahh at a convention ( a very impressive convention mind you) to a production technology. Here is a video of the touch table:
It will be interesting to see how long it takes for this technology to enter the classroom. Hmmm...
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