Siftables A Domino-Size Computer Toy Like No Other

Siftables, which sounds like some crazy toddler show on Disney, are actually cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor aware, graphical display, and wireless communication. They act in concert to form a single interface: users physically manipulate them - piling, grouping, sorting - to interact with digital information and media. They look like slightly thicker square domino's with lcd screens.

So what are Siftables? Think about spreading a bunch of photograph's out on a table and then having to sort them into piles. One could accomplish this rather quickly. We as humans are very skilled with our hand and eye coordination. We use the same functions of our brain to manipulate multi-touch devices. Siftables interact with us in a similar way and provides us access to an unlimited number of possibilities that range from mathematics, word games, live video and photo collages, and even writing your own open-ended stories allowing you to piece the story together.

In the video below it illustrates how you can place siftables together to solve mathematics. It also shows how you can produce your own music by having a siftable for notes, bass, treble, filter, and reverb - allowing you to finely tune your music in every possible way - all on-the-fly of course.

To better understand how siftables work, please watch the video below as it speaks much louder than words.

Technology Behind Siftables
Siftables has undergone three hardware iterations and multiple software iterations, and now includes a Python API for simplified application development.

Siftables were created by David Merril and Jeevan Kalanithi at the MIT Media Lab with the hope to bring new ways to manipulate data visual to better interact our brains with touch, sound, and visual effects. The group behind the new company have manufactured and distributed a few hundred siftables to an external community of designers and researching actively looking to build applications for them. You too can get information on developing applications for the Siftables by visiting the project site below.

Availability and Pricing
Siftables are not yet avaliable and of course pricing is not yet known. However, you can signup on the email list to be notified when they are avaliable.

More Information: Siftables.com