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Giant tablet computers for every kid

Friday, 04 June 2010 10:48 Last Updated on Friday, 04 June 2010 10:48 Written by Eric Garland 2 Comments

Tell me that when every kid has one of these that education won’t change forever.

Also, let me know how colleges will keep charging $1000 per semester for books when no printing is required.

This is the stuff that makes you say, “Awesome, I think the future just arrived.”

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This entry was posted on Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 10:48 am and is filed under education, Technology, telecommunications, The Future. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
  • http://twitter.com/mdrabik Michelle Drabik

    This seems to correct many of the problems noted in the first trial of e-texts (http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-02-…). I think this is, indeed, the very near future.

  • http://blog.competitivefutures.com/ ericgarland

    It took the iPod for the mp3 to catch on. I wonder if this it the arrival of the mp3 for the publishing industry.

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