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Smart Kindergarten

Posted by michael on from the watch-johnny-pull-sally's-hair dept.

A UCLA professor is working on set of sensors and data-capture applications to record a school classroom in intimate detail. The project webpage has more information; see also an older story. The professor apparently envisions actually deploying these sensors in a classroom next spring, but doesn't mention what school is willing to participate.

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  1. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll have statistics on which color playdough is the most popular, as well as the optimal nap time.

  2. Re:What parent would agree to this? by Megaslow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe parents can elect to get e-mail (pager, sms) alerts: WARNING: Suzy is picking her nose! ALERT: Johnny's fly is down! What if the microphones happen to record the children during sing-along time? Will the RIAA have to get involved?

  3. Usenet by eclectic_echidna · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is bad enough that my 10 year old Usenet posts are available to my potential employers.

    Now they can download what I did in Kindergarten?

    --ee

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    Antiquated competence won't be a job skill forever.
  4. the results are in by meeotch · · Score: 5, Funny
    Students will wear caps with sensors called "iBadges" pinned to them, Srivastava said.

    5 years and 4.3 million dollars later, researchers report their findings: that you can't convince a first grader to wear a beeping, faintly warm hat for more than six minutes at a stretch.