Is Xbox 360 the much-promised 'simputer' which will serve as the platform for third world countries for just-in-time training?
Stanford Speaker Explores Learning Via Xbox 360
Earlier this week at Stanford, Raj Reddy, Mozah Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University did a presentation where he looked at the implications of low cost availability of Xbox-3 or PS3 computational power for use in interactive simulated environments for just-in-time learning to solve day-to-day problems faced by illiterate villagers.
As part of Stanford's Center for Innovation In Learning, Spring '05 lecture series, on the evening of May 11 (Weds, night) Reddy presented his research on the study of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence.
PC WORLD: "Xbox 360 a powerful computer disguised as gaming system"
PC WORLD's review of Xbox360 leads us to believe that the new platform might just fuflfill Reddy's vision. Even their headline says that the "New console is actually a sophisticated, powerful PC cleverly disguised as a gaming system".
Steve Fox, special to PC World
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Xbox 360, successor to Microsoft's popular Xbox gaming console, gets the rock-star treatment tonight at a gaudy (though prerecorded) launch event broadcast on MTV. Though the newest incarnation of the Xbox franchise won't be available until the holiday season, "MTV Presents: The Next-Generation Xbox Revealed" (hosted by Frodo himself, The Lord of the Rings' Elijah Woods) should whet gamers' appetites from here to Middle Earth. It will also preempt competitor Sony, which plans to announce its own next-generation gaming system, the PlayStation 3, on May 16.
Unlike the chunky first-generation Xbox, the 360 is sleek and concave, with optional face plates and a glowing green on/off button. More significant, though, is what's inside the box: a sophisticated, powerful PC cleverly disguised as a gaming system. link
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