While searching for something else I accidentally came across this little gem on using a Wii remote as a very cheap interactive whiteboard on youtube (where else). There are also videos on Wii remote interactivity using your fingers in the air (like in Minority Report) and other inventions by Johnny.
This led me to Johnny Lee’s website where software and instructions on doing all these things are free, and to some thoughts in regard to the Information Commission:
- This is an interesting display of creating and sharing useful information on (I imagine) just about anything – his contributions are favoured by thousands of replies. Food for thought for our knowledge transfer agenda?
- He reflects in his blog on the usefulness of mass help – hundreds of people have put their thoughts on further ideas for Wii based projects. How do we deal with a world where information creation can be aggregated from many people and many tiny inputs? What does this mean in terms of tools for information creation? For ownership/attribution of the end product?
- He has done work in foldable displays (see video on the academic site). Food for thought on containers for information. This is still too primitive for good e-books, but perhaps is a pointer to the day when items that “work” like paper books are possible?
- He publishes in journals but also produces a short video for most of his academic publications. What are the implications of such activity for scholarly publishing? With the new generation of NetGen students and researchers, will academics expect and need to produce multimedia explanations/marketing to draw attention to their research and/or teaching?