# Toy tiles that talk to each other

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: David Merrill
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Business and management, Art, architecture and design, Music, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_toy_tiles_that_talk_to_each_other)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?

## Lectures

1. [Toy tiles that talk to each other](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_merrill_toy_tiles_that_talk_to_each_other/d7b9d1326d60), 7 min (TED's player)