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Arts and crafts for the digital age?

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This seems a little counterintuitive, doesn't it?

But this is a craft kit for the digital age. It includes electronic sensors, motors, sound boxes, connecting cables and a palm-size, battery-powered, programmable computer.

By combining the traditional materials with high-tech ones, children as young as 9 can invent interactive jewelry, fanciful creatures that dance, musical sculptures and more, says Mitchel Resnick, an assistant professor of learning research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.

At least it's still creativity. Just don't forget about traditional hand-held crafts, k?



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