05-25-2005, 08:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Kids Use PocketPCs and RFID Technology To Learn About Plants
"EAST LANSING, Mich. - Youngsters visiting Michigan State University�s 4-H Children�s Garden are discovering unseen information about plants in the palm of their hands. A new device called the Personal Science Assistant (PSA), similar to a hand-held personal digital assistant, reads the plant label (a radio frequency identification product known as an RFID tag). The application brings up information and pictures about each of the plant�s parts: root, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds. By using the PSA, kids discover what each plant part looks like and what it does."
Here's a very innovative use of technology! We've all heard of using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and PocketPCs for product/inventory/asset scanning and management, but this application is so much more interesting to me. No need to look up information in a book or to keep up with a tour guide (of course, the line forming behind the RFID tag might be a different story). This solution was put together as part of the Master's Thesis from one of our readers named Aparna. Thanks for sharing, Aparna! :way to go: If you're interested in seeing more, you can also find a web version of the program online.
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05-26-2005, 05:41 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 76
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This is just so cool. My son is in green brigade in his school and something like this will be great for 3rd graders.
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