BBC NEWS | Technology | Danes get interactive floors for schools

Called "Wisdom Wells," the floors were created by designers Kasper Neilson and Ole Iverson for children "who do not fit into the school environment" and "cannot just sit and listen to a teacher for six hours."
The Wisdom Well is effectively a large glass floor, measuring 12 square metres, that can be set up inside a school.
Beneath it, an image from a PC is projected up onto the floor. Cameras beneath the floor then track the actions of pupils as they move across it - allowing them to interact with the projected images.
The idea was partially inspired by the ancient Nordic myth of Mimir's Well, where the god Odin sacrificed his one eye in order to obtain eternal wisdom

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on Oct 04, 10