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The following movie is amazing. It is a demonstration of a new Japanese camera and is what one might imagine as not surprising, in terms of what typical photographic progress might suggest. But in terms of seeing the result of how the camera has developed for the first time rather than just imagining, I’m amazed.

Consequently, I have been riding to work again and with the ride timing around an hour each way, I’ve become eager to get on the bike because I’m in the midst of Thomas Friedman’s book, The World is Flat. I’d like to say that I’m in the middle of it, but because it takes up pages on my iPod, even scrolling around to find my position is frustrating. I just assume that Mr. Friedman’s book will be tackled in its entirety someday and go on with my ride.

I digress. My listening to The World is Flat offers a nice perspective to a video such as this that touts new advancements in technology. Put simply, I am keenly aware of the progress made in other parts of the world when I see this man from Japan and his balloon and I have no similar videos from the US. Certainly the guy who turned the Wii remote into a whiteboard is clever and has added much to the interactive education world, but how about significant progress? Change through the advancements that promote other ares of study? As Thomas Friedman asserts, if the United States (and any other country) is going to be successful in the future, we are going to have to realize that the nature of business and progress is becoming very different than when American auto makers dictated our economy. Right now, our educational system needs to be promoting innovation and forward thinking. Right now we need to focus less on our fixation with standardized tests as a means to chant that we are number one_(Cohen) and teach the next generation to work creatively, efficiently, confidently and globally.

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