Comments on: Early electronic "learning" doohickey?

Question: Early electronic "learning" doohickey?

jdfan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:44:43 -0800

My friend from grade school was just profiled on Time.com. We met in 4th grade in 1979 over an electronic learning toy in class. It was white plastic, had a smoked plexiglass cover, spherical in shape but possibly on a pedestal. Help me identifiy it so I can remind him of it!

By: unSane

unSane — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:14:28 -0800

I can't help you with the toy but I've been looking at his work on dimensional representations of chordal music today (it was featured on Slashdot) and it's really beautiful, so I hope someone can help you out. (To others, watch the Chopin movies on his site).

Maybe a FPP about this?

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:14:49 -0800

It was a game, I remember it, and I remember it was used on Buck Rogers - ostensibly because it looked so FUTURISTIC.

But I'm no help with the name.

By: gregvr

gregvr — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:33:07 -0800

Is it this? Computer Perfection?

If it isn't this, then I would be surprised if it isn't in the 1979 Sears Wish book.

By: misha

misha — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:56:03 -0800

Computer Perfection was actually used on Buck Rogers! And this guy invented it (or the technology that went into it, not sure).

By: jdfan

jdfan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:22:33 -0800

Bingo! Thank you :)