We’ve had our new site and blog up for a few weeks now, but today we’re happy to officially announce Sifteo!

Last year Siftables was a research project initiated at the MIT Media Lab. Since then we have all finished our graduate work, and last summer we formed a start-up company called Sifteo. With support from True Ventures and the National Science Foundation, we are now hard at work developing the next generation of the technology to bring our vision of Siftables to the world.

In the past year we’ve received an overwhelming and international positive response. We’ve heard about the TED video being used in workshops and classrooms, and forwarded among friends, family, parents, students, teachers, and co-workers. Your support and feedback have been invaluable, and we are excited to be in contact with so many people who not only understand the potential of Siftables, but want to help us make them a reality on coffee tables, playgrounds and desks around the world.

This year we’ll be creating games, reaching out to developers, working with manufacturers, and running beta tests with players. We look forward to continuing to get to know everyone, and to working with you to create the future of play.

In addition to following the Sifteo blog, there are other ways you can keep tabs on Siftables activity: subscribe to our mailing list, follow us on Twitter (@Sifteo), or become a Fan on Facebook! And please keep sharing Siftables with the people you know who will see the possibilities.

Sincerely,
The Sifteo Team
{Dave,Brent,Jeevan}