Hi folks,

It is Sunday, so lets get "cosmic" and play around with astronomy technology developments.

Curtis Wong and Microsoft Research previously launched a free downloadable astronomy software that will change astronomy presentation and storytelling as we know it. Yu can watch the short presentation embedded below- compliments of our friends at TED.

I have also created a 5 minute World Wide Telescope video tour if you would like to get a basic "hands on "overview about how the software works. I highly recommend downloading this application for your children.

The World Wide Telescope project is located at www.worldwidetelescope.org

You may also want to watch the TED conference introduction to the project.

For the more savvy among you, of course there are other similar tools out there, and yes we know about some of them, including Galaxy Zoo's astronomy classification collaboration project!

The human species, in some ways seems to be moving faster and faster. Technology seems to be very helpful when it comes to sharing and collaborating on things “bigger” than our own company or financial success. 

You will be seeing all sorts of storytelling devices coming our way over the next 10 years. The educational limitations that you and I may have faced in the post-industrial school system is undergoing a fairly radical identity shift. Our children are a new generation of story-tellers, as eloquently laid out in by Daniel Pink.

- Russell Wright