MIT Scientist Captures 90,000 Hours of Video of His Son’s First Words, Graphs It | Fast Company In a talk soon to grab several million views on TED.com, cognitive scientist Deb RoyWednesday shared a remarkable experiment that hearkens back to an earlier era of science using brand-new technology. From the day he and his wife brought their son home five years ago, the family’s every movement and word was captured and tracked with a series of fisheye lenses in every room in their house. The purpose was to understand how we learn language, in context, through the words we hear.  Cool stuff aside, is “in a talk soon to grab several million viewers on TED” the new “soon to be making the email-forward rounds”?

MIT Scientist Captures 90,000 Hours of Video of His Son’s First Words, Graphs It | Fast Company

In a talk soon to grab several million views on TED.com, cognitive scientist Deb RoyWednesday shared a remarkable experiment that hearkens back to an earlier era of science using brand-new technology. From the day he and his wife brought their son home five years ago, the family’s every movement and word was captured and tracked with a series of fisheye lenses in every room in their house. The purpose was to understand how we learn language, in context, through the words we hear. 

Cool stuff aside, is “in a talk soon to grab several million viewers on TED” the new “soon to be making the email-forward rounds”?

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