The research consultancy Latitude recently completed a multi-phase innovation study, Children's Future Requests for Computers and the Internet, which was published in collaboration with ReadWriteWeb.
The study asked more than 200 kid-innovators across the world, ages 12 and under, to draw the answer to this question: "What would you like your computer or the Internet to do that it can't do right now?"
By and large, kids indicated that they'd like future technology to fulfill three primary functions:
1. Serve as an extension of themselves, with more fluid and intelligent modes of interaction
2. Seamlessly integrate digital objects, places and experiences with the real, physical world
3. Empower users by conferring new knowledge or abilities and unlocking new experiences
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