ArchieMD

Today I wrote about a Washington Post article entitled, "Immune Systems Increasingly on Attack" on my SchoolNet blog. The article discusses possible reasons why children have so many more allergies today than they had in the past.

I'm not a scientist but I do have horrible allergies. Sometimes when my nose is irritated I'm wondering what is really happening. Why does it hurt me?

So, how does this relate to modern technology?

Very simply, one technology company, ArchieMD has developed what it describes as "created the most scientifically credible library of health and science imagery in the world. Comprising six terabytes of electronic data, the library consists of several thousand images and high quality 3-D animations." Several weeks ago, while in Florida, I had the opportunity to meet with folks at this company. They showed me some of their animations and one word describes them: Incredible!! Students of all ages could benefit from this content. The only caveat is that the content is not free. In this age, of Web 2.0, so much content is free. But, does content have to be free for people to use it?

In five years will content have to be free for people to use it?