When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...

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Plastic buckets and shovels in a big box of sand is so old school. Today’s sandbox is getting a high tech, augmented-reality makeover that is teaching kids big and small topographic map-reading skills ...

A sandbox using a projector and Xbox Kinect to display a topographic contour map onto the sand surface in real time. Kids and adults love it!