Sifteo Cubes on the Rise?

As I was surfing around online, looking for nothing in particular, I stumbled across what seems to potentially be the new generations form of building blocks. Growing up I remember playing with alphabet blocks. My sisters and iwould stack them, arrange them, throw them; pretty much anything you could think of using them for, we did. I became interested with this article because with the Sifteo Blocks when you interact with them, they will interact fit back with you. I thought that this was a cool new concept. But not only are these blocks limited to have faces with just letters on them, but they can be used for gaming, color scheming, mathematics,video watching. The blocks are in a way like a computer chopped up into tiny pieces minus the keyboard. After watching a video and reading an article on these blocks, it got me to thinking; how could I use these in my classroom? Now it seems at first glance that these blocks are geared towards a younger demographic, however I beg to differ. The blocks can have letters on the front and be used as a quick vocabulary word game, encouraging the student to make as many words with the bank that is given in the quickest amount of time. Why couldn't I have a game activity with my students, asking them to make words pertaining to the story or unit that we are focusing on? The Sifteo Blocks also have a new Creative Kit feature that allows teachers to make new activites and customize games for the students? Could these blocks be a new innovative material to bring into our futuristic classrooms?