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Researchers simulate sense of touch online
Researchers simulate sense of touch online. As aural and visual learning tools,
the internet and its vast array of multimedia applications are fast
becoming unparalleled classroom resources. Now, a new technology is
emerging that would add touch to this list of features, enabling students
to feel with their hands what they see on the web. Links:
Liquid Crystals Paving Way Towards "Smart-Paper" Displays
National Science Foundation, August 18
"The Future of 3D Graphics"
The WinHEC conference featured a session in which Nvidia graphics architect David
Kirk detailed expected changes in 3D graphics over the next decade.
Kirk, who received Siggraph's 2002 Computer Graphics Achievement Award,
mused that graphics ...
"Electronics: A Voyage of Discovery"
Breakthroughs in nanotechnology will greatly influence next-generation electronics
and data storage, and open up new computing methodologies, according
to Clayton Teague of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's
Manufacturing
"ACM Honors Peter Franaszek for Contributions to Data Encoding"
ACM will give the Paris 2002 Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award to Dr. Peter
Franaszek for his contributions to digital data encoding, which helped
usher in revolutionary breakthroughs in digital media's recording
density and digital communication systems' transmission ... from May
2003 ACM
Electronic Field Trips Enhance Science Education
The Satellite Educational Resources Consortium offers a series of electronic field
trips for middle school science classrooms, including "The Power of
Volcanoes" and "Journeys to Wilderness Canyons."
Vantage Learning Forms Partnership with the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
The technology company will provide development and scoring services for open-ended, essay response components of the board's teacher certification exams. For information contact hbarfoot@vantage.com.
Scantron Enhances Online Assessment Technology
Technology company for student testing and assessment has added more language arts and science modules.
VIRTUAL TOUCH
Engineers in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at the University at Buffalo developed a new technology that transmits the sensation of touch over the Internet. Though the technology is still a long way from being able to capture and communicate the complex feel of a perfect golf swing, researchers have successfully used it to transmit from one person to another over the Internet the sensation of touching a soft or hard object, and the ability to feel the contour of particular shapes. The researchers call their technology "sympathetic haptics," which means "having the ability to feel what another person feels."
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