The News Review:
- Succeeding Today
- Battle of the brains
- In Reality Virtual Marketplace Falls Short
- Wired Ed: Teens taking more tech to class.
Succeeding Today
Bizjournals.com – Aug 20, 2007
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Battle of the brains
The Age – Aug 20, 2007
“The judges make their decision based on the quality of thearchitecture and the elegance of the code. “I mean the Greek team got second or third place last year witha concept that had duct tape as a major component – does that soundlike they had a bagful of money?”This year’s low-budget success story was undoubtedly the TDevelopment Team from Austria who reached the final five withINTI a piece of technology that combines the functions of adigital flipchart and a digital whiteboard. Based on off-the-shelf Anoto pen-and-paper technology INTIallows users to write and draw without space restrictions at thesame time as loading images PowerPoint presentations PDFs andvideo all onto the same rear-projection surface. “We usedtechnology that you can buy for a few hundred dollars at the store- the kind they use in some hospitals and in insurance companies tofill out forms” says T Development Team member ChristianSchafleitner. “Then we added a streaming functionality which sends all thedata through to the computer and an intuitive user interface whichcan be used with a pen. At just 23 Schafleitner like so many of the other young codersin the competition is already ahead of many fully qualifiedprogrammers but sees little unusual about his ability to code. “We just did what most people did” he says without a trace offalse modesty… “We just thought about how we can make educationeasier and better for people. Then you just go and do it – it’s notreally that hard – it’s kind of fun really. Paul Bibby attended the Imagine Cup in Seoul as a guest ofMicrosoft.
In Reality Virtual Marketplace Falls Short
TheStreet.com – TheStreet.com (subscription) – Aug 20, 2007
WorldWired helps companies and universities build realistic training simulators within Second Life that allow them to practice everything from performing surgery to applying pesticides to operating a nuclear power plant. Corporate training and other big business applications are also becoming popular. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) are just some of the companies holding job fairs within Second Life. And virtual meetings and conferences are becoming more common. IBM for example holds meetings in Second Life that consist of avatars watching someone give a PowerPoint presentation. Besides the novelty appeal it’s a relatively inexpensive way to hold meetings and allow people to interact when they’re spread across the country. King says small businesses can also benefit from these applications… Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) are just some of the companies holding job fairs within Second Life. And virtual meetings and conferences are becoming more common. IBM for example holds meetings in Second Life that consist of avatars watching someone give a PowerPoint presentation. Besides the novelty appeal it’s a relatively inexpensive way to hold meetings and allow people to interact when they’re spread across the country. King says small businesses can also benefit from these applications. “Taking advantage of these virtual capabilities will improve how you potentially interact with your employees your suppliers and your customers. The FutureMost experts agree that while there’s not much business opportunity now the virtual world and its useful business applications will grow by leaps and bounds within the next five to 10 years.
Wired Ed: Teens taking more tech to class.
Free with registration – Palm Beach Post – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 20, 2007
“To school? Just the cellphone. ” As teens like Johnson return to class this week technology that once was the domain of college kids has trickled down to their younger brothers and sisters. “I’m selling $500-to-$800 laptops to elementary and middle-schoolers” said Gabriel Berry general sales manager at CompUSA in West Palm Beach. “Now you’re seeing kids uploading assignments with a flash drive in class and bringing them home. ” Karen Stockwell a buyer for ffice Depot in Delray Beach said some parents view buying technology for teens as an investment in the future.