Smartpaper Networks Licenses Touchsmart Publishing to Distribute Next-Generation Textbooks Using a Unique "Touch User Interface"
Los Gatos, CA & Cincinnati, OH (ContentDesk) July 9, 2004 -- Smartpaper Networks has developed a breakthrough digital media delivery platform that finally unites print and digital media. Smartpaper is the only technology that transforms ordinary paper into a wireless control device, bringing printed pages to life by activating the power of video, audio, and the Internet with the touch of a finger. Smartpaper technology enables a multimedia learning process across multiple media delivery devices by linking text and graphics with audio and video, via personal computers, televisions with DVDs, game consoles, and other access points to the Internet.
Smartpaper technology facilitates the delivery of educational content in multiple modes, effective for students with diverse learning styles and special needs not addressed by traditional learning methodologies and materials.Touchsmart Publishing intends to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by touching pages of paper.
Through the "touch user interface (TUI)", they provide a bridge across the digital divide for more students.
Touchsmart founder and CEO, Jason Barkeloo, notes, "The TUI technology has the promise of reducing the cost of textbooks while increasing the amount of content and including multiple student learning styles and special needs.
This technology enables a decentralized publishing model that will greatly benefit school districts as it allows them to publish their own books."Alan Chaplin, CEO of Smartpaper Networks, commented, "Touchsmart Publishing has a unique vision for bringing enhanced learning tools to the educational market.
We are pleased that they will be among the first adopters of our patented protected technology and excited by the reception they have received both from educators and from educational content providers."About Smartpaper Networks CorporationSmartpaper Networks Corporation has created a new electronic media platform that utilizes patented Smartpaper? technology to make ordinary paper books and other printed publications come to life with the touch of a finger.
Smartpaper's SmartCase?, the entry product for the company, will provide a place to bind conventional printed publications to enable the pages to become touch-sensitive.
When the page is touched, the coordinates of the touch are wirelessly transmitted (via infrared) to a host device such as a DVD player, or video game platform that enables a PC monitor or TV to display the hyperlinked electronic media.
For more information about Smartpaper Networks, please visit us at www.smartpaper.netAbout TouchSmart Publishing, LLC:TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company with the exclusive license to develop and distribute touch-sensitive books to the K-12 math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by touching pages in a book.
TouchSmart Publishing provides a bridge over the digital divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs or socioeconomic position, than are current connected.
For more information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at http://www.touchsmart.net ..
Smartpaper Networks Licenses Touchsmart Publishing to Distribute Next-Generation Textbooks Using a Unique "Touch User Interface"
Los Gatos, CA & Cincinnati, OH (ContentDesk) July 9, 2004 -- Smartpaper Networks has developed a breakthrough digital media delivery platform that finally unites print and digital media. Smartpaper is the only technology that transforms ordinary paper into a wireless control device, bringing printed pages to life by activating the power of video, audio, and the Internet with the touch of a finger. Smartpaper technology enables a multimedia learning process across multiple media delivery devices by linking text and graphics with audio and video, via personal computers, televisions with DVDs, game consoles, and other access points to the Internet.
Smartpaper technology facilitates the delivery of educational content in multiple modes, effective for students with diverse learning styles and special needs not addressed by traditional learning methodologies and materials.Touchsmart Publishing intends to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect...
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DISH Network Satellite TV Receivers - Which One is Best?
DISH Network Satellite TV Receivers
A satellite TV receiver is the electronic box that decodes and sends the satellite signal to your television.
DVR (digital video reorder) satellite TV receivers can also let you record live TV shows, skip through commercials, and pause the show you're watching so you can get a snack or answer the phone.
Here's a review of DISH Network satellite TV receivers:
Free DISH Network Satellite TV Receivers
DISH Network offers two free standard receivers:
* The DISH 311 receiver has one tuner for viewing satellite TV programs on one television.
* The DISH 322 receiver has two tuners for independent TV viewing on two separate televisions.
DISH Network offers one free DVR receiver, the DVR 625, that allows you to:
* Pause and rewind live satellite TV programs
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?Bleeding Edge? Polymer Semiconductor Research Receives Acclaims
A team of material scientists, led by Professor Samson A. Jenekhe formerly of the University of Rochester's Department of Chemical Engineering, have developed a family of plastic electroluminescent devices.
This family of technologies has potential applications in more efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells, video displays, as well as other electronic devices, and is the subject of U.S. Patent 6,605,904.
Jenekhe's research was recently recognized by Thomson research company in its "Fast Moving Fronts," which identifies trends and growth areas within materials sciences and other disciplines.
His research is focused on one of the major challenge of developing plastic, or polymer-based, semiconductors ? to make efficient, high-performance semiconductors for use in applications where traditional polymer semiconductors fall short.
These high-performance semiconductors are called multicomponent organic semiconductors.
The challenge...
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MDG Computers to Sponsor Xtreme Core Conflict Contest at Fragapalooza
(ContentDesk) July 24, 2006 -- Canada's largest computer gaming event and LAN party is back. This year, MDG Computers will sponsor the Xtreme Core Conflict contest at Fragapalooza. Fragapalooza is hosted annually in the Mayfield Trade Centre in Edmonton, Alberta over the weekend of July 27th 30th.
Over 1,000 gamers from around the world will gather at the venue for the 4 day event.
Armed with their custom configured gaming PCs, these gamers will connect to a massive LAN network and compete in games such as Warcraft III Frozen Throne, CounterStrike and Quake World.
Fragapalooza is wrapped together with official tournaments, prize giveaways, and an active environment of fun challenges.
Participants at the event are kept busy day and night as the event runs 24 hours a day from start to finish.Complementing the LAN party at this years event is the Xtreme Core Conflict competition sponsored by MDG Computers. Fragapalooza registrants will submit their PC...
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Create high-quality images with Digital cameras
Digital cameras have recently grown in popularity because
of their increasing image quality and easy interaction with
desktop PCs. Digital cameras create high-quality images
that allow you to send to others over the Internet or print on
a color printer. Red Hat Linux supports several brands of
digital cameras and has applications that help you access,
view, and modify your digital photographs.
digital camera has many advantages. It saves you money
in the long run because you don??t have to buy rolls and
rolls of film and you don??t have to pay for development.
You don??t have to go to the store to drop off an then pick up
your pictures.
A digital camera shows you the images
before they are printed, an if you don??t like it, you simply
delete them.
Digital photographs are incredibly easy to distribute and
use. You can insert them into word processing documents,...
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Should Your Next Big Screen TV be a Plasma HDTV?
Are you looking for a new big screen TV? There are several choices of different technologies for your next big screen TV. Right now one of the best and most popular items available is the Plasma HDTV technology. But how do you know which model is the right one for you? Here are some brief descriptions of the CRT technology, LCD screens, Plasma HDTV, and projectors so you can better understand your options for your next big screen TV.CRT TVsWhile it may not be as high-tech as a Plasma HDTV screen, you can still get a big screen TV with the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology (small cathode ray tubes that produce color to create images), also known as direct-view televisions. CRT is the...
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