Videoconferencing brings classroom presence to life in Texas
Teleportec and Teliris push 3D like videoconferencing that projects teachers as life size images on glass. The system enhances interaction, with EDS and Pearson adopting the tech to cut travel. Derry Elementary in Port Isabel used the setup to connect South Padre Island students during a Sept barge closure.
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Paul Revere
Ann Holland
Sam
Holland
South Padre Island
Derry
Texas
Dave Booth
Teleportec
Teliris
Pearson Group PLC
London
David Bell
Pearson
Financial Times
U.S
Electronic Data Systems
Europe
Atlantic
Booth
Port Isabel
Texas Gulf Coast
Photo philosophies worth noting from famed photographers
A compilation of quotes from Mary Ellen Mark and other iconic photographers on how they frame, light, and stage images. The collection emphasizes creation over capture, self expression, and the pursuit of a meaningful print rather than fame.
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Mary Ellen Mark
Mark
Freeman Patterson
Julia Margaret Cameron
Karsh
Ottawa
Art Kane
Web Winners Improve Your New Year Resolutions
A survey of Internet sites offers a mix of resolutions guidance and gimmicks. It highlights Gulf of Tonkin links, online coaching plans, free trials, and reminders promising to help users start businesses lose weight quit smoking or be nicer. It notes varied costs and approaches while urging caution about overpromising results.
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Luminet
Tgort
Tonkin
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
NWW
Hiaspire.com
Girlpower.gov
Gandhiinstitute
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi Institute
India
Modest gadget evolutions expected in 2002
2002 likely brings gradual gadget upgrades across consumer tech. Digital cameras surpass 4 5 megapixels shifting focus to affordability. More DVD players will handle audio DVDs and self-burnt CDs. DVD VCR combos face growing competition from Samsung and SONICblue. Internet appliances persist in new forms as tablets, interactive TV features, and DVRs mature with integrated set top boxes.
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Sony
3Com
Audrey
Samsung
Sonicblue
Midas
Michelle Abraham
Cahners In-Star Group
Researchers test future speech interfaces with real world data
Researchers describe efforts to let humans talk with computers as naturally as with people. Field tests use a car mounted laptop and in car sensors to collect noisy voice data for training systems that filter out ambient sounds. Projects like Jupiter process weather queries and dialogue managers extract useful words to navigate maps and directories.
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Glass
Hansen
MIT
University of Colorado
Jay Plucienkowski
Center For Spoken Language Research
Spoken Language Systems Laboratory
Communicator
Colorado
Jupiter
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