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Real world touchscreen interface for interactive documents and books

KokuRyu — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:58:07 -0800

Touchscreen interface for seamless data transfer between the real and virtual worlds - Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a next generation user interface which can accurately detect the users finger and what it is touching, creating an interactive touchscreen-like system, using objects in the real world.

The Written World - A History of Writing

carter — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:42:28 -0800

The Written World is a five part radio series put together by Melyvn Bragg as part of the In Our Time BBC radio project. The programmes look at the history of written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history. Each episode is available as a podcast and has an accompanying page (1 2 3 4 5) with images and links for further exploration. Also: The books that shaped history (narrated slideshow); the British Library page.

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Afroblanco — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:03:53 -0800

Last year, Infoworld published their list of the 7 dirtiest jobs in IT. This year, they're back with 7 even dirtier jobs. via/.

Information Technology

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Thu, 29 May 2003 07:11:07 -0800

Does Information Technology(IT) matter? A recent Harvard Business Review paper has been criticized for its controversial stance that IT does not matter. Does it?