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Looks at the use of multimedia presentation in term paper writing. Twist to courses; Benefits of such a move; Comments from students.

CLINTON, N.Y. -- They text their friends all day long. At night, they do research for their term papers on laptops and commune with their parents on Skype. But as they walk the paths of Hamilton College, a poster-perfect liberal arts school in this upstate village, students are still hauling around bulky, old-fashioned textbooks -- and loving it. ''The screen won't go blank,'' said Faton Begolli, a sophomore from Boston. ''There can't be a virus. It wouldn't be the same without books. They've defined 'academia' for a thousand years.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Addresses efforts made by New York Stock Exchange chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Richard Grasso to improve operations at the company. Thought of eliminating paper order tickets; Reasons for the decision, namely to utilize advancements in technology; Other changes occurring at the exchange.

Features the Anoto, a pen that records everything it writes and can send things in its memory as an e-mail, short message or fax, invented by Charter Fahraeus of Sweden-based C-Technologies AB. Information on the Bluetooth technology; Other applications of the Bluetooth technology; Interest expressed by Ericsson for the Anoto pen.

Reports on the development of a touch-sensitive smart paper that acts like a typical television infrared remote control by TV Interactive Inc. Advantages of the new technology over mouse or a keyboard; Applications.

Provides information on desk-top scanners and software for character reading and its impact in reduction of paperwork. Conversion of paper document into files on a computer; Details of optical character recognition (OCR); Drawbacks in earlier models; Details of programs like Omnipage from the Caere Corporation and Wordscan from Calera Recognition Systems Inc.; Facility of zoning in Omnipage Professionals; Use of computing power; Views of Allen Goff on professional usage of OCR.

The authors refutes the pronouncement that China is about to overtake the U.S. and other advanced economies in technological innovations based on patents.

This article features the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which won the top prize in the 2010 "Wall Street Journal" Technology Innovation Awards for manufacturing high-quality displays on flexible materials.

Reports on Eastman Kodak Co. and attempts to expand its business. History of the company as a maker of camera film; Expansion of the company into the realm of photographic supplies, printers, and the Internet; Advances in photographic technology that have led the company to expand its business.

Reports that Stanford Medical Center is quite literally the birthplace of many architects of the computer revolution. Information on Stanford; Information on leading computer companies; Installations information systems in hospitals; Comments; More information.

Focuses on the use of annotated literature on CD-ROM as developed by Professor Robert L. Oakman at University of South Carolina. Information on the Medialink computer program; Experiences of the students using it.

Describes how high school students in Washington State use ExPAN, a new computer network being marketed by the College Board, to fill out a college application and send it to colleges of their choice. Numbers of applications prepared on the network; Cost to colleges; How ExPAN operates.

The article reports on the dominant use of mobile payments in China, making paper money and coins obsolete ones. According to Richard Lim, managing director of the venture capital firm GSR Ventures, the issue is one of the single most important innovations that happened in the country and solely taking place in China. The negative impact of the mobile payments use on tourists and business travelers who will find it hard to turn their phones into wallets is tackled.

The article reports on the release of a white paper on energy policy released by the Chinese government saying that it has lowered its target for constructing nuclear power plants by 2015. The white paper stated that the government plans to install 40 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2015 and has pledged strict safety standards. However, the white paper did not describe it as a reduction as the country's five-year plan is at 50 gigawatts and has installed 12.54 gigawatts in 2011.

Focuses on E Ink Corp., a start-up company that is trying to stake out a lead in a race to create futuristic electronic paper. The competition that E Ink faces from bigger rivals such as Xerox Corp.; Explanation of how electronic paper works; How electronic paper differs from electronic books.

This article examines the materials and fabrics being used in high fashion during Milan, Italy's fashion week. High technology fabrics are showing up at all the fashion shows from semitransparent silks to cotton that looks like paper. Several reasons for the appearance of the high tech fabrics are offered. According to the author, part of the design change comes from global warming which is blurring the lines between seasons.

The article presents a journalist's look back at his reviews of technology products, including a $1,275 cellphone from Bang & Olufsen, which were presented in 2006 editions of the paper. A discussion of updates which have been made to the products since the release of the reviews is presented. A discussion of the author's choices for best and worst technology products for 2006 is offered.

Reports that Israeli cryptographer Adi Shamir will present a paper with designs for a device that could improve the ability of code breakers to decipher codes. Presentation of the paper at the annual meeting of the International Association for Cryptographic Research in 1999; Impact of the device on cryptographic systems.

Provides tips on keeping important papers in order in one's home. Advantages of keeping papers properly; Advice for dealing with documents relating to banking, home, individual retirement accounts, insurance, investments, taxes and wills.

The article informs that the University of California, Berkeley, and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have developed a wireless device to indicate through milk carton cap that milk has become sour.

The article reports that the central government in India will invest to bring the country up-to-date in response to public frustration about how long it takes to deliver services. Helping the government are India's technology companies. Satyam Computer Services Ltd. will develop a rail system for Hyderabad City. Tata Consultancy Services will computerize passport files and develop software for India's e-passports. HCL Technologies Ltd. will establish data digital storage centers to replace paper-based records.

The article reports that technological innovation has led to a sharp increase in energy efficiency and is actually a net saver of energy by a 10-to-1 ratio across the economy. This is the finding of a report released today by the Technology CEO Council. The paper, written by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, found that it takes half the energy to produce $1 of economic output than it did in 1970 and that energy savings has soared since 1996.

The article focuses on the technological innovations in furniture designing. It presents information on Rapid Prototyping (RP), a computer controlled process for printing objects in three dimensional (3 D) images. It states that RP uses a range of techniques such as stereolithogrphy and selective laser sintering for printing. It discusses RP images beginning with a 3-D image, which are sliced into thousands of layers as thin as tissue paper, and then printed by especially designed pieces.

The article focuses on the development of a software product called GreenPrint, from GreenPrint Technologies Inc., in Portland, Oregon, which can help eliminate the production of wasted paper which occurs during the printing of pages from the Internet. A discussion of the process GreenPrint uses to eliminate the waste is presented.

Reports that the Bush administration plans to announce a long-term plan for modernizing the nation's health care system with information technology, bringing patient records and prescriptions out of the realm of ink and paper and into the computer age. Role of the government as setting goals and working with the private sector to establish product and technology standards; Use of the government's buying power as the largest purchaser of health care to accelerate the transition to electronic patient records.

Reports that a study prepared for the US National Science Foundation found strong evidence that publicly financed scientific research plays an important role in the breakthroughs of industrial innovation. Findings of the study; Advocates of federal spending on scientific research as seizing upon the study to bolster their position; Figures on private spending for research, and sources of scientific papers cited on US industrial patents. INSET: Research: Public vs. private..

Reports on the patent taken out by Robin Mumford for a method of identifying people who are susceptible to confusion of words and numbers and customizing high-intensity lights to alleviate their difficulties. Influence of lighting adjustments on the way people understand words on paper; Evaluation of people with simple timed test; Call for a change to high-intensity discharge lights.

Reports on the release of draft papers describing potential uses of the data highway. Officials of the National Information Infrastructure's assertions; Use of the data highway in education and libraries; Equitable access and technical standards.

Describes the joint project of Black Hawk, Carl Sandburg and Spoon River colleges (Illinois) which converted their paper library catalogs into machine-readable format. The information will be available at the end of June on CD-ROM, and to the public in the colleges' libraries. Comments by Frederick Visel, dean at Carl Sandberg College; Contact point for more information.

Focuses on the trend in the publishing business with all the major national news papers trying to grapple with the exploding growth of on-line services and the Internet. Measures taken by the publishing companies to venture into the electronic side of publishing; Expert opinion on the move of publishing houses.

Provides information about laws pertaining to the distribution of term papers over the World Wide Web and about a `virtual ear' surgeons can practice on. A Texas law regarding the selling or advertising of works with the intent that they will be plagerized and used to satisfy an academic requirement; The creation of a computerized, three-dimensional simulation of the human ear by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Reports on the launching of a software for converting paper documents into a computerized format, keeping the appearance and style of the original, by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Information about the software the Acrobat Capture.

Profiles Andrea Grossman's, Mrs. Grossman's Paper Company. Produce of firm; Inception of idea; Background of firm; Grossman's comments on firm's success; Fall in demand in sticker market; Role of marriage and divorce with company's art director John Grossman; Reactions of rival companies; Diversification plans of firm; Growth record of company; Mrs. Grossman's relationship with John Grossman; Innovations by Grossman.

The article discusses how digital imaging and photography equipment company Eastman Kodak will have changed when it leaves bankruptcy in 2013. While Kodak-brand digital cameras, film, and kiosks will still be available, the author notes that such products will not be owned or controlled by Kodak as they were sold as part of the bankruptcy process. Criticism against Kodak's business policies and failure to adapt to technological innovations prior to its bankruptcy are also noted.

INTERACTIVE FEATURE The Innovation Whiteboard A collection of innovations that readers have made in their daily lives, like a tea mask that eases puffy eyes. www.nytimes.com/magazine [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on innovations in the use of film in photography as of May 23, 2002.

Reports on the development of a self-heating food can by Thermotic Developments Ltd. of Great Britain. Problems in marketing self-heating food containers to Nestlé SA; Dangers including explosions and burns; Use of self-heating food containers in the military and by companies such as Gekkeikan Co. and Gillette Co.

Describes the electronic pens developed and marketed by C Technologies AB. Technical enhancements; Competition in the quick-scanning technology; How the pens work.

Presents technology news in the United States as of March 25, 1999. Information on the Residential Gateway technology from Siemens; Decrease in the price of personal computers; Features of the pen called Smart Quill from British Telecommunications.

Reports on the plan of IBM and many other Japanese makers of office equipment, to create a new standard for linking personal computers to fax, copiers, telephones and other electronic devices. Details of the method; Plans of IBM.

Reports on the launch of the Advanced Photo System by the five different photo industries. Anticpated media exposure recieved; Names of the companies; Leader of the pack in the United States; Percentage cost of film and cameras.