BACKGROUND It is thought that computer familiarity has increased significantly since 2004 as well as the use of computers. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of computer familiarity and types of keyboard and computer on the performance of the Korean computerized neurobehavioral test (KCNT), and to identify which parameters of KCNT were affected by aforementioned factors. METHODS A total...

Personal computers contribute significantly to the growing problem of electronic waste. Every computer, when finished with, must be stored, dumped, recycled, or somehow re-used. Most are dumped, at a huge cost to health and the environment, as their owners succumb to the desire to keep up with the ever-increasing power of new computers. Supercomputers and computer clusters provide more power th...

obile phone companies sell more batteries than phones to consumers. The devices users buy generally include rechargeable batteries so that they are immediately useful. On average, however, the consumer must own more than one battery during the phone's life. The same is probably true for laptops and camcorders. Companies try to protect their batteries with various design and utility patents to k...

The“Laptop Accordion”co-opts the commodity laptop computer to craft an expressive, whimsical accordion-like instrument. It utilizes the opening and closing of the laptop screen as a physical metaphor for accordion bellows, and the laptop keyboard as a musical buttonboard. Motion is tracked using the laptop camera via optical flow and mapped to continuous control over dynamics, while the sound i...

In recent years technology has changed dramatically. Due to the increasing need and accessibility of technology, it expanded toolbox provides opportunities teachers for using technology. Computer devices are considered be more powerful tools which have come in various forms. The internet helps connect those can students classrooms, through schools or around world. Now a day, there is an availab...

Almost a decade after the massive incorporation of technology into schools in Galicia, Spain based on 1:1 computing programs, where teachers and students have access to laptop computers, this study explored effects lives children situations socio-cultural economic exclusion. Three case studies were selected from two research projects. Each representing three individuals. These analyzed through ...

Computer networks are collections of computing nodes interconnected by communication channels. They have experienced explosive growth recently, primarily due to the steadily decreasing costs of hardware, and have become an integral part of daily life for most businesses, government institutions, and individuals. One of the main objectives of interconnecting individual computers into networks is...

Experts agree that computers and computing play an important role in education. Since the 1980s there has been a debate about gender as it relates to computers and education. However, results regarding gender differences concerning computer use in education are not consistent. In particular there is little work done in China on this issue. Therefore, the overall goal of this paper is to demonst...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Telemedicine is increasingly used to provide acute stroke expertise for hospitals without full-time neurological services. Teleconsulting through mobile laptop computers may offer more flexibility compared with hospital-based services, but concerns about quality and technical reliability remain. METHODS We conducted a controlled trial, allocating hospital-based or mobil...