Learning about PCs - and life - aboard the computer bus
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The Children's Village Mobile Computer Lab is a 42-foot bus stocked with 12 microcomputers, peripherals and audio-visual equipment that is run by a residential program for troubled youth. The Computer Lab visits elementary schools and senior residency centers providing instruction in computer systems, as well as word processing and graphics software. Several boys work as trainers on the Computer Bus for up to $3 per hour. The youths must undergo special training and certification programs to qualify to work as computer trainers. The Mobile Computer Lab was engineered by E&S Computer Services, The Smart Family Foundation donated $125,000 to purchase the bus, and Datability donated $72,500 worth of hardware and software. According to program supervisors, work in the Computer Lab helps the boys, many with serious developmental and emotional problems, learn responsibility. Additionally, the boys learn valuable computer skills.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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New from the computer: 'cartoons' for the courtroom
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Forensic animation, or the use of computer technology to illustrate a lawyer's contention in the courtroom, is gaining ground as the cost of the technology dips and an increasing number of lawyers use it to hold the jury's attention. However, the issue of admissibility of forensic animation in court remains questionable. Most of the animations are merely graphic representations of oral testimony. Some judges, such as Alice Oliver-Parrott of the Texas First Court of Appeals, contend that computer data is still entered by human beings and is therefore still vulnerable to human error. Despite doubts about the use of forensic technology, the market is growing. The cost of animation, while still steep, is now within the reach of many lawyers, particularly those involved in lucrative civil suits.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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