Technology revolution reaches the retarded

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Adaptive and assistive computer systems are helping mentally retarded people all over the country become more independent. Some mentally handicapped children lack sufficient motor coordination to indicate their needs, operate household appliances or even move about on their own. Computerized switching systems are allowing them to perform these tasks using what little motor control they may have. Telephones and microwave ovens are being programmed to perform adequately with simpler instructions. Caregivers are discovering that some of those classified as severely retarded are turning out to have near-normal intelligence, and are even capable of learning to read using these computerized aids to communication. Most research and development has focused on the needs of physically handicapped people with normal intelligence, however, since insurance companies do not cover the cost of new high-tech equipment for the mentally challenged.

Computer integrated systems design, Home health care services, Skilled nursing care facilities, Social aspects, Computers, Digital computers, Telecommunications systems, Computer assisted instruction, Quality of life, Mentally disabled children, End users, User Need, Communications Applications, Economics of Computing, Applications, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Mentally Handicapped, Computer systems

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Advances in conductor materials

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IBM has patent approval to continue its research into higher-temperature superconductor materials and the process to make the superconductors. The new patent covers materials composed of thallium, calcium, barium, copper and oxygen which are superconductive of electricity when kept at temperatures of 125 degrees Kelvin. Previous research centered around materials that only achieved superconductivity at the temperature of liquid nitrogen, or 77 degrees Kelvin. The University of Arkansas, meanwhile, is surprised at the news of IBM's award, since it published similar research about the same materials in Feb, 1988: one month before IBM applied for its patent. IBM executives acknowledge that the Arkansas paper was important to its own research, but that the patent they received covers IBM's own material formulations, which are different than those researched by the university.

Noncommercial research organizations, Industrial research, Electronics, Materials, Superconductors, Temperature, Superconducting devices, Research and Development, Superconductive Devices, Patent, Arkansas, University of

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Technology: The Virus Wars

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IBM's Hawthorne Lab is working a program that called the Digital Immune System, which theoretically can protect computers against viruses in an imitation of how humans create antibodies. Computer viruses are becoming an ever present threat as the Internet explodes, which is why IBM is researching the problem with a seriousness most other companies lack.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Prevention, Computer viruses

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