High-tech connection between schools and science expeditions enlivens classes

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Adventure learning, a new kind of education in which students are linked electronically with scientists and researchers around the globe, is both popular and controversial. An estimated 800,000 students worldwide will use telecommunications links in 1993 to talk with scientists in exotic locales and even control research machinery. Corporations such as EDS Corp, Land's End Inc, Toyota Motor Corp, AT and T and Turner Broadcasting System Inc are backing the projects for both altruistic and commercial reasons. For example, Land's End is using its sponsorship of an Arctic exploration to promote a special line of clothing, and EDS coordinates the communications links of an underseas research project that it is backing. Students are generally excited by the projects, but educators caution that glitzy curricula can not substitute for a teacher's expertise.

Usage, Donations, High technology, Education, Business enterprises, International communication, High technology and education, International Communications, Donation

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For your listen and viewing pleasure, stick to the TV set

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Real-time, on-demand video and audio over the Web has yet to progress to a stage that is useful and convenient. Developers continue to create products that are supposed to make it possible but even technology savvy computer users have a difficult time accessing multimedia over the Internet. The poor results of converging the Internet, video and audio is do in part to the crowded state of the Internet. Progressive Networks' Real-Player is the most frequently used method for downloading video and audio from the Web. The program is free and utilizes streaming, which allows a user to receive the picture and sound almost immediately, rather than waiting for the entire file to download.

Design and construction, Internet/Web technology, RealNetworks Inc., Digital video, RealPlayer (Desktop video software), Video server software

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Plugged in: putting your portfolio on disk has its advantages

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A software package from Quant IX Software of Milwaukee can help investors manage their portfolios more efficiently by getting data out of file cabinet drawers and onto floppy disks. The software package will take stock information and update it, taking into account stock splits and dividends. The package can also inform the user if a given stock is overvalued or undervalued by comparing the current market price against five valuation methods. After the user has entered the required stock data, they can dial into Warner Computer Systems Inc's Exchange Master data base that contains information on every New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq listed stock.

Financial software, Portfolio management, Stock, Stock Quotation Services, Quant IX Software Inc.

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