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McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68’s proposal—currently awaiting the registrar’s approval—would issue a laptop computer to every student come exam time this spring. The idea is part of Lewis’s unique take on memorization: he thinks it’s so 20th century. If you can just point, click, and Google to get whatever information you want, why should you ever be asked to know it yourself...
...With laptop ownership as high as it is...increasingly, [students] are so used to wireless that they want to be wireless in their rooms as well,” Davis said. “That gives students a lot of flexibility...
...metaphorical cliff overlooking spring semester, I cannot help but take this space to urge you to consider the glories of modern technology. After an intersession trip to Barcelona with several fellow members of this very newspaper’s Sports Board, I returned to dust off the old laptop and gaze upon the Internet with new, fresh eyes...
...remote for Microsoft's presentation software that lets you launch a show and advance through slides, then fade to black. You can raise the volume remotely if you have multimedia slides. You can do all that while roaming around a room - as much as 15 m from your laptop - because the device talks to a receiver plugged into the USB jack. For the long-winded exec, the Presenter has a timer that counts down, vibrating in your hand when time's almost up. Available at logitech.com in February, this little gizmo lacks just one thing - what paid-programming pitchmen call...
...remote for Microsoft's presentation software that lets you launch a show and advance through slides, then fade to black. You can raise the volume remotely if you have multimedia slides. You can do all that while roaming around a room --as much as 50 ft. from your laptop--because the device talks to a receiver plugged into the USB jack. For the long-winded exec, the Presenter has a timer that counts down, vibrating in your hand when time's almost up. Available at logitech.com in February, this little gizmo lacks just one thing--what paid-programming pitchmen call...