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...than the computer, obsolete.) Students would take notes on their laptops in class, then take their laptops home and do their homework on them. To turn in an assignment, they would simply drag and drop it into the appropriate folder, where the teacher could wirelessly retrieve it. Voila: the paperless classroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old School, New Tricks | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Mounting banking fees became such an annoyance to Andral Parrish that when her company, U-Haul International, offered a paperless alternative to direct deposit she signed up to receive a payroll card. Now the debit-style card with the Visa logo and a Bank of America imprint gets loaded with her salary twice a month. No bank account required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Paycheck | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...caregivers' minds aren't as cluttered as their workplace--what with medical records stacked outside patients' rooms, lab orders pinned to hallway bulletin boards and little sticky notes pasted everywhere. The new $60 million Indiana Heart Hospital will try to avoid such a mess as the world's first paperless, all-digital cardiac facility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Briefing: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...more than 650 computer stations made by GE Medical Systems to store records, test data and diagnostic images. Bedside terminals are intended to make patient care swifter and more customized--and safer, with mandatory bar-code scanning to cut the chance of a drug mix-up. Of course, the "paperless office" has been touted for years and has seldom materialized. But the hospital says its goals will be met if it can boost productivity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Briefing: Mar. 24, 2003 | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...dueling needs of security and commerce have forced Customs and the major automakers to rush into service a paperless reporting system called the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP). General Motors, which developed the software, is sharing it with its rivals; the system transmits to customs computers advance information about trucks and drivers dispatched from Canada to the U.S. When the driver arrives at the inspection booth, he simply hands over a bar-coded document, gets scanned and, if everything matches, goes on his way. GM is experimenting with truck-mounted transponders to beam the data to the customs booth while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Inspector: Manning The Bridge | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

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