It is now commonplace to see laptop computers in the classroom. Some colleges and universities have mandated that incoming freshmen have a laptop computer when they arrive on campus. What is not obvious is that, with the right software package, these computers can serve as powerful tools for collaboration among students both inside and outside the classroom. This paper describes one such packag...

The development of Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Computers (NISQC) provides for the Information community new tools to perform quantum experiences from an individual laptop. It facilitates interdisciplinary research in sense that theoretical descriptions properties physics can be translated experiments easily implementable on a NISCQ. In this note I test large state-independent inequalities ...

Since the early 1990’s, laptop computers have repeatedly been suggested as a tool to improve instruction and student learning. Meanwhile, several evaluations have shown that laptops helped to increase the amount of independent and collaborative learning. Instruction with laptops was also found to be more student-centered in many cases. However, most of these studies are based on subjective data...

This paper examines efforts to provide low cost Internet access devices for the poor in the light of debates about the appropriate role of information and communication technologies in development and the priority that should be given to enabling the poor to become connected to global networks. A critical analysis of recent private sector initiatives to design low cost laptop computers is offer...

We have noted that participants in meetings disengage from the conversation when they perform tasks with information resources such as laptop computers or pen and paper. A detailed study of five meetings has revealed a preference among participants to limit their disengagements to ten seconds. The preference is particularly evident when tasks are performed with pen and paper; also evident is th...

Computers and networks are now accessible to millions across the globe. But many more millions have no access at all for a multitude of reasons. A lot has to do with economics and uneven distribution of wealth. But it is also due to the interfaces and applications that are the main target of the computer industry and which are mostly geared towards literate individuals living generally speaking...

This article analyzes the distribution of financial value from innovation in the global supply chains of iPods and notebook computers. We find that Apple has captured a great deal of value from the innovation embodied in the iPod, while notebook makers capture a more modest share of the value from PC innovation. In order to understand these differences, we employ concepts from theories of innov...

The rapid advancement in Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has given rise to new applications that were impossible just few years ago. Agriculture is an important sector with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it. ICT or Information and Communications Technology in simple terms, can be defined as the basket of technologies, which assist or...