Explores recent technological advances and their effects on the education of the handicapped. Indicates that scientific breakthroughs never intended as aids to the handicapped have been adapted to remove their limitations and that some inventions designed to improve the quality of life for most people offer disadvantages for handicapped persons.…

Systems that receive signals from weather satellites are now available to educational institutions at affordable prices. An engineer who designed one of these systems specifically for education describes how they are being used for instruction in growing numbers of schools worldwide. (JN)

Discusses uses of Apple microcomputers in the engineering technology department at Western Kentucky University. These include providing homework assignments, computerized laboratory reporting and testing, and development of computer programs on course content. Seven programs related to DC circuit analysis are discussed and titles of other programs…

A Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) undergraduate honors course in the physics of technology, taught in a special advanced electronic classroom, uses a computer data-management program to create a "stack" of index cards, from which students can answer their own or others' questions about technology. Students learn both physics and clear…

Summarizes some events in the use of medical technology in relation to the spoken word and doctor-patient communication. Reports on a new computerized diagnostic system (PROMIS-the Problem Oriented Medical Record System) and discusses its impact on health communication and medical education. (PD)

Reports the results of a Delphi survey of international experts on the future of telecommunications. Predicts new and expanding services that will be available over the next twenty years. Outlines space applications and advanced technology, regulatory and social issues, and institutional and economic issues which will characterize the field of…

Projects of the Foundation for Technology Access are described, such as the Alliance for Technology Access and the Computer Classroom Integration Demonstration. The resource section lists, by state, over 150 resource centers of the Alliance for Technology Access, RESNA, and the Council for Exceptional Children. (JDD)

The activities of the Information and Documentation Center (IDC) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden are presented in this annual report for the fiscal year 1972-1973. The IDC is a research project on computer-based information retrieval funded by the Swedish Council for Scientific Information and Documentation and the Office…

An approach is presented which uses the sociotechnical systems concept and a generic planning model as a guiding perspective in the implementation of computer-aided design and manufacturing technologies. (CT)

This article describes assistive technologies for persons with learning disabilities, including word processing, spell checking, proofreading programs, outlining/"brainstorming" programs, abbreviation expanders, speech recognition, speech synthesis/screen review, optical character recognition systems, personal data managers, free-form databases,…

This article describes potential use of new technological products and services by blind/visually impaired people. Items discussed include computer input devices, public telephones, automatic teller machines, airline and rail arrival/departure displays, ticketing machines, information retrieval systems, order-entry terminals, optical character…

Discusses how the topic of spectral (Fourier) decomposition is introduced in a communications course at State University of New York (Stony Brook). Includes background information on this engineering concept (without focusing on calculus), how it is demonstrated, applications, and how the spectrum of a given signal can be measured. (JN)

Describes a portable fluid power engineering laboratory and class demonstration apparatus designed to enable students to design, build, and test multi-actuator circuits. Features a variety of standard pneumatic values and actuators fitted with quick disconnect couplings. Discusses sequencing circuit boards, microcomputer control, cost, and…

Increasingly, colleges are using new technologies, often expensive, to improve fund-raising capacity among small-scale donors. Techniques include computerized screening of prospective donors based on personal information, automatic dialing and phone-bank worker training, and sophisticated direct-mail tactics. Concern about privacy and loss of the…

Describes the main components of the Sloan Foundation's New Liberal Arts Program (NLAP) at Union College: development of a quantitative freshmen preceptorial; course development in mathematics and technology; and a computer-oriented humanities project. Also describes the components of a technology studies program (under the NLAP) at Grinnell…