The touch mouse is a new type of computer mouse that provides users with a new way of touch-based environment to interact with computers. For more than a decade, user experience (UX) has grown into a core concept of human-computer interaction (HCI), describing a user's perceptions and responses that result from the use of a product in a particular…

Presents activities using thermocouples to investigate the temperatures at which candles burn and popcorn pops. (MKR)

Presents two quantitative Faraday's law experiments using a computer-assisted data-logging system. (Author/ASK)

Presents examples of experiments designed for high school students with the help of a microcomputer-based laboratory called Explorer. Argues that these tools enable students to investigate many principles of physics that were not feasible in the past. (DDR)

Describes activities using sensors connected to a computer via a data-logger. Elementary students investigated several scientific questions of sound, light, and temperature sensors including: What is the effect of putting a coat on a snowman? How can you make a hot drink cool down quickly? Do sound, light, and temperature vary in different…

Described is a means of logging data from remote sensors in data files and then transferring the data to a spreadsheet for processing. The presentation of the data in tabular or graphical form is discussed. An example using temperature data from a model house is provided. (Author/CW)

Running experiments and grabbing experimental data are great ways to learn and teach science and mathematics. Data grabbers are instruments that capture physical data in electronic form for graphing and analysis in graphing calculators and computers. Describes some data grabbers and points to items in their gigantic support system. (PVD)