Ricardo Sato

Only four freshmen showed up at the University of Virginia in 2007 without a computer of their own, and the school has decided that it's no longer worth the expense of running campus computer labs.

What you see has always been an interpretation imposed on the data your eyes provide, but now your interpretation mechanism is tuned to a world from 30 years ago. When you talk to people and perceive the meaning of what they say, you round to the nearest simple interpretation in your model and reply to that; the actual intended meaning may not be easily expressible within the conceptual language you use to organize your world. You see and hear that which is in terms of what has been. You are growing blind.

Hardware: Data capture (scanners, photocopiers); Information storage (DVD, Cdrom); Barcode; Microfilms; Server architectures for documentaries; Mobile data management; Interaction devices; Laser discs and video films; Expansion devices; Hearing aid devices; Magnetic strip cards; Card reader.

Software: Archives, libraries and documentation centers; EBooks; Assessment (formal methods, metrics); Intranet and Internet; Electronic commerce; Document Management; Information and Knowledge Management; OCR's; Databases; Image processing; Collaborative tools; Enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer (CRM) (SCM), (EAI); Artificial Intelligence; GRIP technology.

Services and Solutions: Web portals; XML and new standards; Information accessibility; E-learning; Ergonomics (Human Factors); Digitization of documents; Interactive systems; Virtual reality; E-administration; E-government; Modeling user; Domotics; Content management; Information distribution system; Digital books; OPAC's.