Computer Chronicles
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The most popular television program about consumer technology during the rise of the personal computer revolution from 1983 to 2002. Episodes featured interviews with luminaries from the tech industry.
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21 episódios
- Technology and the Church: Part 1E1
Technology and the Church: Part 1This week starts a special three-part series on technology and the church; we’re showing you the hardware, software and Internet solutions that are particularly appropriate for churches, synagogues, mosques and other community organizations. CCN Special Part One [Episode #1901, First broadcast: 9/18/2001] This week starts a special three-part series on technology and the church; we’re showing you the hardware, software and Internet solutions that are particularly appropriate for churches, synagogues, mosques and other community organizations. We start off looking at web design services that make it easy for any organization to build a quality web site then we visit the Ginghamsburg church in Cincinnati, Ohio where Pastor Michael Slaughter is leading a high-tech revolution. Slaughter talks about his website that’s visited by more people than actually attend services at the church. And, he also discusses how other technologies have been integrated in the church and the challenges involved in making technological changes. Then, we see how the old language of religion can be converted to the newest means of communication with multimedia- pictures, sounds and video. Dirk Peters from Dazzle is our guide in finding ways to create professional looking video for any community organization. - Easy WebcamsE9
Easy WebcamsWe get down to the fundamentals of how to buy and install a web cam and the associated software in this episode of Computer Chronicles. [Episode #1919, First broadcast: 01/22/2001] Larry Magid, syndicated columnist for the LA Times, begins by giving us a lesson on the hardware basics of web cams. He introduces us to web cams from Logitech and Creative Labs plus tells us what we can expect in various applications of web cams. Lisa Pollock then unveils new features from Yahoo! that utilizes web cam technologies. She shows us how you can connect with friends and families with web cams and Yahoo! instant messenger watching each other while you have a conversation. You can also add audio so you can do PC-to-PC voice chat. And, Pollock also explains how the newest element to Yahoo! email easily attaches a piece of video to an email using a video composer feature. We also get a tour through some of the current web cam sites on the Internet with Betsy Malloy from About.com. She shows us some of the more whimsical sites like Peter's and Debbie's cam attached to their car and some of the more useful ones such as travel and weather cams. http://archive.org/details/EasyWebC2001 - Medical Technology: Part 2E10
Medical Technology: Part 2In our second episode concerning the technologies behind medicine, we learn about some of the advances that are being made to tackle diseases and improve health care. [Episode #1920, First broadcast: 1/29/2002] First, Sharon Nunes explains how IBM is using computer modeling to simulate human organs. The merger of the information technology in an IBM supercomputer and the biology know-how of Johns Hopkins creates not just visual, but also functional models of organs. Nunes demonstrates how medical researchers use a complex artificial heart model to explore the data and electrical impulses in the heart. This allows researchers to determine the beneficial and adverse effects of various drugs on organs resulting in a speedier process of discovering and approving new drugs. Next up, a group called BABEC that helps students in the San Francisco Bay Area understand DNA shows us how DNA data applications are being explored in the lab and in classroom. Octavio Rodriguez and a high school student Austen Chin perform a typical lab procedure used to extract and analyze DNA samples. They also explain how DNA is used to make insulin for humans, modify genes, and identify criminals. Then, we find out how a genetic modification experiment on a Rhyseus monkey will help us understand the causes of diseases and allow us to test innovative therapies that can eradicate them. Researchers Dr. Gerald Schatten and Dr. Anthony Chan from the Oregon Health Sciences University explain how they genetically engineered a monkey to carry a gene normally found in jellyfish. If the experiment is successful, the monkey will produce a protein that will make him glow in the dark. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the atomic level, is explored with Dr. Stan Williams from Hewlett-Packard Labs Quantum Science Research Center. Using slides taken through a tunneling microscope, he shows us how certain heated chemicals naturally react on a silicon surface to build nanoscale objects. - Computers and the 2002 Olympics: Part 1E12
Computers and the 2002 Olympics: Part 1in this week's episode, Computer Chronicles goes behind the scenes in Salt Lake City to show the high-tech innovations that ran the 2002 Olympic Games. [Episode #1924, First broadcast: 02/26/2002] show segments In this first of a two-part special series, we show you how SchlumbergerSema, the overall IT Integrator, put together one of the most secure networks ever built, managed databases and integrated software at the 2002 Olympics. Bob Cottam, the Chief IT Integrator and Xavier Roig, the General Manger of Major events both for SchlumbergerSema explain how they built a massively redundant network on the side of a snow covered mountain, guaranteed its security and provided sub-second information throughout the network. Michael Fischer, the Regional IS Manager at the Utah Olympic Park talks about how the technology in Salt Lake City had to be 100% reliable and provided data at extreme speeds. The CIS, or Commentator Information System, made it possible for announcers to have athletes' data in synch with events as they were happening. And, Jason Durrant, the Director of System Testing for SchlumbergerSema, describes the difficulties of integrating software for different sports where each has their own rules and requirements. Then, Nick Harris, the Assistant Venue IS Manager for the Utah Olympic Park, talks about the constant upgrades, debugs and testing that was required to ensure there were absolutely no slippages in an event where second chances do not exist. We also see how techies were able to close the system at the Information Technology Center so that it was bulletproof and safe from hackers. Also, the network backbone at these games was Unix; Dan Smith, VP of Sales for Sun Microsystems, along with Dave Prestwich, Unix Team Manager for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, describe the massive installation of Sun servers and data storage units. Bob Donohoo, Senior Network Engineer for IKANO, the data-networking supplier, tells the story of how they - Online Travel TipsE14
Online Travel TipsOnline travel is the most successful e-commerce product on the Internet and Computer Chronicles shows you how to find the best deals when purchasing this hot travel commodity. [Episode #1927, First broadcast: 3/19/2002] A leader in the online travel marketplace, Expedia.com contains large amounts of travel information and Mitch Robinson shows us how to sort through it using various criteria. You can use Expedia to sort options by shorter flights or departure times and you can also find a hotel based on the specific neighborhood for your travels. Robinson also explains how you can put together a customized travel package in real-time as you choose the accommodations and travel arrangements. He says that the large number of people using Expedia allows them to negotiate easier with airlines to get better deals for their users. Independent online travel expert, Ed Hasbrouk, gives us tips from his recently published book "The Practical Nomad Guide to the Online Travel Marketplace". Hasbrouk explains the difference between fares and prices and helps us understand how consolidators negotiate with airlines to set their own prices. One of his biggest tips is to research many sites to get the best airfares because no single place can promise the best prices. He discusses sites Orbitz.com, jetBlue.com, AirTreks.com, SideStep.com, Qixo.com, FareChase.com, and Farebeater.com on OneTravel.com. The site that claims to have more total bookings than anyone else online is Travelocity.com and CEO Terrell Jones discusses the benefits of using this online travel-booking giant. Jones explains how e-tickets work, how you can obtain updated flight information better online than over the phone and how to compare various vacation packages side by side on the site. To find out the secrets to getting your bid on travel auction websites, we go to Mike Dougan, the Sensible Traveler columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Dougan explains how Priceline is not really a place to bid - High Tech Singapore: Part 1E16
High Tech Singapore: Part 1This special edition of Computer Chronicles is the first of three shows where we travel to Singapore. In this episode, we'll show you how the country is distinguishing itself in Asia to be a living-working laboratory for advanced technologies. [Episode #1939, First broadcast 6/11/2002] Singapore is a country without natural resources, so investing in its people becomes crucial in achieving a model high-tech society of the future. Canberra Secondary School is one example of how Singapore is investing technology in schools to create high quality education. Vice Principal Leon Meng Yin shows us how students use smart cards to record their attendance and order their lunches. Chowiz.com is a web-based system that provides a cashless lunchroom and allows parents to monitor their children's consumption. We also see the school's e-newspaper and radio station that students produce using iMacs. Ng See Sing, General Manager of National Computer Systems explains how SMS applications can be utilized in education situations to communicate test results to students and to inform parents of their children's progress. Then we visit an e-learning company, Ednovation, to see how this Singaporean company is going beyond CD-ROMs to provide educational programming on the Web. Richard Yen, Managing Director of Ednovation, says since 90% of the population here has access to broadband, so the essential infrastructure is in place to pipe learning materials into the home. And, the public library, located in a shopping mall in Singapore, uses technology to make learning more accessible. They use RFID cards, or Radio Frequency ID, in books to automate checking in and out. You can also use your cell phone to check out books and get a SMS when your book is available. Singapore is also a country challenged for space so technology is also being used here to relieve congestion. The ERP, or Electronic Road Pricing System, monitors and regulates traffic into the main city with a smart - High Tech Singapore: Part 2E17
High Tech Singapore: Part 2In this second part of a special series of Computer Chronicles in Singapore, we explore how Singapore is repositioning itself as a major high-tech player and staking its future largely on the new field of biotechnology. [Episode #1940, First broadcast 6/18/2002] At the Genomic Institute of Singapore, researchers are following up on the breakthrough of the sequencing of the human genome. Dr. Edison Liu says now that the human genome has been laid out, scientists here are finding what each of the proteins are responsible for and what biological functions they perform. They are seeking system biology, taking genomic knowledge and linking it with cell biology and medicine. And, as they look for that one protein appropriate for pharmaceuticals, a fundamental tool is high-end computational capabilities that can handle analysis and database requirements for many terabytes of data. Dr. Liu says Singapore's enlightened view of biomedical research encourages researchers in the country while still maintaining ethics for the people. The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology takes a different approach to genetic research. B. Venkatesh says scientists here are studying the fugu fish because it has the smallest genome size of all the vertebrates while still having the same number of genes as humans; and sequencing the fugu fish will enable them to identify all the genes in the sequence of the human genome. Researchers at this institute are identifying genes that may be useful for developing cures for human diseases by discovering how the genes function, how they are regulated and what turns them on and off. Another approach in Singapore to curing diseases is studying millions of natural products found in soil to see if microorganisms can be useful in pharmaceuticals. Merlion Pharmaceuticals uses high throughput screening methods for testing thousands of samples for their exact biological activity. Tony Buss says Merlion's computational methods handle the 2 million t - High Tech Singapore: Part 3E18
High Tech Singapore: Part 3This is the conclusion of a three-part Computer Chronicles special series exploring high tech developments in Singapore. [Episode #1941, First broadcast 6/25/2002] Investing in people is a large part of Singapore's plan to develop their high-tech and biotech economy. The Institute for Communications Research is one of the educational research centers where they specialize in optical technology, wireless technology and second generation Internet. Here they developed the Delphi Pad with Ericsson, which is a portable computer, electronic textbook and Internet terminal. It uses new 3G technology and SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, which is a new Internet-based telephony standard. The Delphi Pad uses 802.11 and Bluetooth wireless technologies. The Institute is also working with RFID technology that lets you embed electronic tags in objects without requiring a source of power. This could be used in the future to create smart packaging so boxes in a store could register themselves in inventory databases. Lye Kin Mun, Deputy Director at ICR, talks about how they converted RF energy in to power from large distances and says they extended the range of existing RFID technology from inches to 3 meters. They are also working on perfecting 3G technologies on next generation cell phones. A "smart antennae" could increase the speed and bandwidth enabling improved data communication for handhelds. And next generation Internet at this center uses QOS, Quality of Service, technology to improve data streamed over the Internet by identifying and prioritizing packets being sent over the network. Singapore is also developing creative technology skills at Nanyang Polytechnic where they specialize in Digital Media Design. Students use programs such as Macromedia Director, Shockwave, 3D Studio Max, and Adobe Premier to create educational role-playing games, robot characters and animations. Students are also doing cutting edge work using a programming language called WML to des
