3.1+Hardware

= = =** STRAND 3: IT systems > Hardware **=


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 * [] ||  || [|MYO - Wearable Gesture Control from Thalmic Labs] ||

'Only the Best' Links
Strand 3:Networks || Strand 2: Education || Strand 3: Software || Strand 2: Business || Strand 3: Standards ||
 * **Link** || **Description** || **Links to Other Strands** ||
 * [|GCSE Bitesize: ICT] || Revision notes on hardware, software, and networks basics. Designed for GCSE but a useful first step for students who have limited technical experience. || Strand 3: Software
 * [|TeachICT: Hardware] || Page that covers types of computers, including mainframes, embedded computers, PDAs, and supercomputers. Designed for GCSE but useful for students who need to learn the technical basics. ||  ||
 * [|A Visual Guide to Cables and Connectors] || Useful for some of the key terms in this section || Strand 1: Standards ||
 * [|OLPC Unveils Slimline Tablet PC] || New products from the One Laptop Per Child project. || Strand 1: Equality of Access and the Digital Divide
 * [|Explain That Stuff: Cell Phones] || How cell phones work || Strand 3: Communication ||
 * [|Stephen Hawking: The Computer] || An overview of the computer used by Stephen Hawking to communicate despite the disability ALS causes him. Includes details of the hardware, software, and communication systems used. || Strand 2: Education - Special Needs
 * [|Alliance for Technology Access] || (though, ironically, this site is not accessible to non-JavaScript browsers) ||  ||
 * [|Skin Input] || Using the skin on your arms, hands, or fingers as an input medium. ||  ||
 * [|Smart Guns that Lock out Criminals] || An article about the use of biometrics to authenticate gun owners. Weapons come with fingerprint sensors built in and will fire only for the authorised owner. The article also covers some of the problems of biometrics - the system claims to be 95% accurate - which is still not enough for use by the military or police officers. ||  ||
 * [|Omo GPS Stunt Opens door for Marketeers] || The use of GPS and tracking technologies in everyday products || Strand 1: Privacy
 * [|Digital Dark Age 'May Doom Data'] || Will historical records be lost due to lack of standards in hardware/software leading to issues with access to past data? || Strand 3: Software

**'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts**
Video and short article that explains the technology behind touch screens. Quite useful as these devices become more and more common. || media type="youtube" key="ySeg_y7HQ8g" height="344" width="425" || The use of RFID in the "Supermarket of the Future" || media type="youtube" key="eob532iEpqk?fs=1" height="385" width="480" || A clear description of the hardware inside a typical computer. Useful for students with little previous IT experience. || [|Link] (video not embeddable) || Review and comparison of these two e-book readers. Useful for showing students different types of computers. || [|Link] (video not embeddable) || At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail. [] || media type="custom" key="7066547" ||
 * [|How Touch Screens Work]
 * **IBM RFID Commercial**
 * **Computer Hardware in Plain English **
 * **Amazon Kindle 2 vs. Sony Reader PRS-700**
 * **Gary Wolf: the Quantified Self**
 * **[|iWatch 2019 - the Future of Technology]** || media type="youtube" key="1JzZzMHDpAI" height="315" width="560" ||

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