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Albeit, there isn't any guarantee it will be able to decipher all users' scratches - but it's definitely going to be a nifty tool for the old-fashioned note-takers.

As technology evolves and its inner workings increasingly disappear from view, replaced with solid-state parts hidden by glass, aluminium and plastic, our understanding of what makes the world operate is similarly impeded. When machinery from just a few decades ago is viewed a world of moving parts, linkages, cogs and levers is revealed. These mechanical objects contain an inherent beauty and inspire curiosity in ways that modern devices with their pristine surfaces and simplified design language do not. Opportunities to explore devices from the past open our eyes and lead us to new questions of how our devices function, how machines do the jobs we need them to do and how engineers solve problems.

Book Reviews Book title: Digitisation Perspectives Type: book Author: Ruth Rikowski Year: 2010 Edition: 1st ISBN: 9460912982 Publisher: Sense Publishers Publisher's Description: This book examines various views and perspectives on digitisation. As Simon Tanner, Director Digital Consultancy, King's College London says in the Foreword: "Digitisation has become a cultural, scholastic, economic and political imperative and raises many issues for our consideration." Furthermore, that the book: "...seeks to address and answer some of the big questions of digitisation... It succeeds on many levels..." There are 22 contributors in the book, all experts in their fields. The book is divided into six parts: Part 1: 'Background and Overview to Digitisation and Digital Libraries' Part 2: 'Digitisation and Higher Education' Part 3: 'Digitisation and Inequalities' Part 4: 'Digital Libraries, Reference Services and Citation Indexing' Part 5: 'Digitisation of Rare, Valued and Scholarly Works' Part 6: 'Futuristic Developments of Digitisation' Topics covered include electronic theses, search engine technology, digitisation in Africa, citation indexing, reference services, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, new media and scholarly publishing. The final chapter explores virtual libraries, and poses some interesting questions for possible futures. The book will be of particular interest to information professionals, educators, librarians, academics and I.T. and knowledge experts. Ruth Rikowski concludes by indicating that: "...hopefully, the book will provide a source of inspiration for further research, leading to some more effective ways to proceed with the digitisation process. Also, that it will be possible to do this within a framework that can be used for good rather than ill, and for the benefit of many." Reviewer: Eric Jukes (Formerly of College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London) Book Rating: 5/5 Buy this book from Amazon  Review Summary

Enter this Writing competition from the BBC for 13 years old and younger. Write a story in less then 500 words. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Competitions+%26+Events

A vast collection of maths videos aimed at students from 6 years old all the way up. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Dr. Woods FUE Hair Transplant Reviews and hair restoration patient results statistics, complaints, positive and negative hair transplant reports and open forum comments. HairSite exclusive: one of a kind hair transplant patient reviews and statistics for Dr. Ray Woods' Sydney clinic at 275 Old Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill NSW 2203 Australia.

The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, scientists say.

We have listened to comments on the old website and hope that the new one corrects problems and oversights," said Thompson. "In this age of instant information, it is crucial to bring you the most up-to-date site that we can.  This new site contains an issues page and real-time multi-media access to things like Facebook and Twitter.

Digital Media follows the old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words!" when it comes to science and math. The use of visuals is ideal for helping students construct background knowledge for developing a better understanding of science and math concepts.

150 year old Bryant & Stratton College will host the first, fully online, live Second Life graduation ceremony on June 10, 2009 http://online.bryantstratton.edu/slgraduation/.

This site has virtual versions of handheld computer games from the past. It makes me feel very old. Some of these should be in a museum. Great when looking at the history of computing. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

I began coding as a 6 year old on a Amstrad CPC-464 with a Tape drive (iPod generation see the cutting edge of 1980s design at http://media.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/news/3206319/amstrad_cpc464.jpg). With the success of apps and app stores, coding has been elevated to the mainstream. This site teaches the basics of HTML coding. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

A collection of great games and online activities for children aged between 6 and 10 years old. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Get children into the habit of structuring their formal letters correctly by using this template which prompts for information when required. There is no spell-checker available, so children will need to rely on a good old fashioned dictionary. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A YouTube Page guaranteed to make all but the youngest of us feel old, by showing technology that is obsolete. Great for showing the iPod generation the wonders of cassette tapes and vinyl records. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools