Bridging the Gap Between the Digital and Print Reading Experience

This article outlines the research the author conducted to date during his PhD. His PhD, “Augmenting the Reading Experience,” looks at methods to improve the reading experience for both digital and printed methods. So far, he has developed a prototype device that uses paper as an input method to interact with digital books. Turning a physical paper page causes an e-reader device to progress through the book, allowing the reader to have the user experience of a printed book, whilst also benefiting from the digital conveniences and features. Many modern readers own the same book in a number of formats and switch between them depending on the scenario. This introduces the problem of transitioning between formats. His current project the “Digital Bookmark” looks to allow seamless transitioning from one format to another by obtaining the latest page number and broadcasting it to all formats the reader is currently using.

ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN SISTEM BARCODE UNTUK MENDUKUNG PAPERLESS DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEUNTUNGAN FINANSIAL DAN OPERASIONAL

The use of physical paper in the business world today has become a consideration as a waste that can affect the company's financial cycle. The saving of using documents without using physical paper is one way to reduce the company's operating costs, especially for companies that have offices and also some factories in running their businesses. The operational process of non-physical documents is supported by the use of barcodes so that the use of paper is very minimal and management can reduce the company's operational costs to the maximum. This study aims to make observations and analysis of barcode usage related to the effectiveness and efficiency in terms of employee performance and especially financial savings. The results of the study show that in terms of operational expenses of the company that there are benefits of cost savings on physical paper purchases and also employee performance is quite significantly increased in carrying out daily operations because entering data can be done semi-automatically.

Cross-Reality Math Visualization

Traditionally, the numeric symbols are introduced along with the alphabet. Dream Realizations believes that the introduction of numeric symbols is premature and prevents children from seeing the patterns that various numbers make. Research on subitizing substantiates the natural ability of the human eye to instantly “see” quantities. The early introduction of symbol and process prevents seeing the beautiful metapatterns of polynomials, which are easily recognized when mixed quantities are represented in different base systems: subQuanned. The authors have researched current math practices, math in virtual worlds, number sense, and subitizing to fortify the direction of their efforts. Their journey progresses from the physical (paper and cubes) to the virtual (online flash-based programming) to the immersive (3D in Second Life). This natural progression and ultimate visualization of quantity and metapattern lie in the immersive world. Individuals at all stages of learning can finally see and understand math from a very different vantage point.

Data-Embedding Pen

In this chapter, the authors present a new writing device called data-embedding pen, where a single inkjet nozzle is attached to its pen tip. When writing a stroke, the nozzle produces an additional ink-dot sequence along the stroke. The ink-dot sequence can represent various meta-information, such as the writer’s ID, the writing date, and a certain URL. Since the embedded meta-information is placed on the paper, it can be extracted by scanning or photographing the paper. Accordingly, by the data-embedding pen, a physical paper conveys any digital information. In other words, handwriting by the data-embedding pen can be a new medium connecting the physical and cyber worlds.