The Kno: A giant double-screen tablet to replace giant textbooks - Page 2

The Straven · 06-13-2010, 04:23 PM

SameOl', you might be right: ardeegee's avatar looks like a wet Wookie--and wet dog ain't got nothing on wet Wookie!

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Originally Posted by TGS

Whaddya mean deadpan humour - I'm serious.

Oh no, TGS has been assimilated into the Ap--I mean Borg collective ...

SameOldStory · 06-13-2010, 08:40 PM

Err, Straven, read this before you shake hands with ardeegee. You don't know what he's been petting.

He's a really great (two toed sloth) guy. But you didn't shake his hand, did you?

Sweetpea · 06-14-2010, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeFromHC

The only thing it lacks is Pixel Qi screens

If it had one, I'd be the first to buy it...

ardeegee · 06-14-2010, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SameOldStory

Err, Straven, read this before you shake hands with ardeegee. You don't know what he's been petting.

He's a really great (two toed sloth) guy. But you didn't shake his hand, did you?

Wow, a shameless anti-coprophageite!

The Straven · 06-14-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SameOldStory

Err, Straven, read this before you shake hands with ardeegee. You don't know what he's been petting.

He's a really great (two toed sloth) guy. But you didn't shake his hand, did you?

Oh. Ohhhhh. Ah. That's impressively... If scent-based forum avatar personalization hasn't been patented yet, I'm going to patent it myself and camp on it so that the technology will never, ever see the light of day (waft on the warm summer breeze?).

SameOldStory · 06-14-2010, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ardeegee

Wow, a shameless anti-coprophageite!

Not at all. But have you considered maybe a butterfly, or rose, or a koala bear? All of those would be so much more you.

BenLee · 06-14-2010, 11:07 PM

Wow, this is the most amazing exam cheating technology to have come out in a long time

In all seriousness, I so wish I had one of these in University...

corona · 06-19-2010, 01:42 PM

I'm a student, and spend an awful lot of time around other students in classes. My take is that students want either netbooks, or big, ostentatious laptops. Although this Kno thingie looks useful in some ways, it's neither. I also think we are a very very long way from large-scale electronic textbooks. The university I attend prides itself on its electronic resources, but e-books of one sort or another aren't really on the radar. The library has electronic versions of books, but they're in these insanely kludgy proprietary formats -- ebrary reader, anyone? -- non-downloadable, with UIs well outside the library's or the user's control.

Another factor that I think will severely limit the uptake of this device is its form in relation to a (real!) desktop. How will you set it up to type on, especially on one of those tray-tables in a lecture hall? And many students -- or at least the ones who habitually bring laptops with them -- don't take notes -- or know how to -- on paper, so a stylus isn't going to work for them.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but another morphological limitation is that, unlike a laptop or netbook, the screen of the Kno isn't hidden from view (nor does it hide the user). Sad to say, at any given time in the classes I attend, a great many of the laptop-enabled students are doing Facebook, e-mail, etc. This is even in small upper-division seminar courses.

MikeFromHC · 06-19-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by corona

This is going to sound ridiculous, but another morphological limitation is that, unlike a laptop or netbook, the screen of the Kno isn't hidden from view (nor does it hide the user). Sad to say, at any given time in the classes I attend, a great many of the laptop-enabled students are doing Facebook, e-mail, etc. This is even in small upper-division seminar courses.

Casio's new "GREEN SLIM projectors" allow up to 5 PC's to connect wirelessly to the device.
"Care to share your work Mr Jones." could have a whole new meaning in such a situation...

corona · 06-19-2010, 03:21 PM

At my school at least, I think instructors have just given up. I took a 4th-year course last semester from an eminent professor who was about to retire. I mean, she's not just a seriously heavy hitter in the field, but a good teacher, too. Sixteen students, in a small room, and I swear four or five of them were doing the facebook most of every class. Sad.

SameOldStory · 06-19-2010, 03:48 PM

I had to disable internet access to one guys computer a few years ago. Occasional use was ok, but he found it unbelievable that our employer expected work ALL day long. Other attitudes made him a short term employee anyway.

06-19-2010, 01:42 PM	#23
corona Addict Posts: 324 Karma: 25168 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	I'm a student, and spend an awful lot of time around other students in classes. My take is that students want either netbooks, or big, ostentatious laptops. Although this Kno thingie looks useful in some ways, it's neither. I also think we are a very very long way from large-scale electronic textbooks. The university I attend prides itself on its electronic resources, but e-books of one sort or another aren't really on the radar. The library has electronic versions of books, but they're in these insanely kludgy proprietary formats -- ebrary reader, anyone? -- non-downloadable, with UIs well outside the library's or the user's control. Another factor that I think will severely limit the uptake of this device is its form in relation to a (real!) desktop. How will you set it up to type on, especially on one of those tray-tables in a lecture hall? And many students -- or at least the ones who habitually bring laptops with them -- don't take notes -- or know how to -- on paper, so a stylus isn't going to work for them. This is going to sound ridiculous, but another morphological limitation is that, unlike a laptop or netbook, the screen of the Kno isn't hidden from view (nor does it hide the user). Sad to say, at any given time in the classes I attend, a great many of the laptop-enabled students are doing Facebook, e-mail, etc. This is even in small upper-division seminar courses. Last edited by corona; 06-19-2010 at 03:23 PM.

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06-13-2010, 08:40 PM	#17
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Err, Straven, read this before you shake hands with ardeegee. You don't know what he's been petting. He's a really great (two toed sloth) guy. But you didn't shake his hand, did you?

06-14-2010, 11:07 PM	#22
BenLee eReader Junkie Posts: 304 Karma: 1220 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York City, NY Device: Kindle + Sony	Wow, this is the most amazing exam cheating technology to have come out in a long time In all seriousness, I so wish I had one of these in University...

06-19-2010, 03:21 PM	#25
corona Addict Posts: 324 Karma: 25168 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	At my school at least, I think instructors have just given up. I took a 4th-year course last semester from an eminent professor who was about to retire. I mean, she's not just a seriously heavy hitter in the field, but a good teacher, too. Sixteen students, in a small room, and I swear four or five of them were doing the facebook most of every class. Sad.

06-19-2010, 03:48 PM	#26
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	I had to disable internet access to one guys computer a few years ago. Occasional use was ok, but he found it unbelievable that our employer expected work ALL day long. Other attitudes made him a short term employee anyway.