Creating User Interfaces

The SensAble Technologies,who are the makers of PHANTOM product line of haptic devices, makes it possible for users to touch and manipulate virtual objects. Different models in the Phantom product line meet the varying needs of both research and commercial customers. The Phantom Premium models are high-precision instruments and, within the Phantom product line, provide the largest workspaces and highest forces, and some offer 6DOF capabilities. Of the two devices, the PHANTOM Desktop delivers higher fidelity, stronger forces, and lower friction, while according to them the PHANTOM Omni is the most cost-effective haptic device available today.I personally never tried any of these haptic devices but sound pretty cool and convenient.

Cisco TelePresence is a program that creates a live, face-to-face communication experience over the network that empowers you to collaborate with people. Cisco TelePresence helps people meet, share content, create high-quality video recordings and events, consult with experts and deliver powerful personalized services, all using the power of the network for an immersive in-person experience.

With Cisco TelePresence your:

• Scheduling is easy-no IT support required
• Launching a meeting is as simple as making a phone call.
• People appear lifelike and life-size
• In-room controls are intuitive
• Collaboration applications are plug and play
• Participants can meet in many rooms at once-up to 48 locations in one meeting
• Users can meet, record high-quality video, or participate in impactful special events
• Users can easily bring in collaboration applications like WebEx
• Existing SD or HD videoconferencing systems can be easily integrated.

This program lets you listen to text instead of reading on screen, It uses ‘Text to Speech’ technology to synthesize natural sounding speech from ordinary text. All you have to do is copy text to the clipboard or import from text files and just listen as IISC reads it back to you. It also allows you to convert text into a MP3/WAV audio file so you can listen later. Create MP3 files from your email, news articles, any text you want, and also download to your portable MP3 player.It a windows based program and it supports all of the following:Windows 95,,Windows 98,Windows ME,WindowsNT,Windows 2000,Windows XP.

The voting age population for the 2008 election was 231,229,580. The actual voter turnout was of 132,618,580 , so the turnout of voting-age population was of 56.8%. I also checked other sites on the internet and found different answers: 62.5, 60.7,61.7,,64.1, and up to 67 %. But I looked even further and believe that the most accurate is the 56.8% (still not 100% sure). There doesen’t seem to be an accurate percentage, at least form what I serched.