The above is a device for providing compact technical information using an illuminated display. It is a microfiche or flat sheet microform reader. Pages of text, diagrams, and images are photographed and reduced to microscopic size. This machine takes the flat sheet of these microscopic images and enlarges them on the screen so that the information that they contain may be read. In the past, microfiche and other kinds of microform provided a compact way to store lots of information that would otherwise require lots of physical space. This consideration of how to store, present, and access technical information is part of the larger equation you all might participate in solving in the workplace, but instead of the space being physical, the space might involve computer storage space and maximizing its savings, efficiency to read/write, etc. Some things to look at in class: microfiche and microfilm reader.
For this week’s class:
- Weekly Reading Report Exercise
- Perform Peer Review on last week’s deliverable
- Discuss last week’s and this week’s readings
- Introduce this week’s deliverable
- Review syllabus about next week’s readings and work
- Next week: LEGOs!