Leonardo's Laptop Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies
| Author/creator | Shneiderman, Ben Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 281 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation Ben Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what theyshould get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to thinkfreshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build products that better supporthuman needs and that are usable at any bandwidth. Shneiderman proposes Leonardo da Vinci as aninspirational muse for the "new computing." He wonders how Leonardo would use a laptop and whatapplications he would create.Shneiderman shifts the focus from what computers can do to what userscan do. A key transformation is to what he calls "universal usability," enabling participation byyoung and old, novice and expert, able and disabled. This transformation would empower thoseyearning for literacy or coping with their limitations. Shneiderman proposes new computingapplications in education, medicine, business, and government. He envisions a World Wide Med thatdelivers secure patient histories in local languages at any emergency room and thrivingmillion-person communities for e-commerce and e-government. Raising larger questions about humanrelationships and society, he explores the computer's potential to support creativity,consensus-seeking, and conflict resolution. Each chapter ends with a Skeptic's Corner thatchallenges assumptions about trust, privacy, and digital divides. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001056277 |
| ISBN | 9780262692991 |
| ISBN | 0262692996 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262692991 |
| Stock number | 0262692996 00015994 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |