April 2008

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Tuning In or Tuning Out? The New World of Digital TV

Since the early days of television, one of the principle challenges has been to deliver transmissions of high quality video with consistency. Throughout the world, several video standards, notably PAL, SECAM, and NTSC have attempted...

The Joys and Ploys of Little Toys

Doug Dixon, Manifest Technology, returned to Princeton to exhibit the hottest, miniature technological wonders in the electronic marketplace, notably media players, communication devices, and audio accessories. On his web site, Dixon maintains a technology blog...

Professor links mind and musical experience

By KATE BENNER Senior Writer Daniel Levitin is working to bridge advanced neuroscience and good old rock and roll. In a lecture titled “This is Your Brain on Music: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Musical Experience”...

Emerging Tools for Research and Instruction

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is interested in promoting the application of digital technologies to academic research as well as learning and teaching. The Foundation also supports investigations of new technical approaches to the archiving...

Collaboration Tools at Princeton

OIT’s recent Strategic Planning effort identified the need for a “data lifeline,” a comprehensive way to store digital information, ways to search and archive the data, and policies to control data retention and disposal....

The Sporting Edge: IT Tools for Winning Soccer

Last year, Princeton ranked 35th in the Sears Director’s Cup standings, a list that reflects success in all intercollegiate sports. Princeton’s ranking is remarkable in no small part because the university is the only...