Advances in computers and data networks inspire visions of a future " information economy" in which everyone will have (1) to gigabytes of all kinds of information anywhere and anytime. (2) information has always been a (3) difficult commodity to deal with, and, in some ways, computers and high-speed networks make the problems of buying, (4) , and distributing information goods worse (5) better. The evolution of the Internet itself (6) serious problems. (7) the Internet has been privatized, several companies are (8) to provide the backbones that will carry traffic (9) local networks, but (10) business models for interconnection--who pays how much for each packet (11) , for example--have (12) to be developed. (13) interconnection standards are developed that make (14) cheap and easy to transmit information across independent networks, competition wi
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Information channeling is undergoing remarkable progress in various sectors of society in industrial activities, public services and, more recently, in daily living.
In the sector of industrial activities, automation is continuing with the aim of increasing productivity--introduction of computers for process control by the manufacturing industry, and introduction of numerically controlled machine tools, industrial robots, computer-aided design systems and, more recently, flexible manufacturing system by processing and assembling industries.
(46) Meanwhile, in offices rapid office automation is presently in progress, stimulated by the popular acceptance of computerized systems, expansion of communications networks and the remarkable technological progress achieved in related equipment such as Japanese word processors. Rapid automation and efficiency improvement are also being achieved in the sector of commodity distribution through the introduction of advanc
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It’s easy to find nurses at Seton Medical Center. They wear badges that tell where the nurses are. Even if they are in the halls, the devices can track the nurses.
Hill-Rom made the tracking badges that use infrared signals. The system is wireless and can tell when a nurse goes to a patient’s room. In the past, time was wasted trying to find the nurses. A wall unit lets staff talk to nurses and patients. Hill-Rom has sold more than 850 systems to hospitals.
Many nurses do not like the locator badges. They fear the devices will hear their conversations and spy on them. At Eden Medical Center, nurses protested against the Hill- Rom devices. The badges made nurses feel like they were being watched to see if they did their job right. Although the nurses hid the badges, the hospital found them. Nurses felt Big Brother was watching them.
Eden Medical Center wants to give good patient care. The system can see how long it ta
A. still hate the locator badges
B. have gone on strike
C. are still protesting
D. now like them
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