The Use of Hand Held Tablet Laptops to Record Living Collections
Plant records in botanic gardens are very important and are one of the factors that distinguish them from other types of plant collection. Stocktaking, to ensure that the records held in the database are reflected in the actual plants growing in the Garden, is a particularly important but very time-consuming process. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is experimenting with a ruggedised laptop connected to the main database by using a wireless connection and mobile phone technology so that records can be updated ‘live’ in the garden. This paper describes the issues and lists the specification of the equipment being tested.
It is the tendency for modern education to combine modern information technology,multimedia method and the Internet,with the video system and on-line study.This article described the application of set-top box and VOD system in school education.