Alternative & ergonomic keyboard [ATIC Lab envisions an Information Technology (IT) environment at MIT that integrates assistive technologies into its campus-wide computing solutions such that all information and computers are accessible to all.] - http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/tools/keyboards.html
Archive for November, 2006
decodeunicode - the open science database
Published by Salif November 6th, 2006 in layout e design. 0 CommentsAn independent online-platform for digital type culture, developed at the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz.
DECODEUNICODE - is an independent platform for digital type culture, conceived and developed under the lead of professor Johannes Bergerhausen in cooperation with the designer Siri Poarangan at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz. The […]
Typewriter ~ C.Latham Sholes
Published by Salif November 6th, 2006 in máquina de escrever. 0 CommentsIn 1868 Mr. Sholes, Mr. Soule, and Mr. Glidden were issued a patent for their invention from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). There were 6 documents on file for this patent. The drawing specification sheet of the patent has been reproduced from original USPTO documents and printed onto parchment paper. This print is sized and ready to install into an 8″ x 10″ frame. The additional sheets included are printed on 5.50″ x 8.50″ parchment paper. These accompanying documents describe the scope of this invention in formal terms. The following is an actual excerpt from the patent… in http://patentmuseum.com/patents_c.asp?Thumb=114_sm
character set encoding — a system for encoded representation of textual data that specifies the following: (1) a coded character set, (2) one or more character encoding forms and (3) one or more character encoding schemes.
character encoding form — a system for representing the codepoints associated with a particular coded character set in terms of code values of a particular datatype or size. For many situations, this is a trivial mapping: codepoints are represented by bytes with the same integer value as the codepoint. Some encoding forms may represent codepoints in terms of 16- or 32-bit values, though, and some 8-bit encoding forms may be able to represent a codespace that has more than 256 codepoints by using multiple-byte sequences. Most encoding forms are designed specifically for use in connection with a particular coded character set; e.g. UTF-8 is used specifically for encoded representation of the Universal Character Set defined by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Some encoding forms may be designed for use with multiple repertoires, however. For example, the ISO 2022 encoding form supports an open collection of coded character sets and specifies changes between character sets in a data stream using escape sequences.
codepoint — a numeric value used as an encoded representation of some abstract character within a computer or information system. Codepoints are integer values used to represent particular characters within a particular encoding.
coded character set — an abstract character repertoire together with an assignment of numeric codepoints for each character; a collection of encoded characters. Also called a codepage.
UTF-8 — an encoding form for storing Unicode codepoints in terms of 8-bit bytes. Characters are encoding listing sequences of 1-4 bytes. Characters in the ASCII character set are all represented using a single byte. [http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq/utf_bom.html]
