Chapter 6

• The hotel has a receptionist who is a dinosaur and speaks the visitor's language
• Checking in at the hotel

  1. Provide name and room card

  2. Press to proceed

  3. Move to right touch panel and check in
• Facial recognition


  Used for entrance
• The visitor has been given a room in a wing and a porter bot will carry the bag
• Henna


  Japanese for strange
• This is a robot hotel with zero humans seen so far
• The hotel has a tablet controller and a voice controlled robot called chury Cham who only speaks Japanese
• ICT applications


  How ICT can be applied
• Newsletters


  • Used by companies and agencies to provide important information to target audience
  • Can contain information on recent happenings, key players, etc.
• Guidelines for creating attractive newsletters

  • Decide on good format (columns, diagrams)
  • Use clear, easy to read font
  • Use headings rather than underlining
  • Don't squeeze too much information
  • Use relevant photos
• Posters


  • Used for publicizing, promoting or creating awareness for an event or happening
  • Can be printed out or shared electronically
• Guidelines for creating attractive posters

  • Make it eye-catching
  • Clearly state event details (what, when, where, contact)
  • Use real and clear photos
• Exam question on creating a brochure using a word processor
• Steps to create the brochure

  1. Open word processor

  2. Upload images from digital camera

  3. Save photos to folder

  4. Open text file with school info

  5. Import photos, crop and edit

  6. Position photos and wrap text

  7. Proofread and save
• Reasons why spell checker suggestions may not always be appropriate

  • Default language may be different
  • Non-English names may be flagged as errors
  • Similar sounding words may be suggested
  • Badly spelled words may not be recognized
  • Outdated dictionary
• Websites


  • Can be easily created and updated
  • Can share sound, video, animation
  • Can reach a global audience
• Disadvantages of websites


  • Risk of hacking and viruses
  • Adequate maintenance can be costly
• Multimedia presentations


  • Use of animation, video, images to engage audience
  • Good for displaying chronological facts
  • Allow interaction with audience
• Disadvantages of multimedia presentations


  • Can be expensive to set up
  • Require internet access
  • Equipment can fail during presentation
• Media streaming


  Watching/listening to content online without downloading
• Media streaming process


  1. Data packets sent from media server

  2. Data packets received and combined

  3. Buffer layer ensures smooth playback rate
• 1. publications


  Electronic versions of publications like e-books, digital newspapers, magazines, libraries
• Mobile communication is a very common ICT application
• Communication


  Reading a book, magazines, newsletters are modes of communication where information is conveyed
• Mobile communication


  The most common form of communication today, using mobile phones
• Uses of mobile phones

  • SMS/texting
  • Phone calls
  • Video calls
  • Video voice over internet
  • Accessing the internet
  • Sending emails
  • Video streaming
• Smartphone has many uses beyond making and receiving telephone calls
• Other uses of smartphones

  • Emails
  • Video calling
  • Online banking
  • Calendar
  • Video/music streaming
  • Taking photos
• Computer model


  A computer-generated representation or prototype of a real system
• Advantages of computer models

  • Less expensive than building physical prototypes
  • Faster to use
  • Safer to use
  • Flexible to try different scenarios
• Simulation results depend on the programming and data entered
• Some computer models are very costly
• Simulation results may not be positively received due to trust issues
• Personal financial models


  • Tracking daily expenses
  • Automatic calculations for shopping
• Other computer modeling applications

  • Bridge and building designs
  • Flood water management
  • Weather forecasting
  • Traffic management
• Computer control systems


  Systems controlled by computers, e.g. robots
• Uses of robots in manufacturing

  • Performing heavy, delicate or dangerous work
  • Microchip fabrication
  • Warehouse item transportation
• Advantages of robots in manufacturing

  • Can work 24/7
  • Less expensive in the long term
  • Higher productivity
  • Higher consistency
  • Can perform boring, repetitive tasks
• Disadvantages of robots in manufacturing

  • Loss of human skills
  • High initial setup and maintenance costs
  • Companies can easily move to different locations
• Robots can be used in the oil industry to search for new deposits in dangerous areas