The Future Workforce Students and Information Technology

Want to know how the future workforce students use certain type of technology, e.g. search engines, social networking, online collaborative tools, as well as handheld devices both in and outside classroom? In recent study that based on a survey from the spring of 2010 of over 36,950 freshmen and seniors at 100 four-year institutions and students at 27 two-year institutions, The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010 gives some excellent … [Read more...]

Requirement of Electricity in Digital Society II

Together, microprocessors and the equipment they control have helped stimulate growth in the demand for electricity well beyond previous expectations. Information technology is the fastest growing market for electricity and now accounts for 10-13% of the electrical energy consumed in the U.S. * Given the growth in the Internet's direct and indirect usage of electricity, the equivalent of 30%-50% of today’s US power production may be needed to serve the needs of the … [Read more...]

Can Information Technology Make People Happier?

In general, men are stereotyped as gadget hounds, well, a global study from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, shows that information technology actually brings more happiness to women worldwide, and said access to information technology has a 'statistically significant, positive impact on life satisfaction'. A new study (PDF) from UK-based BCS that based on data collected from more than 35,000 survey respondents across the globe found that IT actually makes people … [Read more...]