"The computer makes this all the more threatening," compared with paper-based profile tests, he said.
The masks filter 85percentto100percentcent of the main pollutants, Mr. Wilber said, compared with paper masks, which filter 25percentto45percentcent.
There is a perception that digital products (ie, websites, blogs and mobile apps) are typically viewed as being "carbon light" or low impact, especially compared with paper products.
'Your people are the most discourteous I have ever met.'" An article on Oct. 6, 1968, praised the efficiency of voting machines, compared with paper ballots.
Airlines are reluctant to disclose the exact amount of money they save with E-tickets compared with paper tickets, because estimated savings per E-ticket range all over the tarmac.
That may partly be because publishers have set prices high, despite the fact that the manufacturing and distribution costs of e-books, compared with paper versions, are almost negligible.
It is a dramatic transformation in working practices: at the Indiana Heart Hospital, a digital hospital that runs along similar lines, internal research shows a reduction of 85% in medication errors, avoidable delays down by 65% and reductions in the cost of updating records by 45% compared with paper-based hospitals.
Hundreds of transport systems, from Hong Kong to Houston, are issuing tickets on contactless cards that can open turnstiles with the wave of a hand or the touch of a wallet, speeding access for commuters and reducing fraud and administration costs when compared with paper tickets.
First, improving the registration process: it recommends expanding online voter-registration, both because it encourages more people to vote (in Arizona registration rates among 18-24 year-olds rose from 29% to 53% with an online-voting system) and because it saves money (Washington saves 18 cents per online registration; 80 cents in Maricopa County in Arizona, compared with paper).
