But, what I also saw was a burgeoning social enterprise responding to Africa's tech training deficits through a self-funding model of education; empowering women through increased participation in the workforce; and solving remote work concerns around infrastructure deficits and isolation.
Executives at WPIX, New York's WB affiliate, said yesterday that they had the nation's first news helicopter fully equipped with digital technology that will allow them to transmit a clear and stable picture from remote locations, solving a problem that has bedeviled area stations.
Currently there are too many buttons and functions spread across multiple remotes; it's overwhelming at times and universal remotes only solve part of the problem.
The tasks in these experiments require high level cognitive processing such as analogy solving or remote association tests and the chromatic effect on local vs. global processing is presumed to involve widespread activation of the autonomic nervous system.
The technical elements that were used to propel work included 'hi-tech artefacts' such as a robot (in one of the pharmacies), advanced pharmacy manager software, advanced problem-solving software, system remote problem-solving tools and system calibrating support.
We find that the passing rate of remote associate items was lower than that of the close associate items as it took more time to solve remote associate items than close ones.
Critics call "The West Wing" a workplace drama, but it can also be seen as a family show -- "President Knows Best," in which a lovable, if remote, father figure solves the problems of his adolescent brood.
"What we think is happening," said Mark Beeman, a neuroscientist who conducted the study with Karuna Subramaniam, a graduate student, "is that the humor, this positive mood, is lowering the brain's threshold for detecting weaker or more remote connections" to solve puzzles.
