Treasure hunters discover net
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Collectors and sellers of rare artefacts are increasingly opting to use the internet as the selling medium instead of traditional auction houses. Buyers can register their requirements at the Interactive Collector website in anticipation of future auctions while dispensing with the need to search manually through numerous auction catalogues. Auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's plan to launch their own internet auction operations. University experts may be unable to give an accurate commercial value on rare university-owned artefacts.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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Science of the appliance
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Electrical engineer Don Norman feels perpetually frustrated by the lack of user-friendly design in industrial products. Norman has written books criticising poor design and explaining how some products are psychologically unusable. He believes technologies are exceedingly complicated, with the personal computer particularly badly designed and he looks forward to the near future when other information appliances will be used in its place. Norman was at the University of California, San Diego, for 27 years prior to working in industry.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1998
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