A bit of a technical update

We have had problems with Vista on the tablets since we got them, so we have now given up and gone back to XP. We couldn't do this at first as there was no XP build available for our model of tablet computer, but now that there is and we have uploaded it onto all of them, the difference in speed of operation and reliability is amazing. No more battery charging problems either, which was one of the more bizarre effects of the Vista build.

New uses for the tablet computers

The HP TFT project officially came to an end in June 2009, but we still have all the kit - so what next?! Well, the tablets were used in Artificial Intelligence classes by one of our colleagues in the Bristol Institue of Technology in semester 1 (Sep 09 - Jan 10) and we'll be pestering him and his students for some evaluations of their use. The results of those evaluations will appear on the research website.